Engine cleaning.

I cleaned up my engine by sand blasting it.I pull it out of the frame, sealed it up and sand blasted the whole thing. I taped up the side cover and breather. Next the ports were sealed by either rubber expansion plugs or by using silicone to seal a round object in the port.I recommend buying gaskets and new fasteners or painting your old fastener heads.You can remove your covers and polish them afterwards. Now you have a nice looking engine that is all sealed up and good to go for years to come!
My bike had an oil leak at the cam chain opening oring and the head gasket.I also found the right head gasket rusing and rust stuck to the top of the #3 and 4 liners. So it would have been a major melt down at some point.
This engine is a MK2 (like my wheels)and it has been painted black. Even the shiney side covers! The whole bike has a lot of spray paint on it! I also blasted and used grill paint on my mystery header.

pictures This entire engine was painted black!

October.

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so, how much sand did you get inside the engine?

None! it was all sealed up. I pulled the pan afterwards to reseal it and found nothing

Nice work it looks good.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with soda blasting. I hear it is a bit more gentle than sand and makes aluminum look really nice.