X Type sump damaged bits 1

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Comment by Paul Sheridan on February 1, 2014 at 0:14

Button it Heasmen or I will be sending you an invoice !!!!!

Comment by Paul Sheridan on January 31, 2014 at 23:28

Would be uneconomical with respect to the distance you are from me, I meant.

Comment by Paul Sheridan on January 31, 2014 at 23:25

Dave, find someone local who has a sand or bead blasting cabinet, 5 mins of work will get rid of all that, job done.   You could bring it to me and I would do it while you waited, but would be a little uneconomical I fear.  :-))) 

Comment by Dave Adams on January 31, 2014 at 21:10

you can buy phosphoric acid off ebay it will make short work of alloy........it will also dissolve glass so be careful.

commercial product known as allybrite is dilute phosphoric acid and should be available fairly easily.

Comment by James Doulton on January 31, 2014 at 21:05

I wonder if they would be released if you put some acidic cleaner that you can get for aluminium on it - it is an alloy sump isn't it?

Comment by Dave Price on January 31, 2014 at 20:57

Been thinking following the comment about sand blasting.  What about using a small gravity feed media spot blaster.  I have seen some on eBay, but they are all in the US.  I have seen some spot blasters with a low consumption 1.7 CFM @90 psi.  Would they be any good for cleaning parts?

Comment by Paul Sheridan on January 20, 2014 at 21:22

Have it sand blasted !

Comment by Dave Price on January 20, 2014 at 21:09

Been cleaning more of the sump.  It must have come off a very bad engine, it is full of metal fragments, swarf and iron filings.  Spent about an hour dragging a magnet across the surface.  Any ideas how to quickly remove the iron filings quickly?

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 10, 2013 at 22:02

plumbers type blowlamp... warm the little blighters and give em a poke.

Comment by Dave Price on November 10, 2013 at 21:21

I cleaned this sump prior to fitting, but are a little puzzled by the little shiny bits.  When I cleaned out all the old manky oil I found a number of broken metal shiny bits.  I am guessing that the shiny bits in the photos are fragments that have embedded themselves in the ali sump when engine blew up.  I would welcome others thoughts.  The question is do I grind them out with a little hand held grinder or leave them and hope for the best.  I just wonder will they come loose when the engine warms up?