washing the engine bay??!!
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washing the engine bay??!!
i heard lots people and even my dad lol who washed their engine bay and the car is all ****ed up after cuz electrical crap gets wet.....but damn theres like an inch thick of dirt and everything around well EVERYTHING! and i wanna wash that crap off....should i wash it and let it sit like a few days with the battery off so it dries out?
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i think you should be fine cleaning your engine bay... since youve got a pretty thick layer of crust on your engine bay .. i sudgest you get a good brush and after you spray your engine with the cleaner... brush away... but before you do any of that you should cover your distrubuter cap with a plastic bag.. do the same with your coil too.. and i know youve got a cracked AFM boot.. maybe you should cover that too....
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yeah try wrapping the injectors too.. but the alternator should be fine... ive washed mine a few times already and always had good results.. it also helps too if you have a air compressor so you can slow it dry after washing it... you dont want standing water ontop of your intake manifold... or anywhere else in your engine bay for that matter...
i have a vaccum blower lol....maybe i can force the blower into a smaller pipe so its more pressured ....i dunno how strong it is...
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distrubuter cap lol me learned hard way i water blasted myne. and got everything wet. I did it when the car was on as i know its a rule when durts hot comes off eazyer and u have to have ur motor running or ul crack it. hot motor and cold water dont mix.
But i ended up buying a new distrubuter,distrubuter cap,Wires,sparkplugs and stuff. cause it didnt die but once i crossed 2500rpm it like went itno shock and wigged out. so i had to drive 10 miles with out going over 2500 rpm... was kinda fun (NOT).
anyways where the injecters plug in my motor has like little pin holes. and water got in them. but it didnt mess up anything so i wouldnt worry to bad about that. just cover the stuff above and you should be alright
But i ended up buying a new distrubuter,distrubuter cap,Wires,sparkplugs and stuff. cause it didnt die but once i crossed 2500rpm it like went itno shock and wigged out. so i had to drive 10 miles with out going over 2500 rpm... was kinda fun (NOT).
anyways where the injecters plug in my motor has like little pin holes. and water got in them. but it didnt mess up anything so i wouldnt worry to bad about that. just cover the stuff above and you should be alright
Last edited by robertpark; Apr 24, 2003 at 02:55 PM.
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lol wash yer car when it running....well....tahts something not even I would do....lol.....i need to get new cables anyways ...now its got 7.5mm i wanna go 8 and they barely reach the spark plugs....also i found one sprakplug different then the other 5....i said before and say it again.... previous owner is a retarded moron who deserves something like a kids tri-cycle the ones with pedals on front wheel without a chain.....thats what he needs....
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lol no my mom on her knees and gloves and a metal scrub cuts trough baked on oven grease....lol well i mean if it works tho ill use it....and i plan on gettin a tooth brush and scrubbing too....
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I bought a can of this engine cleaner stuff from candian tire...it's some sort of citrus solution that removes grease and such...only problem is i didn't have a chance to use it - the cap was so tight that when i twisted it off it broke the nozzle on the can.
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lol nabzif did you know canadian tire are like bitch *** punks that rip you off...at least here in saskatoon
no i will not pray for u cuz 300zx drivers are HOES !!! they dont acknowledge us !
no i will not pray for u cuz 300zx drivers are HOES !!! they dont acknowledge us !
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Ugh... engine cleaner
Be carefull with engine degreaser, I bought some spray cans of that crap to try to clean the engine on a Mazda I used to own. If you don't get all of it off, it will smell horrible for probably a week. I got some on my exhaust manifold and couldn't get it cleaned out, and that crap smelled horrible and even made a little white smoke the first day after I cleaned it. It wasn't very cool having to be the one in traffic with smoke coming from under the hood and stink that burns your nose. 
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Simple Wash!
I was told, I think by RacerX to use Simple Wash. It can be diluted with water, better than Simple green, and can be used for soaking or with a brush for scrubbing. Plus, it doesn't seem to leave any residue, and can be easly rinsed off with water.
Simple Wash is used for concrete & wood decks, so you should be able to find in in a store with building materials or a do it yourself homeowners store.
Hope this helps!
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Simple Wash is used for concrete & wood decks, so you should be able to find in in a store with building materials or a do it yourself homeowners store.
Hope this helps!
Speed
Enjoy the Ride!
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I use castrol super clean (its in a purple spray bottle) and it works great. Just spray it on, let it sit for a couple of minutes, and rinse it off. DON'T let it sit on the top of your fenders because it will mess up the clear-coat if you do. After you wash it start it and let it idle for about 30 minutes. Thats what I did and it worked great.
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