Hosed...Literally!

[james accordino]

O.K., there you go.  That's a good reason.  Working on
gravel sucks in itself, but outside in the cold is
even worse.

Jim Accordino

--- DocWyte <josh_wyte at yahoo.com> wrote:
> #1  No garage
>
> #2  No paved Driveway
>
> #3  I'm not hauling a compressor and air tools out
> of
> my basement to do work on my gravel driveway in the
> dead winter of New England.
>
> -josh
>
>
> --- james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > This is not about you or Dick Shine, but I'll
> never
> > agree to that again.  God willing.  I worked on
> > horribly dirty, dripping engines, the first 10
> yrs.
> > of
> > wrenching and all I got was terribly extended
> > service
> > times, missed problem diagnoses, dirty and hurt.
> > Yes,
> > I got hurt much more often working on these
> filthy,
> > slimed up drivetrains.  Clean.  Only and always.
> > With
> > the price of compressors as low as they are, I
> think
> > it's a fairly lame excuse for anyone who does
> their
> > own work to say, "I can't afford it."  You're not
> > buying an alignment rack.  I think if you ever had
> > the
> > "pleasure" of working on a clean drivetrain with
> > proper air tools you'd never go back.  Willingly.
> >
> > My $.02
> > Jim Accordino
> >
> > --- DocWyte <josh_wyte at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Ok, I keep hearing about compressed air.  I
> don't
> > > have
> > > access to compressed air and never have.
> > >
> > > Most people don't.  That makes drying out the
> > engine
> > > bay and connectors a rather large task.
> > >
> > > Just because the car runs like crap after a
> > thorough
> > > dousing of the engine bay does NOT mean that
> > there's
> > > a
> > > problem with the car!!! Other than it's dripping
> > wet
> > > in the engine bay where it's not supposed to be.
> > >
> > > Older cars, particularly in New England, don't
> > like
> > > having the engine power washed.
> > >
> > > I was very careful when I cleaned the bay of my
> > '90
> > > Jetta 16v and used a low pressure garden hose
> and
> > > had
> > > idle and starting issues for a week afterwards,
> > even
> > > though I dried every connection.
> > >
> > > I stand by my claim, a dirty engine is a happy
> > one.
> > > As back up, go ahead and call Dick Shine at
> Shine
> > > Racing Service...
> > >
> > > -josh
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Ben Swann <bswann at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > > > Definately agree with Huw here.  I always
> clean
> > > the
> > > > engine bay as a matter
> > > > of course when I obtain a car.
> > > >
> > > > If you find the car does not run right after a
> > > good
> > > > powerwash followed by
> > > > compressed air drying, then be thankful you
> > > > uncovered a problem that would
> > > > undoubtedly occur sometime in the near future
> > when
> > > > conditions are not ideal
> > > > for checking under the hood to see what is
> > wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Ben
> > > >
> > > > [> You've just learned a valuable lesson about
> > old
> > > > German
> > > > > cars.  Leave the engine bay dirty!!!
> > > >
> > > > I must respectfully disagree here... a clean
> > > engine
> > > > bay is much easier
> > > > to work in, to see leaks, and lets everything
> > work
> > > > properly.
> > > >
> > > > A grunged up engine may develop some "issues"
> > upon
> > > > the first major
> > > > cleaning, but everything you have to fix
> should
> > be
> > > > done anyway - undoing
> > > > all connectors, cleaning them, and
> reassembling
> > > with
> > > > some dielectric gel
> > > > (one at a time!).
> > > >
> > > > You'd be surprised what you can actually see
> > under
> > > > there after the 1/4"
> > > > layer of grrit, grease, and grime has been
> > > > removed...
> > > > Huw Powell]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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