cleaning a motor

[mossracing47]

i have a 400x and this winter i am going to break it down to the frame to get it powdercoated but what i need to know is what can i do to clean the motor. some people say that bead or sand blasting take it back down to the metal gan give it a good look. if so what would what would you do to seal the motor to keep it from rusting up or quickly return to a filthy stage

[44oEX]

well first of all it aluminum so it won't rust
to clean it I use varsol and a toot brush it's long but works great.

and to keep it clean do this
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid145/pbdd08a455f5ff1c7268c6fc39b8da2e1/f66a2891.jpg and polish the side covers like I did but it's not in the pics

[400exstud]

I used some degreaser stuff. Just spray it on and leave it sit for about a minute. The take one of those big brushes and rub off some of the dirt/dust. Then rinse it really good so that won't eat the metal.

^It worked really good!!!