Hints to clean the engine bay?

[97_gq_lwb]

Ct18 is my choice, as you can let it dry, then drive down to the pressure sprayers car wash.

I do appear to have squeaky pulleys though. I'm assuming the cleaning was too good. How do you un-squeak them?





Tipsy-tap

check the bearings in the tensioners rock your fan and see if their is movement in the water pump same with tensioners and aircon pump alternator etc lol i just did all of mine as they were buggered.

If it is just fan belt squeak silicon spray does the job.

[patch697]

Ct18 is my choice, as you can let it dry, then drive down to the pressure sprayers car wash.

I do appear to have squeaky pulleys though. I'm assuming the cleaning was too good. How do you un-squeak them?



Tipsy-tap

X2 with CT18.... Use a pump up spay pack as Mudrunner suggested in he's post ( cheap as from your local garden supply) & mix to the directions on the bottle. Its safe enough to use on everything, no hot wash required, although I would suggest a pressure washer of some sort & it works.

[megatexture]

x3 on the ct18 it even gets off the red dust that stains from out west ,i just spray it on and go out and spray it on again in like 20 mins then preasure clean off and it works great

[Robo]

What about trying something like lanoline form work release oil.
Recommended for form props protection against rusting, form work etc.
Comes in 20 ltr containers seems to work ok for the intended purposes might work hear.
20 lts made up at 6 - 1 , I think, so 120 lts.
Work out to be very economical as well, at that ratio.
Make up only as much as you can use at a time, it separates if left sitting around.
Garden pump bottle is the go.

[97_gq_lwb]

I tried the ct-18 today works great even with the garden hose .
I bought some ct-14 as well to try on oily greasy stuff.
and one of these pump up spray bottles http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...01#Description
they had at supercheap $29 for the lot the ct-18 was on special.

[taslucas]

Was just at sca. They didn't have the ct18. Damn Tassie shops,!

Tap, crackle, pop

[P4trol]

Will have to bring some down for you at the end of the year when I come to tassie.


Tipsy-tap

[taslucas]

For sure mate lol.

Tap, crackle, pop

[nomadTech87]

I can't suggest any products, there's plenty of good advice already posted here anyway but one piece of advice I will give is: Do make sure you do clean the mud out of your rig.
It looks great having your 'trol covered in mud but after being bitten once I now go over everything after it's been out.

I used to have a 1966 2A landrover, USED to. Bought it for bargain off a mate who had to get rid of it, she hadn't run for several years due to brake problems and lack of funds so I was going to strip it down, inspect, clean it up and rebuild.
The only visible rust on the car was the bonnet and a bit on the dash. Now this car had done a few firetrails in the blue mountains on its last drive out and still had a wads of dried mud sprayed up underneath which had been there for years.
While inspecting the chasis, I pulled some of the caked mud off and discovered that there was nothing left under there. Underneath the packed mud in several spots there were gaping holes in the chasis. the damage was so great we ended up salvaging the running gear to put on ebay and cutting what remained of the rover for scrap.

If mud is allowed to sit on metal surfaces on your car, it will dry and cake on, then over time the moisture trapped under the dried mud will slowly eat away the metal surfaces underneath regardless of whether the metal is painted.
These days I wait for my Patrol to dry out, then I give her a wash, wax before getting underneath with a scrubbing brush and a damp cloth to clean all the crap out of the body/chasis and prod dried mud out of all the nooks and crannies, clear drain holes etc.

Definitely will have to take up the advice listed here and try rubbing lanolin over the underbody/enginebay

[pjhicks3]

You can buy a thing made by "Staun" called a massojet or something like that, and it just hooks up to your hose - no pressure washer needed, and it has a long handle, I have one, and it works a treat for this..