Detailing products
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Detailing products
Just curious.......
What are your favorite detailing products? :P
How do you keep your engine clean?
What are your favorite detailing products? :P
How do you keep your engine clean?
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For the top of the car, I use cat vomit. I let the cat out into the garage after she has eaten and she performs her binge-purge trick.
For under the hood, about every 3 months or so I fill my crankcase with 5 quarts of 10W-30. I then use the engine at varying RPMs to sling it all over the engine compartment and other components.
For under the hood, about every 3 months or so I fill my crankcase with 5 quarts of 10W-30. I then use the engine at varying RPMs to sling it all over the engine compartment and other components.
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For the top of the car, I use cat vomit. I let the cat out into the garage after she has eaten and she performs her binge-purge trick.
For under the hood, about every 3 months or so I fill my crankcase with 5 quarts of 10W-30. I then use the engine at varying RPMs to sling it all over the engine compartment and other components.
For under the hood, about every 3 months or so I fill my crankcase with 5 quarts of 10W-30. I then use the engine at varying RPMs to sling it all over the engine compartment and other components.
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For exterior black pieces I've tried Mother's Back to Black and similar products with only limited success. What seems to work best is used coffee grounds. Folgers Dark Roast works very well on the matte black pieces of my car. At work I collect the grounds in a mason jar each morning. Free, easy and my car smells yummy! Just don't get your coffee grounds confused with your snuff spit collection.
Speaking of snuff spit, I've had great results on the exhaust tips with it. Make sure you have a thick paste and then shine the tips like you would shine shoes. Hold a microfiber towel by each end and slide back and forth vigorously. My brother has been using Copenhagen for years and sends me a jug of the stuff each month. Pour it on the towel liberally (some people prefer to use disposable latex gloves as well). If you use Skoal, your results may be different.
Speaking of snuff spit, I've had great results on the exhaust tips with it. Make sure you have a thick paste and then shine the tips like you would shine shoes. Hold a microfiber towel by each end and slide back and forth vigorously. My brother has been using Copenhagen for years and sends me a jug of the stuff each month. Pour it on the towel liberally (some people prefer to use disposable latex gloves as well). If you use Skoal, your results may be different.
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all seriousness aside is it safe to pressure wash a dirty engine these days .. like at a car wash .. my yota is filthy with sand or salt dust from the time it spent in fla..
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I have been told by a friend who is a mechanic that pressure washing engines now with all the electronics is not the best idea. however i would think that all the seals and having to be weatherproof it would not be an issue but not to direct the water at the same spot for very long. just what i have heard and my opinion i know i use to wash the engine in my 350z with no problems.
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