is this bad?
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is this bad?
i sat half of my front iron in simple green overnight, standing up in the parts washer, so the "dull" part of the iron is the one that sat in the simple green, "shiny" part NOT in the simple green. the dull part isnt nearly as smooth as the shiny part, is this bad? we're planning on just putting the rest of the iron in the simple green, but is this normal?
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Originally Posted by DELTA_Rotary
i sat half of my front iron in simple green overnight, standing up in the parts washer, so the "dull" part of the iron is the one that sat in the simple green, "shiny" part NOT in the simple green. the dull part isnt nearly as smooth as the shiny part, is this bad? we're planning on just putting the rest of the iron in the simple green, but is this normal?
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I think apathy is right - it pulled all the oils and gasoline from the metal.
Also, I think it did "eat" some of the metal, as homebrewer is also right - the Air Force banned Simple Green when they found out it was eating into the aluminum surfaces of their airplanes!
I don't think the damage is significant.
If you're worried I would go over the entire surface with fine sandpaper (400-grit or finer) and some motor oil to act as a lubricant, and lightly sand the side housing surface.
This should even out the surface if you're worried about cosmetics.
I do this all the time when housing sat around and start to surface rust.
Sandpaper + oil gets them prepped for a rebuild real quick.
-Ted
I think apathy is right - it pulled all the oils and gasoline from the metal.
Also, I think it did "eat" some of the metal, as homebrewer is also right - the Air Force banned Simple Green when they found out it was eating into the aluminum surfaces of their airplanes!
I don't think the damage is significant.
If you're worried I would go over the entire surface with fine sandpaper (400-grit or finer) and some motor oil to act as a lubricant, and lightly sand the side housing surface.
This should even out the surface if you're worried about cosmetics.
I do this all the time when housing sat around and start to surface rust.
Sandpaper + oil gets them prepped for a rebuild real quick.
-Ted
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i have about 200 miles on the engine (about 5 hours of run-time total) and the engine seems to have low hot-compression, doesnt flood or anything, but takes another rotation o two to fire up... this has not happened on my previous rebuilds (like i've done this before or something) yeah this is rebuild #4. hopefully its just those irons wearing in since the simple green ended their shiny lives.
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Hey Jacob... are we going to keep this one in one piece this time? LOL, I'm kinda hoping not so I can be there to help with the next rebuild. I'd like to get some hands on!
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