im in the midst of doing my first rebuild (89 n/a), its bin going smoothly so far except i had to cut a stud on the LIM (no biggie) i got the motor disassembled today and was wondering a good way to clean it (inside and out)

i was thinking i could take a power washer to it

i was wondering what chemicals or what you guys recommend

but taking a power washer to everything would be ok right?

 

All of your irons will rust. Go spray your brake rotor with the water house and see how it looks in about 5 minutes.

Bad idea.

Use brake cleaner and a stiff brush (non metal bristles!).