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05-21-2012
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Lake Bluff, IL
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Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
I have not been watching the forums for a long time and I wondered if anyone has come up with a safe and effective way to clean the stains that can appear on our engines due to use of cleaning fludis or other reasons. Mine is not terrible but it would be nice to be able to get the car looking new again. Or is refnishing really the only way to go? Thanks--Bob
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2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough" |
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05-21-2012
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: pittsburgh
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
i've had some success with a colinite product that Gordon told me about. i'll have to check on it this week, can't remember the number
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05-21-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
Your "new" polo green '95 sounds like the one that lived around the corner from me. It had around 14K on the od in '05 then he sold it. I do not know to whom he sold it, but there were only 31 polo green ZR-1's in 95. And the milage would be about right. Did your's once reside in Las Vegas? Anyway, you have a nice car there!!
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05-22-2012
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
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2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough" |
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Join Date: May 2007
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
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If you're interested in refinishing, let me know. Got a great paint guy who did mine.
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05-22-2012
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Location: Evergreen, Co.
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
I just spent a few hours with Meguiar's Ultimate (liquid) Compound and microfiber cloths, followed by polishing with Meguiar's Ultimate Polish and the engine paint stains were removed, and the paint become shiny and deep in appearance, but even with a 6k mile car, it took many applications to remove all the stains and dirt.
I followed the recommendations of Jim Voter, except used different products. His full write up is at: http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread....t=engine+clean
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
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2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough" |
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06-10-2012
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Olive Branch,MS
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Re: Anyone yet figure a way to clean stains on engine?
I used a Mr. Clean Magic eraser and had Good results. It surprised me how good it worked.
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