[LuvDaBlues]

MadMax, I think you're right. It was just before Christmas. We probably were "hit" by the same weather front.

Fred, I tried everything to clean that cosmoline off. This was when the engine was in it's "short block" stage. Kerosine, WD40, gasoline, comet, Zymol Strik. But nothing worked. Then I found "Metal Clean" from Metal Wax.com. It is a floride metal cleaner for aircraft. Boy did that work. Spray it on, sit for a few minutes, hose it off and sit in the sun. Looked great.

But I'll try the WD40 again.

John, if I understand correctly, the Zoop is not ment for unpolished cast aluminum.