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05-26-2004, 12:38 PM
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How do you clean your engine......
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Join Date: May 2004
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What tools and cleaners do you suggest to clean your engine and how to go about doing without hurting anything under the hood.... |
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05-26-2004, 04:21 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
City: Simpsonville
State: South Carolina
Posts: 10,970
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I use Grease Lightning on everything in the egine bay except anything that is Polished aluminum. I use a mix of 50% GL and 50% water in a spray bottle Leave it on for maybe 5-10 min then rinse off. It comes in a gallon container and is 1/5 the price of Simple Green. You will not need to wipe much off Grease lightning lifts most grime unless it is caked on.
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Last edited by Danger Dude; 05-26-2004 at 06:09 PM..
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05-26-2004, 05:33 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Severn, MD
State: Maryland
Posts: 3,920
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ive used simple green on mine many times, works well, then i used Purple Power, it can be too strong if you use it concentrated, but itll cut through just about any oily/greasy mess |
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05-26-2004, 09:38 PM
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Cammed Baby!
Join Date: May 2003
City: Chicago 'Burbs
State: Illinois
Posts: 1,713
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Same as Corey here too.
That stuff works great.
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2003 SVT Lightning #1059 of 4270
2000 Vert 4R70W
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05-26-2004, 09:39 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
City: Simpsonville
State: South Carolina
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So Kirk you did find some Grease lightning and it worked for you too. Cool !!!!!!!!
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05-26-2004, 09:46 PM
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Cammed Baby!
Join Date: May 2003
City: Chicago 'Burbs
State: Illinois
Posts: 1,713
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You bet.
Menards carries it up here. It took off a winters worth of grease & grime in 10 min.
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2003 SVT Lightning #1059 of 4270
2000 Vert 4R70W
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07-05-2004, 06:53 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Hesperia
State: California
Posts: 344
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I just take it to a do it yourself car wash and just use the engine cleaner they have there not to bad and works great. |
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07-05-2004, 06:55 PM
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Posts: 12,414
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you gotta cover anything up when youre spraying the engine? Or is there anything really that cant get wet?
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07-05-2004, 07:10 PM
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FDNY 343 9-11-01
Join Date: May 2003
City: Fishers
State: Indiana
Posts: 5,414
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at work we use a "special" cleaner, haha and a power washer... only on chevys and hondas we worrie about getting things wet, a mustang is ok to wash just to go puttin 100 gal of water on there and make sure your engine is cool,
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07-05-2004, 07:21 PM
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Posts: 12,414
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i really need to clean my engine... i should probably be careful of all my nitrous wiring though
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07-05-2004, 07:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
State: California
Posts: 9,197
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if you have a distributor i dont think you can wet that |
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07-05-2004, 08:18 PM
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FDNY 343 9-11-01
Join Date: May 2003
City: Fishers
State: Indiana
Posts: 5,414
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keep the area in red dry for the most part. if its under the hood it can get wet to a point.. ZIM, yeah aftermarket wires should be kept dry, same with your power wires for AMPS and what not..
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07-07-2004, 04:57 PM
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,329
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i clean it all by hand its not hard really it doesnt get in the cracks and all that good but i dont like putting water on the motor or what not......
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07-12-2004, 07:13 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jul 2004
City: Long Valley
State: New Jersey
Posts: 1,103
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I use castrol super clean. The stuff is amazing. You have to be carful with it though cause its really strong. |
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