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Dirtiest engine
This is what the engine looked like when I bougth my $800 97 Ebony Disgusting isnt it. It looks much better now, after two cleanings.
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Re: Dirtiest engine
How do you clean your engine? Do you just spray it with the hose or is there somethings you have to do to it first?
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Jared 1992 dark teal SVX LS |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
So Dan where is the clean picture ?
[IMG]http:/[/IMG]So Dan where is the clean picture ? This is mine !!! |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
Depends on how clean you want it...
It's common for people get some kind of spray foaming engine cleaner available at any auto parts store, spray it on a warm engine, let it sit for 20 minutes or so and then hose it off. It does OK but not great for all the nooks and crannies. Do detail shops still steam-clean engines? That seems to work really well. |
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DO CHECK what the instructions say on the can - some cans should not be sprayed onto a hot engine (as I found out with an old car of mine) - it started a fire in the engine bay - lucky I was at a car cleaning spray booth & used the spray to put out the fire.
Lucky only had to replace some of the wiring loom!!! |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
Do I need to worry about covering anything or is everything under there ok to get wet?
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Jared 1992 dark teal SVX LS |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
What is the best stuff to dress the black plastic with ?
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Re: Dirtiest engine
If you like shiney black plastic, I have used the spray on hot shine stuff for tires
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Re: Dirtiest engine
Mother's back to black works amazing, and wizards blach renew works ok, but it comes off with water while the mother's soaked completly into the plastic. We used the mother's to dress the bumpers on my mom's volvo xc70 oceaocean race and it took everything we threw at it. I also used the mother's on my svx.
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That ( back to black ) is what I did use but I was not thrilled with it.
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you have to use this stuff in the shade on a cool surface, otherwise it looks like crap.
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) Last edited by Landshark; 09-02-2011 at 07:58 AM. |
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Re: Dirtiest engine
I second this
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Re: Dirtiest engine
So lets see a few of them engines......
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