Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 07:41 am, by: Hayden Miller(Zero)
Im really not sure what topic to put this under but im wondering what everyone one uses to clean under the hood? Iv been using wd-40 with some old rag's... wipes it all down and seems to look good, is it safe to use wd-40 in an engine bay and on rubber hoses?
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 08:52 am, by: Brett Moloney(Lxsv8)
I agree Hayden I've lost count of the number of posts that I have read that start with "I just hosed down my engine bay and now my car runs like crap!" I personally use engine degreaser on a rag and elbow grease and finish with a silicon spray on the hoses and it comes up pretty good.
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 01:07 pm, by: Anish Varsani(Yomama)
You need to steam clean it to avoid the electrical problems with hosing. Normally hosing a v8 dosn't cause problems unless you get water under the HT lead on the passangers side igniter.
Finding a place with a steam cleaner can be a mission. Some garages have them but most just use a pressure cleaner.
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 05:03 pm, by: Joshua Rowland(Jnr)
i just use a bit of tyre shine or armor oil on the plastics(dust does stick it it easy though with tyre shine) and mothers polisher to do the polished stuff, but i do use WD-40 on the engine though which is great stuff to use.
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