[Mg-t] Engine cleaning - need Help

[PopeyMike at aol.com]

Some additional info:
 
 
Thanks all for the quick response - very generous and good quality - I  
washed it with Evaporust - seemed to do a very adequate job. 
 

However to avoid any other problems I rented and engine hoist and after  
taking out the engine set it on my bathroom scale.
 

Minus the head but all else intact - the engine was 217 lbs. Like you I had 
 thought it would tip the scales at 400- 500 - and actually I can still 
lift one  side of it by myself. That should have been the big indicator - I 
could never  lift 250.
 

However I am glad I rented the lift ($40.00 all weekend)  for it was  
easier to move around and take out by myself - otherwise I would have had to run  
up and down the street begging someone to give a hand and that would have 
cost  me some beers. This way I had more for myself.

 
I will continue to throw out questions as I now must tackle the cleaning of 
 the oil side.

Below I am resting with my Lefty
Thanks 

Michael Balahutrak
53 TD 
Houston
 


 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2013 9:49:10 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
kingseim at earthlink.net writes:

Disconnect radiator hoses, before flushing engine.
You could use  phosphoric acid, just wash out with lots of water afterwards.
Or, you could  use oxalic acid. Again, wash out with lots of water 
afterwards.
Or, just  pressure wash.
Raised water passage with two small core plugs, has a hole  that passes into
main water gallery. This generally is blocked. At bottom  of back of 
opening.
About a 3/16" drill opening.

If you lift with  the cylinder studs, no problem. 

John Seim
Irvine, CA

On Feb  16, 2013, at 2:30 AM, PopeyMike at aol.com wrote:

> Have had to pull  XPAG engine out of my 53 TD
> 
> Cylinder head rebuilt formerly by  a real amateur - used different 
diameter  
> valves in every  cylinder.  Found this because the head gasket gave out 
and  
>  water got in oil.
> 
> Now to clean the engine block water  passages & seperately oil passages  
> need your collective  advise.
> 
> Is it wise to use phosphoric acid in the water  galleys?  Does it have  
to 
> be neutralized afterwards and  with what solution?  Or is it enough just  
to 
> massively  flush out the acid?
> 
> Is it better to use a caustic solution  such as sodium hydroxide (Draino  
> crystals) - and does this need  to be neutralized or just flushed?
> 
> I read about some passage  way that needs cleaning behind one of the 
freeze  
> plugs - any  info on this?
> 
> How much does the engine weigh?
>  
> Is it safe to lift it with the head bolts without doing damage to the  
head  
> bolts?
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