Re: TQW Detail

["Sean Ford" <sean@nwh.org>]

Oh, well when you put it that way... what you are listing are your concerns
related to engine compartment cleaning. I'm sure if you were to express
these concerns to the person performing the cleaning, then the appropriate
measures would be taken to avoid these particular pitfalls. Me? I like to
get in there myself and just clean up a bit, especially that plastic header
cover.

Sean Ford
sean@nwh.org
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA  02162 (USA)
'92 Audi 100CS 5spd  18K miles (and counting)
'89 Suzuki Katana 600 14K miles (out and about, and running strong)

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> From: VINCELYONS@aol.com
> To: sean@nwh.org; savidesn@audvid.win.net; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: TQW Detail
> Date: Thursday, April 17, 1997 10:41 PM
> 
> In a message dated 97-04-15 12:12:17 EDT, you write:
> 
> <<  Personally, I like a clean engine compartment. Maybe it's the styling
of
>  my Audi's engine cover, I don't know, but I really do enjoy popping that
>  hood and showing off the engine, when clean, to friends and family.
>   >>
> 
> It is often a pleasure to work on a clean engine however many
> detailers go overboard on the pressure washers which get water
> into every electrical connector, nook & cranny.  Sometimes they
> use degreasers that make the hosses soft and short lived. Then
> some like coating the hoses with clear lacquer so that they will
> appear glossy. Others like getting out black spray paint and
> giving everthing that won't come clean a gloss black coating that
> really looks like shit when it starts to peal in 1,000 miles.
> 
> nah....
> I'll take the dirty engine.  
> 
> Vince Lyons  
>