I have my bike completely apart, and would like to clean the engine. I can take it to work and spray degreaser(overspray remover) on it and then powerwash it, but I'm worried about some of the seals.

- output shaft seal, where the front sprocket is
- shifter seal, both of these are right by eachother and that is the dirtiest area of the engine.
- the sensors coming out of the two side casings.

Will the degreaser affect my seals? will a powerwasher be too much pressure for the seals?

 

I never like forcing water at my engine. Just think miss a little bit and get it in the carbs..ugh what a nightmare that would be.

 

I know what that is like. Freak rain storm in the middle of cleaning my carbs filled the head with water. What a major pain in the *** that was.

 

Oh god that had to be a nightmare for you. I bet you were pissed off as hell at that point

 

My bad I forgot to tell you that I had the carbs off as well as all wiring except for the wires coming out of the two side cases.

I did powerwash my motor the other day and I think it turned out great. I sprayed degreaser but was careful not to spray it directly on seals/etc.

I stuffed rags in the spark plug holes and the intake. I didn't spray water directly on the seals either.

The front sprocket area came pretty clean. There was some stuff up in there i couldn't get out though.

I will post a before and after pic tonight.

 

Well I couldn't find my before pic but I think it turned out pretty good what u guys think?

 

Looks good! I wish I would had done that before I split my engine case. Now I have a bunch of parts and want to repaint my dirty motor. Another project I need to research before tackling...

What specific cleaner did you use?

 

Is your engine resting on the exhaust pipes???

 

I used an overspray remover/degreaser I'm not sure the brand.

And yes, it was. I have it bolted to the frame now I didn't realize what I was doing.