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Old May 24, 2004 | 03:26 PM
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Is there a place I can go to where they can pressure wash or something like that under the hood? theres some rust and other things on different places and dust everywhere.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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High pressure of water under hood getting onto electrical components= Not good

You can use Simple Green, a scrub brush and a shop rag with water to clean under the hood.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SmutWanter
High pressure of water under hood getting onto electrical components= Not good

You can use Simple Green, a scrub brush and a shop rag with water to clean under the hood.
Simple Green is the shiz...works great!
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:23 PM
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there is hella brands to buy to get off that grease and rust I use some.. but I forgot what it was called.. you had to wash it off with water though worked great
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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Water is fine to use as long as you're not soaking the same area consistantly. Keep the hose moving around quickly and try to avoid critical areas like the distributor/coil pack, plug wire seals, etc.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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you can wrap things like distributor/coil pack, battery with aluminum foil. you can use plastic warp but aluminum foil is just easier to use. just don't short the battery terminals together.

this page has great info on how to detail your engine bay:

http://store.yahoo.com/autopia/inf-engine.html
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