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they used Easy-Off oven cleaner. I am >a bit sceptical about this. I've used various car products including Gunk, >but they don't work very well on that thick stuff. Even after most of it >has been scraped off. > I was struggling with this same question while getting ready to clean the block in preparation for my first engine rebuild. What I realized was that I never thought twice about how I was going to get my oily clothes clean. I just put some extra laundry soap in the wash machine. Wait a minute! If laundry soap cleans oil and grease from clothes so well, then why not use it on the engine? I tried it on small parts of different types of metal (including the block) and found that with some warm water, it worked wonderfully. I have since used it to clean meticulously three complete engines -- including the inside of the block to a point that I would gladly eat a porkchop dinner from those once grimy surfaces. Since laundry soap is water soluable, it cleans up quickly (with water) and does not leave toxic grime anywhere you use it. I washed my engines in the bathtub (disassembled, of course) using the laundry soap. My favorites? Tide and Vizir! Good luck, John Zagreb, Croatia ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org