RE: Engine Cleaning

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

I have found that by doing this job twice a year on my street cars using
Simple Green and a pressure nozzle
on my garden hose I can effectively clean my motor and engine
compartment. Admittedly the first time
it my be necessary to use an automotive degreaser and the coin-op. After
that, if you do it with regularity
it should be possible to maintain a clean engine compartment. 
 As an aside, my mechanic gives me a pretty bad time about this,
claiming I am fanatical about keeping my 
engine cleaner then the car itself! Currently that wouldn't be the case
so I also keep surgical gloves on hand 
(literally) to keep my hands clean.

Anton J. Gaidos, III
PC Design
Motorola Computer Group

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>From: 	MSV96@aol.com[SMTP:MSV96@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, February 11, 1997 1:35 PM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Engine Cleaning
>
>In a note dated 2/9/97 Trisha Blethen writes:
>
><snip>...we have taken the race car  (on trailer) to the drive through car
>wash (effectionately known as the quarter car wash) and use the engine
>degreaser first then the high pressure hose....being  careful to not directly
>hit the high pressure to sensitive areas.<snip>
>
>Very good advice, this method has worked for me for years. My only extra word
>of caution is that this technique is illegal now in parts of CA, and there
>are signs posted in the coin-op car washes that state this. Still, it is a
>job which has to be done once in a while-best done under stealth-they are
>open 24 hours ;-).
>
>Mike Veglia
>85 4ksq (with engine needing a good cleaning!) 
>