Ok, so who has the most beautiful 993 engine?
02-08-2007, 09:35 PM
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So what's the secret? A toothbrush and lots of elbow grease, or do y'all with those clean engines have a super secret formula of tomato juice/baking soda/paint thinner that you put on there?
02-08-2007, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by black ice
So what's the secret? A toothbrush and lots of elbow grease, or do y'all with those clean engines have a super secret formula of tomato juice/baking soda/paint thinner that you put on there?
BTW, the motorsound airbox is about $80 from Sunset Porsche.
02-08-2007, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Collins - 96 993TT
and the only "real" view of a TT engine. Pretty clean except for the damn cosmoline. I am going to devote a weekend to getting that stuff off one day...
02-08-2007, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYT993
Forgive my ignorance, but is "cosmoline" the brown stuff that looks like cooked vaseline? I assume it came from the factory...so what's it for?
Corrosion prevention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmoline
02-08-2007, 10:13 PM
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02-08-2007, 10:26 PM
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It is used on nearly everything, even if the "thing" is unlikely to corrode, such as aluminum suspension members, etc. On the engine/suspension, corrosion is unlikely.
02-08-2007, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Geoffrey
Does my RSR engine count?
Just read the article about your car in Total 911... great story.
02-08-2007, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by InTheAir
It is used on nearly everything, even if the "thing" is unlikely to corrode, such as aluminum suspension members, etc. On the engine/suspension, corrosion is unlikely.
I checked out the wikipedia link, and it sounds like a $40 steam cleaner is an excellent way to remove cosmoline from... everything. Summary: cosmoline melts at 130 degrees, steam is 180 degrees, and the flash point of cosmoline is > 300 degrees. Sounds a hell of lot better than scrubbing for hours with brushes.
02-08-2007, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jdistefa
Jeff,
I checked out the wikipedia link, and it sounds like a $40 steam cleaner is an excellent way to remove cosmoline from... everything. Summary: cosmoline melts at 130 degrees, steam is 180 degrees, and the flash point of cosmoline is > 300 degrees. Sounds a hell of lot better than scrubbing for hours with brushes.
I checked out the wikipedia link, and it sounds like a $40 steam cleaner is an excellent way to remove cosmoline from... everything. Summary: cosmoline melts at 130 degrees, steam is 180 degrees, and the flash point of cosmoline is > 300 degrees. Sounds a hell of lot better than scrubbing for hours with brushes.
02-09-2007, 02:19 AM
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Hmmmm.... never thought about steam cleaning the engine. I was going to use adhesive remover.
To answer the question, cosmoline is put on the car during overseas shipping to protect from the salt water, salty air (the elements) as I have been told. Don't know if that's true or not, but it seems reasonable. It is also reasonable to assume if you drove your car in the rain, snow, salt, etc.... every day that you are better off leaving it on there. Since my car has been caught in the rain once in ten years, I am willing to bet against the cosmoline odds.
To answer the question, cosmoline is put on the car during overseas shipping to protect from the salt water, salty air (the elements) as I have been told. Don't know if that's true or not, but it seems reasonable. It is also reasonable to assume if you drove your car in the rain, snow, salt, etc.... every day that you are better off leaving it on there. Since my car has been caught in the rain once in ten years, I am willing to bet against the cosmoline odds.
02-09-2007, 02:21 AM
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Well I was proud of the fact that I had posted 700 times until i looked just above my previous post to see Chris Walrod has posted 10 times more than I in slightly less time. You are a stud, my 993 friend.