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Old 02-03-2024, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TRADERMIKE 2012 View Post
I have just read in the book that I recently bought, don't sand blast the inside of the motor, that media or other media can be stuck in the pours and low areas of the cast metal, then released into the oil and consequentially into the motor.

So, I elected not to do that.
So despite being told by others here not to sandblast, you didn’t decide not to until you read it in a book?

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