04-20-2014, 12:40 PM | #1 |
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Engine Bay:
Need a little help, the guy we bought my truck from did not take care of the truck, starting yesterday I opened the hood and started cleaning up all the hanging wiring in the engine bay and what not. After I moved all of his rigged up wiring re-grounding things and what not, it looks a lot better. Now I need to take it to the car wash and spray all the dirt and grease off, what areas should I avoid, and also what is a good degreaser to use to get gunk gone? Thanks!
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04-21-2014, 09:14 AM | #2 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
SUPER CLEAN in the purple bottle.... Works great, so does the MEAN GREEN... THE PURPLE SUPER CLEAN, you can actually see it work
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04-21-2014, 09:24 AM | #3 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
And if the grease is really bad a putty knife/spoon works well getting the initial grease off.
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04-21-2014, 09:59 AM | #4 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
What areas should I avoid when pressure washing the engine and stuff?
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04-21-2014, 11:09 AM | #5 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
Electrical stuff and the carburetor. I take aluminum foil and squeeze it around connectors and stuff just as a precaution.
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04-21-2014, 12:01 PM | #6 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
I'm so glad you started this thread, because I'm about to do the same thing to my engine bay in my truck (I just pulled the engine).
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04-22-2014, 11:06 PM | #7 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
I did the Purple power degreaser...let it set over nite, sprayed more in the morning, let it set a couple hours and then sprayed it again and then sprayed it with a pressure washer. I did it like that 2 days in a row
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04-22-2014, 11:23 PM | #8 |
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Re: Engine Bay:
Get the marine clean from por 15. That stuff will cut through any grease. You can also take it to a steam cleaner and get it spotless (and not get all dirty doing it) for around 100 bucks.
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