Cleaning Under the Hood
September-9th-2002, 09:39 PM
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Cleaning Under the Hood
i read the thread about the valve cover, so i got that down. next ? is that how do you clean the rest of the stuff under the hood? like which parts cant be wet? what do i use and how do i clean it? thanks.
September-10th-2002, 01:45 AM
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Simple Green Foamer
Even under your hood, that green **** is bad-***! use it for anything under the hood. It cleans everything, and makes it look spotless. Theres different types of simple green, i just prefer the "Foamer"
September-10th-2002, 05:58 PM
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washing engine
did someone actually say go to a car wash and pressure spray the engine bay. i see people doing this left and right, and 1/5 times their car doesn't start, the other 4/5 it stuters and probably fails in the next mile from distributor erossion, flooded plug sockets or shorted electrical path.
September-10th-2002, 07:53 PM
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Re: washing engine
Originally posted by Samus
did someone actually say go to a car wash and pressure spray the engine bay. i see people doing this left and right, and 1/5 times their car doesn't start, the other 4/5 it stuters and probably fails in the next mile from distributor erossion, flooded plug sockets or shorted electrical path.
did someone actually say go to a car wash and pressure spray the engine bay. i see people doing this left and right, and 1/5 times their car doesn't start, the other 4/5 it stuters and probably fails in the next mile from distributor erossion, flooded plug sockets or shorted electrical path.
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September-11th-2002, 12:39 AM
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I just used SImple Green on the engine bay of my '88 323 tonight and it came up nice and clean. I let it sit for a couple of minutes and used a brush to scrub everything. Only thing it did not get out was some of the undercoating that was in the engine bay.
September-11th-2002, 06:37 PM
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Castrol Engine Degreaser
After reading some suggestions on this board I figured I would do some degreasing by hand versus power washing. It takes a little longer but it really does shine up your engine with little effort! I have some before and after pics from my site if anyone is interested!
Kevin
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September-11th-2002, 07:07 PM
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Originally posted by itzkcatz
good job the old motor looked brown almost looks liek u painted ur valve cover... what did u use to clean the engine?...Jon 93lx
good job the old motor looked brown almost looks liek u painted ur valve cover... what did u use to clean the engine?...Jon 93lx
September-12th-2002, 04:57 AM
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Info on my engine degreasing
HAHAHAHA!!! I do not take my Protege off-road, did that once and that was it for me!! Itzkcatz as far as what I used on my engine: Castrol Super Clean Tough Task Cleaner Degreaser.... It's in a tall purple spray bottle and I just sprayed a spot and rubbed the grease away!! For the smaller areas (Mazda logo etc. I used an old toothbrush...) VagaBond those pics would be nice to see!!! can't wait!
Thanks for the comments!
Kevin
Thanks for the comments!
Kevin
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