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Old 04-13-2010 | 07:34 PM
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I will not be redundant as there are already several articles on this subject, however, most were a little short on what to do after the engines comes out of the crock pot after a day or so.

I have done the customary stuff to get the engine ready to be "crock potted" with prestone antifreeze. No, I will not use the crock pot again. Yes, the area will be well ventilated.
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Carb removed,
cylinder head removed (with gasket)
back plate removed (will not be put in crock pot because of gasket and it's not that dirty)

I will place on crock pot of prestone for 16 hours or so on medium/low. Once I'm done and pull it out I believe I am supossed to:
Rinse with water.
Let engine completely dry (I'm guessing 24 hours or so.
Reassemble engine and oil well with after run engine oil.
Please let me know if this is correct.
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You pretty much have it all covered. The only 2 things I will add are to make sure you do this in a WELL ventilated area, and never EVER use the crock pot for food again.

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Old 04-13-2010 | 08:04 PM
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in 24 hours after rinsing with water, you will get rust on exposed steel(crank/bearings), shake it, dry it with paper towels, pour fuel in it and work it around right after rinsing off the antifreeze...Rog
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in 24 hours after rinsing with water, you will get rust on exposed steel(crank/bearings), shake it, dry it with paper towels, pour fuel in it and work it around right after rinsing off the antifreeze...Rog
Yup, you dont want it sitting around exposed to air very long without getting oil through it.
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having not tried this method myself, though I do have a garage sale crock pot ready to go in my shop, I have read that placing the rinsed engine in the oven on a low temp 200o for a hour or so works well to dry out the engine, most of my glow engines are 4 stroke so there are lots of nooks and crannies for water to hide in.

any one baked there engines on low before, potential problems etc..?
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After I wash the parts with water and dry with a towel, I toss them into an oven at 250 degrees to drive off the moisture, especially all the parts made of Steel. Then oil them up and put the engine together.
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I keep a container of rubbing alcohol nearby, and I immediately go from the crock pot to the alcohol for a couple of minutes. It wshes away the anti-freeze, and it evaporates quickly. Next, I give it a good coating of after-run oil, inside and out.
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If not completely disassembled during the soak (ie: only backplate, head and carb removed) I make sure I'm able to bench run the engine same day it came out of the pot. This is after using compressed air to blow out as much antifreeze as possible and then oiling it up.
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I did the crockpot on Low overnight, scrub with a little brush to get the softened nasty stuff off, wash off with water then de-waterized it with wd-40(you know what the WD in WD-40 stands for?). Then oiled it, re-assembled, and ran. Works like a charm.

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