Hints to clean the engine bay?

Thanks Darren, thats exactly the info i was after:) I think ill have to look at getting one of those bent up.
I was thinking of getting more rubber matting and trying to stop mud coming up past the engine mount area but i never even thought of the fan throwing it around.

Cheers mate

Get someone else to do it

Thats the other thing as well mkae sure the rubber is in good condition between your wheels and engine bay a lot of mud can be thrown in through the gap between the body and chassis.

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Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD

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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looks great - on my GQ/Mav there is a sheet of rubber that goes from the bottom of the radiator support panel area to the rear, that is starting to fail around the fasteners, and I can see this replacing same and providing more coverage.

Did you notice any change to engine cooling after fitting it?

me again.

If the mud is resisting being washed off, and there is no grease or oil helping the mud stick, then maybe a wetting agent that allows the water to get at the mud might help Some soils when they dry actively repel water. Cheap detergent diluted with water a bit, and sprayed on as a pre soak might be worth a go and be a bit cheaper than cans of degreaser (as a side note, the right version of that $2 degreaser is magic stuff!)

Maybe a cheap pump up garden sprayer to dispense the dilute detergent?

Has anyone tried the ct-18 truck wash it has been a long time since i have used it but from what i remember it worked good on mud on motorbikes.

I use CT-14 I think it is. Its a pink coloured heavy duty degreaser and bilge cleaner. Even well diluted this stuff works awesome it will removed dirty black sump oil, carbon from exhaust and mud. I generally give my engines a hit with this after a service to shine them up and they come up a treat.

Heres a link if anyone is interested.
http://www.chemtech.net.au/wn_chemtech1l.html
Or at supercheap
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...ue#Description

I might go buy some and give it a go.

ct-18 works a treat. I use it in a pressure sprayer and mix it about 60-1 let it soak for 15mins and hose off. Finish with tyre shine. If this is done regularly it will work better.

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?



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