Cleaning Up The Engine Bay
1/31/05, 09:00 AM
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I have some Steeda dress up parts in route for the engine bay and decided yesterday to see if I could clean up the engine bay a bit. I was able to route some of the electrical wiring a bit cleaner and found that I was able to polish up the FI runners with a bit of elbow grease and Mother's Mag polish. They look much better now and if they begin spotting I'll shoot a coat of hiogh temp clear on them......sure hope the aftermarket comes out the an intake cover soon!
2/1/05, 04:44 AM
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Simple Green - you can get it at Wal-Mart. Spray the whole bay down from fender to fender and firewall to radiator. Rinse with the hose in spray mode, not stream. Works like a charm.
2/1/05, 05:54 AM
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Originally posted by MTAS@February 1, 2005, 6:47 AM
Simple Green - you can get it at Wal-Mart. Spray the whole bay down from fender to fender and firewall to radiator. Rinse with the hose in spray mode, not stream. Works like a charm.
Simple Green - you can get it at Wal-Mart. Spray the whole bay down from fender to fender and firewall to radiator. Rinse with the hose in spray mode, not stream. Works like a charm.
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Originally posted by MTAS@February 1, 2005, 5:47 AM
Simple Green - you can get it at Wal-Mart. Spray the whole bay down from fender to fender and firewall to radiator. Rinse with the hose in spray mode, not stream. Works like a charm.
Simple Green - you can get it at Wal-Mart. Spray the whole bay down from fender to fender and firewall to radiator. Rinse with the hose in spray mode, not stream. Works like a charm.
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2/1/05, 10:34 AM
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So you guys are just spraying the cleaner all over the engine/heads/intake/hoses etc.. then just hosing it down?
I'm not sure why but I thought you would run in to issues by spraying a hose directly on your engine
Guess I thought water would get in the computer or something, heck I dunno.
I'm not sure why but I thought you would run in to issues by spraying a hose directly on your engine
Guess I thought water would get in the computer or something, heck I dunno.
2/1/05, 11:10 AM
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Originally posted by Mellow Yellow@February 1, 2005, 11:37 AM
So you guys are just spraying the cleaner all over the engine/heads/intake/hoses etc.. then just hosing it down?
I'm not sure why but I thought you would run in to issues by spraying a hose directly on your engine
Guess I thought water would get in the computer or something, heck I dunno.
So you guys are just spraying the cleaner all over the engine/heads/intake/hoses etc.. then just hosing it down?
I'm not sure why but I thought you would run in to issues by spraying a hose directly on your engine
Guess I thought water would get in the computer or something, heck I dunno.
When cleaning an engine - let it cool down 1st, never spray a running engine, and don't spray directly into components (like the alternator, etc.) Be sure to put plastic over the fuse/power dist boxes AND the master cylinder - it is vented to atmosphere and water can get in your brake fluid. Also, don't spray a hard stream directly into the radiator fins - will bend them if you do.
Do yourself a favor and remove a small amout of the brake fluid if yours is overfilled like mine was.....will keep it from coming out the vented cap and running down the side of the MC reservior - mine was above "Max" and now I have it between "Min/Max" and have much less leakage......don't know why Ford can't figure a way to vent w/o leakage on their MC's - my last 4 Ford products have all had this issue - 3 Mustangs and a Lincoln LS.
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