So anyone have a favorite? I really need to clean the engine in my 95 because it's really, really dirty :hick: (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa33/thunderjet302/95%20tbird/95birdeng.jpg?t=1200004457)
I've never really used engine degreaser/cleaner before because I was able to clean up the bay on my 88 with WD40 and a rag before I painted it as it was pretty clean. So any recomendations? I'm not looking for show clean but I want it cleaner so I don't have to wash my hands every time I check the oil:hick:
Zep 505
avalible at most home improvment stores
My favorite cleaner/degreaser? My 2200 psi pressure washer.
Works like a champ everytime.
simple green
Well now I have a few to try :hick:
Discovered that stuff this spring BIG FAN haven’t used it on the car yet
I’ve also used grease lightning on my car and power washer.
Easy-Off oven cleaner.
Get the engine warmed up, the drive to the U-spray-it should be enough, spray the engine with Easy-Off, close the hood and wash the rest of the car. Open the hood and rinse the engine off.
I use Simple Green for most of my desgreasing duties...especially the ones that involve the results washing onto the ground.
Granted the grease/oil is one problem, but no need to add to it.
castrol super clean
i'd like to clear this up with my dad. he says that using a pressure washer under my hood would mess up the electronics and the car would never be the same again. i can see by you guy's posts that you've had no such problem. is there specific electronics under the hood to avoid. i mean i know pressure washers how they can destroy paint, all kinds of stuff, i worked as a pressure washer (driveways, houses, etc) but other than that is there anything i should look out for?
The coil, alt, and a few other misc things.
Question though: do any of these products stip paint? I really don't want to strip the paint off my inner fenders and intake manifold while the grease comes off :hick:
ive washed mine at the car wash several times. i just didn't hold the pressure on the alt and things i didn't want to mess up . you would be amazed at what the super clean and a garden hose can do. yes super clean can strip paint that is why you dilute it. i used a 50/50 mix one my tough gresse jobs.
Understandably so. Common sense must be used when using one. I've heard that line over and over about high pressure messing up a car....well no s$#! if your blasting away at harness connectors, alternators, just about anything electrical where water doesn't belong. I've relied on mine for several years to keep the car and both trucks engine compartments clean. Like I said....common sense goes a long way.
i use simple green to clean lots of stuff, have for years but never tried to wash my engine with it yet. need to find a decent solution for getting the from my hood pad off of my fender areas and such( and all over the engine as well.
when i worked at cardone in disassembly we used some kind of stuff that cleaned our stations and the parts right out of the yard and made them look brand new, made the oil and grime run right off of it without water or anything. i wish i could remember the name to that stuff(came in 55 gal. drums) as id love to get my hands on some now:hick:
Super Clean will also dissolve your skin.... It's pretty nasty stuff.
I've never had an issue with Simple Green stripping paint.
:eek: !
I think I'll try Simple Green first:hick:
I bought some Gunk Engine Brite the other day but I haven't got a chance to try it out as I have no water source that works in -40 degree weather.
Learned that the hard way, by the time I realized it a ready drew blood in mutable places on both hands. And when my hands dried the pain got worse. This was Some sort of biological cleaner similar to simple green. it was approx 10/1 diluted w/water. I was exposed for a long period of time. One of the dumb things iv done-lesson learned
and to think back in the old days people used the stuff to wash there bodies with it. good ole lye soap has come along way. yep there is said it. super clean is lye soap just like oven cleaner.
You guys should look for a product called spray 9. it's hardcore for a cleaner but its safe to work around. my dad gets it by the box at his job and we use it for anything. it will get anything clean.. when i pressure washed we used simple green, its cheap and effective, but like cleaning mold off the north side of a building, if you miss spot it'll leave clean spots and dirty spots you missed. as far as using it on painted version, i never really let it sit on anything long enough b/c it works really fast. spray 9 can be left on things untill drive, pressure washed the next day after sun, and not do anything to paint. i still wouldnt do it on the outside of a car. karate kid style maybe. theres some detergent concentrate that we used that WOULD eat your skin, so the more concentrated yeh the cleaner gets more toxic so beware. prolly why the heavy duty stuff can do that.
we use purple stuff works really well. easy on skin at least for short periods of time. i can't go near simple green. used to use it at pep boys. gives me the hives.
Carb/Choke Cleaner.
the absolute best stuff to clean parts is this stuff my dad gets from work, its got the company logo on it and its called "brake cleaner" it can dissolve and weaken rubber so its kinda hit and miss b/c you dont wanna bomb the whole hood with it. but anyway its good stuff i'll look into what the generic product is. most of you prolly have already used it or something similar or even the generic branf.
tried the oven cleaner on my engine bay when i was redoing my motor, ATE THE PAINT clean off, wasn't a pretty site.
well if the paint has loosened up over time of the grease and grime. and when you go to clean it up it will take the paint. but i have personally used oven cleaner with alot of sucsess. but i am not sure if im gonna go that route again on the supercoupe.
oven cleaner WILL eat paint, I use that stuff to strip the paint off my 1/24 plastic models when I want to repaint them.....
I use mean green, or power green (same shiznit) and a pressure washer, and it works great...
i use pine sol to strip the paint of models. takes the paint right of and doesn't hurt the plastic. you have to soak them over night though. as for real car stuff i stand by my super clean1