Re: TQW Detail

["Jon W." <jwilliam@ns1.water.net>]

> From:          VINCELYONS@aol.com
> Date:          Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:41:38 -0400 (EDT)
> To:            sean@nwh.org, savidesn@audvid.win.net, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:       Re: TQW Detail

> 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  
> 

I bought a '90 Jetta GLi 16v used from the lot of a new car dealer.  
One of the things that impressed me was the cleanliness of the 
engine.  It looked like new.  One trip to the frozen north and the 
car had accumulated a ton of salt and crud.  I promptly took it to a 
detailer who cleaned the engine.  Whatever chemical he used to clean 
the engine caused some damage to some contacts (an idle switch, 
various other bits) that required over $500 worth or repairs and 
replacement.  

I wash the underside of the hood and around the firewall and the 
painted areas, clean off the valve cover and that's it.

Jon
> 
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jwilliam@water.net
'87 Audi Coupe GT
still trying to put in that stupid reverse switch