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J-dub
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 steam cleaning theengine bay i tomorow plan tosteam clean the engine bay with my friends steam pressure washer
apart from the obvious
what should I not pressure wash?
thanks
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Geert
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Jameswallace wrote: apart from the obvious
What is in your opinion "obvious"?  Electrics, airfilter, battery and yourself is what NOT to pressure-clean .
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Sean
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Jameswallace wrote: i tomorow plan tosteam clean the engine bay with my friends steam pressure washer
apart from the obvious
what should I not pressure wash?
thanks the gear box and engine... as the pressure washer gets past the oil seal lips, tipped a good deal of clean water out a gearbox that had been power washed recently 
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samfieldhouse
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Sean wrote: Jameswallace wrote: i tomorow plan tosteam clean the engine bay with my friends steam pressure washer
apart from the obvious
what should I not pressure wash?
thanks the gear box and engine... as the pressure washer gets past the oil seal lips, tipped a good deal of clean water out a gearbox that had been power washed recently +1
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J-dub
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Even if done from a distant?
Everything is cakes in years of oil!!
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Sean
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay spray on a degreaser first and let it do its job dont just point the power washer at it
steam cleaning and power washing are different things
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Neil
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Traffic Film Remover, a good selection of brushes and a garden hose.
Gunk/Jizer is a PITA to clean off and causes an oil slick that runs down the road. TFR is far more user friendly and environmentally sound and in my experience gives much better results.
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ayjay
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay a can or 2 of engine de-greaser from halfrauds is good too go
get the engine warmed up the spray away
leave it too do its work then use a hosepipe or hot water
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| September 10th, 2013, 10:33 pm |
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J-dub
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay I want to do something
I kind of feel that the engine cant enjoy having a oily jacket around it?
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2004 Toyota Landcruiser Amazon 4200cc runs on Bio Diesel
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Terry
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Re: steam cleaning theengine bay Jameswallace wrote: .... the engine cant enjoy having a oily jacket around it?  ....enjoy having an oily jacket ... etc If it gets hot,the oil will burn off anyway,if it do'nt get hot,it'll prob'ly rot anyway. A good coating of oil keeps all the bits from rusting. The only bits I keep clean [on my 2CV] is the oil cooler,coil,leads & plugs . And FFS ....dont go near anything electrical .... [that coating of oil is better than any WDfarty you might wanna spray on it at a later date]. T.
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