cleaning the engine
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cleaning the engine
any suggestion to cleaning under the hood.
i drive mine in the winter, looked under the hood today as i refilled the washer fluid and its pretty dirty.
any products, suggestion to cleaning it is greatly appriciated
i drive mine in the winter, looked under the hood today as i refilled the washer fluid and its pretty dirty.
any products, suggestion to cleaning it is greatly appriciated
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Just be generally smart, dont put the hose on the ALT. and let it run for 5 minutes, no wires.. ect. Dont do it when the motor is hot, I belive when its warm. Buy a can of engine de-greaser and it will have directions on it.
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I just use a soft brush or wash mit and rinse it off with only "mist" from the hose...not a hard stream of water. After I wash under the hood, I use my compressor to blow all water out of all the nooks and crannies.
Degreaser works well, as does Simple Green. A note of caution though...if you have an asphalt driveway with blacktop sealer on it, don't use degreaser or Simple Green as they will eat away the blacktop sealer (don't ask me how I know this). If your driveway is concrete or unsealed blacktop, you should be OK. Hope this helps.
Degreaser works well, as does Simple Green. A note of caution though...if you have an asphalt driveway with blacktop sealer on it, don't use degreaser or Simple Green as they will eat away the blacktop sealer (don't ask me how I know this). If your driveway is concrete or unsealed blacktop, you should be OK. Hope this helps.
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