what do u use to remove rust spots on the engine, as you see in this pic?

also, what's the easiest way to clean corroded battery terminals? somebody mentioned baking soda/water paste??

 

Ah! rust spots. That's actually the exhaust manifold shield. Hit it with some metal polish and steel wool. Move to a finer grade of steel wool until it's polished up to your satisfaction.

I'm very fond of Autosol metal polish - comes in a metal squeeze tube. Not expensive, but not particularly common, either.

The water/baking soda paste is a good way to clean up those terminals, too. A terminal brush is handy, as well (round hole bristle brush that fits over the terminal).

 

thx a lot for help! do u know where i can get this "autosol metal polish" for cheap? or do any metal polish at local autoparts place work?

 

btw, how does baking soda get rid of rust on the battery terminals? some chemical reaction??

 

Any paste metal polish should work fine, I just like Autosol (my brother gave it to me, dunno where to find it but maybe online somewhere)... it did this for my exhaust pipes:



the baking soda doesn't get rid of rust, it will get rid of/neutralize the acid build around the terminals. If you have rust, then the terminal brush is your tool.

 

If there's a finish on that manifold that peeled away and then rusted you are SOL.

 

Wow, that looks great. But, wouldn't you expect it to build up the rust quite quickly again?

I'm tempted to try this on some of my suspension components that are looking pretty rough.

 

koala: yeah, I didn't expect this shiny finish to really last - i just wanted to see what this polish would do to something that is in... not so good shape. That's 80k miles of year-round "buildup"... not really rust. I haven't looked recently, but they're probably back to pretty much where I started, after only a few months.

The point was just to try out the polish and see what it'd do and it'll do wonders - that job was done by hand in about 10 minutes.

 

Very NICE! autosol is tops!

I was too lazy to do mine so i just sprayed it silver! looks good