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Old 01-14-2014, 10:18 AM
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Blasting rusted spare parts

I have bought spare A4 engine for parts. I am pretty happy camper because I only paid $50 for it. However, since they sat outside for a while at PO house, they have rusted up.
I have an access the place with a glass bead blasting cabinet. I was considering to use a glass bead blaster to clean those parts and paint/lube/pack them.

It is obvious that inside of the cylinders, starter, distributor and alternator shouldn't be blasted. However, I am not sure what other areas/parts on the engine I should spare of blasting?

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Old 01-14-2014, 10:55 AM
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Thumbs up Blasting

Don't blast "mated surfaces" gasketed or otherwise. Also stay clear of any dowel pin locating holes as well.

Nice find

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Old 01-14-2014, 12:27 PM
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better to keep the sand or glass out of oil passages than to have to clean it out later.
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