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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 12:17 PM
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Best product to clean a C4 engine compartment.
Simple green and eagle etching.
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Simple green and eagle etching.
Thank You Antfarmer. What exactly is Eagle Etching?
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Originally Posted by Turbo Bob
Thank You Antfarmer. What exactly is Eagle Etching?
A spray bottle you can get at the parts store makes aluminum like new it is for wheels so look around there.
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A spray bottle you can get at the parts store makes aluminum like new it is for wheels so look around there.
Thanks Ant.
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Simple green and eagle etching.
Spray-on and hose off????? What about protecting the optispark?
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Spray-on and hose off????? What about protecting the optispark?
+1 Im wondering too about that "Faulti-spark"
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If you look at questions similar to this over say….. the past ten years here on the forum the consensus is that you do not use a high pressure spray on the engine compartment. A gentle stream of water to rinse off what you have sprayed with simple green will work. Many of us simply clean by hand and once you get the engine compartment really clean its not that difficult to keep it that way. Simple Green is great and so is mother's aluminum polish. I prefer 303 aerospace protectant for all of the plastic and rubber items in the engine bay. Everyone has their favorites.

You’re looking at my 95 with over 130K on it. Used it as a daily driver for years and the engine compartment always looks like this.
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WOW looks great.
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You’re looking at my 95 with over 130K.... Used it as a daily driver....
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