 Engine Degreaser, What to cover up? |
 Mar 30, 2005 - 1:50 PM
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My engine area is VERY dirty. There's a lot of dust and grease all over the place and I found a spray can of degreaser in the storage room of my house. The instructions say to spray everything and then turn the car on and leave it on for 10 minutes. It then says to turn it off and spray the whole thing with water to get the stuff off. How effective is the degreasing thing? Will I see a huge difference? My main concern is spraying the whole thing... I don't think I should spray the whole engine compartment. Some parts must be covered up before I spray the thing... What parts must I cover up that shouldn't get sprayed with degreaser and/or water???
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Mar 31, 2005 - 3:08 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
what i generally do is take it to my local self server pressure washers. I let the engine run to normal operating temperatures. Turn off the engine and let it cool for 10-30 mins depending on how hot the engine is. Then I get some engine degreaser and apply it to the whole engine and anywhere that is dirty while avoiding anything that is has paint and electrical. (Simple green is good but its just isn't as strong as the engine degreasers you find at auto stores.) I let the degreaser sit for a couple minutes, and presure wash away avoiding anything electrical. Then I let the engine sit for another 30 mins and let the engines heat dry the water. After that I'm done.
did this several times and no problems yet. |
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JoKeRkId613 Engine Degreaser Mar 30, 2005 - 1:50 PM
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cmorty Yep that works just as well. I've detailed ... Apr 1, 2005 - 4:11 AM |
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