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Engine basics => Engine set up tips => Topic started by: Keith Spriggs on December 04, 2006, 04:00:17 PM
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I have tried to clean old engines many times with pretty poor results. I recently decided to try to clean up 3 old Fox stint engines. Typical mediocre results. I read in the December Model Aviation magazine that you could use Dawn Power Dissolver. I was skeptical but I gave it a try. Unbelievable
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looks like new!
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"Dawn Power Disolver"
Well, I saw this written up in the Dec. MA so I thought I'd give it a try. I had a twenty year old FP .40 around that had been rebuilt a couple of times that was pretty kruddy. I don't clean a whole bunch of engines so I haven't been willing to invest in a crock pot set up.
First of all I had a hard time finding the DAWN POWER DISOLVER. It is supposed to be carried in the super markets with other DAWN products. Not in Publix, or Sweetbay (Florida) stores. Finally got some at Albertsons. About 3 dollars and change. Cheap, if it works!
Welllllll...Yes it did get most of the burned gunk off after an hour of squirting and soaking and scrubbing with a stiff tooth brush. It did need a second bath to get it all off. It didn't get the burned oil stains off that gather around the exhaust stack and the muffler. It also darkened the cleaner areas of the engine and left some black splotches behind.
If your need is to get caked gunk off your engines, this will work. But if you want to get your engines pretty again, I can't recommend POWER DISOLVER.
Somehow there is a conflict here.
Dennis
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I have been scouting grocery stores and others and cant find Dawn Power Disolver. Where did you find it. Know one seems to have seen this product in the Cleveland area.
Thanks
Wayne
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I have been scouting grocery stores and others and cant find Dawn Power Disolver. Where did you find it. Know one seems to have seen this product in the Cleveland area.
Thanks
Wayne
My wife told me she bought the first bottle at Wal Marts. It was in the dish washing soap area. I bought a bottle yesterday from a grocery store IGA affiliate. Dont know if they have them in your area or not. You might go to the Procter and Gamble website and I think they have a section that tells who sells the various products.
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Thanks, I'll try Wal-Mart.
Wayne
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First off Dennis, if you are going to "borrow" someone elses post I would think it would be curteous to give the original post credit. See Ward-o's post in PRODUCT REVIEWS.
And lastly, here is the picture of my FP .40 after several hours or more of soaking and scrubbing. Perhaps it has something to do with alloys or.... f~
Ward
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First off Dennis, if you are going to "borrow" someone elses post I would think it would be curteous to give the original post credit. See Ward-o's post in PRODUCT REVIEWS.
And lastly, here is the picture of my FP .40 after several hours or more of soaking and scrubbing. Perhaps it has something to do with alloys or.... f~
Ward
Ward,
Have you tried crock potting? I've tried it on a couple of shiny case Fox engines with great results. Not only did the engines come out looking like brand new, they came out "unstuck." I haven't tried it on a matte finished engine yet, thinking the rough surface might somehow be more porous or something and be darkened by the process. After seeing what a spray on solution did to your engine though, I don't think crock potting could do any worse.
cheers,
Ken
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Ward
Actually the credit was given as posted in SSW. I had not seen your review here at the time of my reply the credit and banner was edited out but not by myself. I'm not about to argue with the moderators right to edit any post he wishes to.. The point of the remark was to say that you cannot give a sparkling endorsement in one post and write a less then sparkling review of the product. It does make the remarks somewhat ambiguous.
I don't think we need to take this any further. Especially since the product is not about to change the world in any appreciable way.
Dennis
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Dennis,
No sweat on the credits. (make love, not war)!
But,
Conflicting stories are always of value! There is something different about what happened here. I have no idea what, but folks should know that much, at least.
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And lastly, here is the picture of my FP .40 after several hours or more of soaking and scrubbing. Perhaps it has something to do with alloys or.... f~
Ward
Ward, your results look just like what I got using a bit of dishwasher detergent in water. I guess aluminum alloys are very sensitive as to exactly which material/alloy they are and how the parts are manufactured. I'd stick with antifreeze in a crock pot. May take longer, but the antifreeze is made to be compatible with aluminum, since every modern engine has aluminum somewhere in it where it gets exposed to AF.
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Thanks Phil,
Appreciate the comments. But like I said , I just don't gook up that many engines like you combat guys! (you da pros at dat!)
Maybe I should look around for one of those mini pots!
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A word of caution The crock pot method can make the engine look just like Ward's
I have seen many very badly oxidized by crock cooking
I have als seen great results , and terrible results with Crock pot cooking.
Also it will destroy any Bearing seals or Venturie O rings so, those saying put the engine in whole without dissasembly may suffer bad result s there too.
It is also much better to only use pure anti-freeze with zero water in it.
Regards
Randy
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Tanks to the Ran Man!