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Old 05-04-2009, 08:07 PM
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Default best way to get dirt out of engine.

just curious.
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what did you do this time?
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I would say the best way is to flush it out, take everything out of the case, flush the case and hit it with a compressor for a fair bit of time. Then replace everything except the case, carb, button and cooling head.

That would be the "best" way?
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Take it apart & soak/flush in a tub of fuel then blast with brake cleaner.But if you know dirt has gotten in you know it has gotten to your bearings & rod bushing already.
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Are you serious with this? What did you do to that poor v-spec now? Best way is to not get dirt into it to begin with.
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Take motor apart

Rinse every part clean with motor spray

Use the crank to spin and flush grit away from main bearings
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all this and it still runs the poor thing dam it will be lucky
to see a gallon of fuel i hope for you it does
you got to brun um to learn um
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how can one guy have so many things happen lets see
water not 1 time but 2 times dirt dead rx battery
engine gos wfo striped screws cluch bell rings
put the pipe down and step back and think
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Originally Posted by kaya
put the pipe down and step back and think
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Originally Posted by Trevor Williams


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i would recomend just taking the filter assembly off and running it in the sand...That V-spec must be bullet proof and made of kryptonite...

Hell you probably could just fire it up and hold it wide open the submerge it in the bath tub (i call it auto clean) ....through in some bubble soap for some extra flare!!

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Originally Posted by dreaux
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Remove the engine from the car. For the outside I use a brush and then I remove the glowplug and spray (upside down) WD40 though the carb. Then I put it for 10 minutes or so upside on the bench to make sure all the WD40 is gone. Then I mount the plug back and the engine in the car..
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Originally Posted by kaya
put the pipe down and step back and think
makes one think that you mite have a point
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Originally Posted by pyromania
what did you do this time?
+1... just curious...

Let me guess... you didn't ziptie the filter tube around the carb neck, and it came off?
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