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25th August 2012, 01:56 PM
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Patrol God
Hints to clean the engine bay?
I love mud. Mud loves baking itself onto my engine.
Im after any tips on cleaning the engine bay.
I coat my carby in penetrine/crc etc before hitting the mud. This helps to stop any mud clinging in the first place.
I give it a light spray with the pressure cleaner as soon as i can (usually a few days later lol)
I use a small hearth brush and warm soapy water to scrub all the accessable areas.
Anyway i look at it, its a bugger to do so any more tips would be great (and no, not getting muddy in the first place is NOT an option!).......
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25th August 2012 01:56 PM
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25th August 2012, 02:21 PM
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25th August 2012, 02:26 PM
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25th August 2012, 02:27 PM
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The 747
High pressure degreaser at the carwash.
Tappa tappa
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25th August 2012, 03:03 PM
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Pull up to the car wash, pop the bonnet and spray the engine with truck wash from a spray bottle then drop the bonnet. Wash the car then pop the bonnet again and go to town with the hot pressure washer. If your a petrol then consider turning he engine on and blast it while running. Should come up a treat.
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25th August 2012, 03:36 PM
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Patrol God
Sounds good but we dont have a HOT car wash anywhere around here! lol
Im thinking about trying to find a few "specialised" plastic containers (like cordial bottles cut up etc) that i can cut to shape to slide over the delicate areas (coil, dissy, etc) then i can go to town with the pressure cleaner and then just hand wash the covered up areas last.
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25th August 2012, 03:41 PM
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I have used that $2 can stuff and it worked ok for mud it was a 3 in 1 degreaser .
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25th August 2012, 05:29 PM
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Patrol God
Go easy with those pressure hoses, they'll get water in anywhere,
how about a carton of Supercheap degreaser. Hot soapy water sounds the go.
Will take a few goes anyway, finish off with tyre shine
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25th August 2012, 05:48 PM
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Normal degreaser doesn't seem to have any impact on the mud but the 3 in1 does it's the one that foams up when you spray it on.
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25th August 2012, 05:49 PM
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If you like mud then you need to put on a lower cowl to stop the mud getting up onto your fan and throwing it all over the joint. That engine bay is a mess! Mine used to look like that and it drive me nuts.
About 8 years ago I had a splash guard bent up and it changed everything!! If you can limit the amount of mud that gets to your fan the mess will be far far less
Check out these pics. I have just removed this as the cheesy bar had a splash guard built in.
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Made a massive difference!
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Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!!
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
Check out my Toy -->
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Originally Posted by
Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
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