Reconditioning the Block prior to Head Install

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

I'm curious, what exactly does hot tanking entail? Chemicals/solvents?
Heat?

I'm picturing the block glowing cherry red in a furnace then being dunked
in a strong solvent bath, but I'm sure that's just my imagination :)

-Toby

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Drew MacPherson wrote:

>
> Hot tanking is pretty hard on the intermediate shaft bearing surfaces.  If
> you get a block hot tanked, you should count on replacing the bearings.
>
> Drew
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
>
> > well if you ave the block torn apart (no pistons etc) you can do what I did
> > and drop it off at local machine shop and get a "hot tank" done
> > it cleans outside and inside for about 50$.
> >
> > other than that.. have you tried at autozone, a products called engine
> > cleaner and detailler CD-2, it worsk REALLY Well for outside skin jobs.
> >
> > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> > =>-----Original Message-----
> > =>From: T Berk [mailto:tberk@mindspring.com]
> > =>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:56 AM
> > =>To: Patrick Bureau
> > =>Subject: Re: Reconditioning the Block prior to Head Install
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>Patrick Bureau wrote:
> > =>>
> > =>> I rubbed my head with a drill and a wire brush after I
> > =>> wiped it down with "fast thinner" it came out nice and
> > =>> clean and almost shiny. you may want to try that.
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>Yeah, my head got a minor skim at the shop, but the BLOCK has been out
> > =>in the elements, albeit under the hood for many months, with a mix if
> > =>oil and coolant on it.
> > =>
> > =>Thx buddy.
> > =>TBerk
> >
> >
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