[s-cars] cleaing the engine bay

Steve Powers sbpowers at gmail.com
Wed Oct 5 22:24:55 EDT 2005


Matt -

> I had a feeling the "steam" explaination given to me by my Audi dealership
> was some BS, but since it did fail RIGHT after I sprayed the engine, I took
> his word for it. Even though I suspect a regular hose wouldn't hurt the new
> one, I'd still be hesitant to go and take a powerwasher to any engine bay.

there's some truth here anyway. one shouldn't put high pressure water
in  sensitive areas. I never use a pressure washer for the engine bay
- even though I own a good one. I use a garden hose nozzle and even
then do not direct the stream into the areas where electronics reside.

Steve


More information about the S-CAR-List mailing list