Hey guys

 

Well I've finally got my engine internals back from the machine shop.

 

Obviously, prior to assembling the bottom end I need to give anything a thorough clean. However I've come across a bit of a head scratcher.

 

Between some of the journals there is a oil channel that runs diagonally through the crank between the main and big end journals. These are capped at one end of the oil way with what appears to be a freeze plug. You can see these oilways run at 90 degrees to the journal when you look through the oil way in each journal. So it basically carries oil from big end to main to big end through the crankshaft itself.

 

I'm not sure on how exactly I'm going to clean these oilways thoroughly without drilling out the freeze plugs.

 

Unfortunately Google isn't providing any suggestions at the moment, although I'll keep searching.

as you havent had an answer this is what i did for mine....

 

iused pipe cleaners compressed air and jizer degreasent to clean mine. i soaked the crank in jizer , then pipe cleaned all the oil ways then blew through the holes thoroughly with compressed air,. if i had any oil residue i repeated the process till it was clean.

This is what I'm talking about