996 Tidying Up Casings 996r

I’d look at the Bilt Hamber range, their wheel cleaner is my go to for calipers. Andy

 

If you do find a wonder cleaner, please share...In the past I've always ended up doing a mechanical clean..and it's taken ages.

 

Wire or plastic wheels on electric drills or the like.

 

Have you thought of dry ice blasting?

 

Would have thought so.

 

You will need at some point need to remove the engine and have it vapour blasted to clean all of the oxidation/corrosion and dirt. It's the only way to restore the original cast aluminium finish to the exact same texture and colour/sheen it had originally. I do it all the time on classic car intake manifolds. The good news is it's safe to do without cracking the case and stripping it bare. You just need to remove everything you can and do a superb job of masking the rest.

Short of that, I'd just stick to a water-based degreaser like Simple Green that's diluted with a soft brush. That way you don't risk altering the finish or staining it. For steel items that are rusty, there is a brush-on solution made by Evapo-Rust that's in gel form. You brush on for a dozen hours, clean, repeat as necessary.

 

Were these engines not painted say like a 998 ? Or were they just raw aluminium engines

 

Just raw as sand cast. Only the die cast engine cases were painted. I prefer the raw to the engine paint removing itself lol.

 

Oh ok so that’s good to know

 

So would the clutch and Alternator side covers be painted yeah ?

 

Yes, those are painted.

 

Sound thanks

 

Looking good, much improved