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Old 26-04-2009, 12:09 PM   #1
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sand in engine help

i have a 5.7 350mag,just rebilt the engine ,ran sweet for 45mins then lost oil presher,found out was sand in my intake from sandblasting ,crank was damaged,but the rest is ok,but the hole engine is cuverd in sandy oil,any one no the best way to clean it all out.
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Old 26-04-2009, 03:29 PM   #2
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i would want to strip this unit down and steam clean the whole lot and all the oil galleries then dump the whole lot in a trico hot tank Dave.
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