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Apr 22, 2013 19:47:48 GMT
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Anyone have any tips or recommended products for cleaning the engine bay ?
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omega
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Apr 22, 2013 20:02:42 GMT
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best tip
ger someone else to do it!
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Apr 22, 2013 20:33:34 GMT
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mask things important up and hire a steam pressue washer
probably take some paint off a bit though
or as omega said farm it out
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whitey
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Apr 22, 2013 21:45:19 GMT
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DEfiantly get someone else to do it. ;p, if not steam washer, or petrol of ots only a small area
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Apr 22, 2013 22:49:18 GMT
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Give everything a good soaking with degreaser then pressure wash carefully, steam cleaner is better/ easier if you can get access to one but not essential
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Used some autoglym degreaser and its come up really well :-)
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white spirit is a good cleaner for oily things.
I don't agree with any of the pressure washing ideas. I've done quite a few engine bay cleaning jobs and normally just wipe down with blue roll and white spirit or celouse thinners. Use a brush / stick / screwdriver to clear out any dirt-traps.
As for giving the task to someone else... This leads you to... 'If you want it done right... do it yourself'
I'm sure the autoglym degreaser is reasonable stuff... but there are cheaper products, I've mentioned a couple.
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I''ve prepped loads of filth oily vans up for sale as campers in my old job, so the engine bay must look really clean. I spray a load of TFR or Jizer all over the place (Jizer/gunk works best, TFR is cheaper and cleans everything) then leave it ten minutes then go at it all with a pressure washer. I've never bothered masking anything up/removing electronics, just avoided directly spraying into ignition stuff. I've done dozens of vehicles this way and never had any issues at all - it takes about 15 minutes tops, and does just as good of a job as doing stuff by hand.
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Last Edit: May 3, 2013 20:14:51 GMT by cobblers
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Have to agree, I did a few per day for 3 years like that in my old job (TFR and pressure washer) as long as you aim with common sense. Worst things that happened: my 190e 2.0 had a missfire for 20 seconds till it dried out. An old Volvo 940 refused to start for a minute until it shook some water free from the dizzy - my mistakes on not being careful enough!
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TFR is great but does remove wax etc from polished paintwork / alloys etc if used in a decent concentration, worth remembering before you use it on mirror finished alloy....
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