Re: Aluminum block cleaning Question

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2016/2/4 13:34:39

Aircraft piston engines have aluminum cases, you might check with dedicated engine overhaul facilities that do their own case work as they may well have a cleaning cabinet or similar that would work for you. Or at least they can offer tips on safe materials to use for cleaning your block.

Other than mineral spirits (normal parts cleaner solvent) our shop doesn't use anything else to clean the engine cases, and if we're doing an overhaul we send the cases out to a specialized facility for cleaning/welding/machining.

A major facility in Pennsylvania is Penn Yan Aero, www.pennyanaero.com. Start there and see what they say.