What equip. to use for cleaning greasy car parts? (archive)

I've got a mountain of parts pulled out of various cars and they need cleaning somehow. What to use? Is a solvent bath a worthwhile investment for cleaning smaller parts?

I'm concerned about the environment too. We're on acreage with a septic system and there's nowhere to flush anything that isn't free of petroleum based materials. Stuff like simple green won't work, I don't think, because you've got to flush it somewhere. I don't want to end up with a contaminated area of soil around the garage.

It seems to me garages and industrial type places have a grease interceptor in drains to trap oil and grease.

For large things like trannys, engines and subframes, they're not something you can easily take somewhere. I've never used a solvent bath. What do you do with the sediments that are collected?

There's hardly anyone aound here that advertises steam cleaning either. I know some shops just flush crap down the drains, but that's not only stupid, it's not legal in most places anymore.

What does any of you guys out there do that have to deal with a volume of stuff to clean?

Thanks
Gil
72 Tii

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Re: What equip. to use for cleaning greasy car par Snottier 23:51 5/20/2001 (0)
I've got your answer covered Dougiefresh 23:47 5/20/2001 (0)
my (long) cleaning operation. attenuata 22:44 5/20/2001 (0)
Re: What equip. to use for cleaning greasy car par Dwight Chew 21:37 5/20/2001 (1)
- castrol super clean and a pressure washer!! blu74tii 00:15 5/21/2001 (0)

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