General Cleanliness Question

[Ed Kellock]

Don't forget the garden hose hooked up to the hot water heater in the house
with spray nozzle attached. ;-)
 Ed
 On 11/9/05, Brendan <mailinglist at endosquid.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 09 November 2005 01:24 pm, Andrew and Katie Butitta wrote:
> > So my Audi is doing fine now, after I replaced the exhaust and
> > cleaned the ISV. My question, however, is regarding my Mitsubishi
> > minivan. I was out just now adjusting the idle on it and noticed
> > smoke from the engine compartment.
> >
> > I've got about 6 months worth of oily goopy sludge dripping down the
> > front of the head and falling on the exhaust manifold and burning. I
> > know I'm really close to an engine fire here, and rest assured I'll
> > be ordering a new valve cover gasket *real soon,* but until then:
> >
> > What's the best / fastest / easiest / cheapest way to clean built-up
> > oil drippings off of an engine head?
>
> Cover things in plastic baggies...SimpleGreen, scrubbers, warm soapy
> water,
> warm engine...potpourri...
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