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How do you clean ................
Recently bought an 86 coupe. Engine compartment looks as if it had been "detailed" in past with one of those spray on glossy liquids that now has turned brown crusty looking.
Anyone have any recommendations of how to get this off engine parts, hoses, weatherstripping ??????
Thanks
Anyone have any recommendations of how to get this off engine parts, hoses, weatherstripping ??????
Thanks
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by franki
Recently bought an 86 coupe. Engine compartment looks as if it had been "detailed" in past with one of those spray on glossy liquids that now has turned brown crusty looking.
Anyone have any recommendations of how to get this off engine parts, hoses, weatherstripping ??????
Thanks
Anyone have any recommendations of how to get this off engine parts, hoses, weatherstripping ??????
Thanks
Last edited by Corvette Kid; Jul 31, 2004 at 05:27 PM.
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I tied shopping bags around the MAFS, AIR PUMP, DISTRUBUTOR, and ALTERNATOR.
I emptied a whole bottle of Simple Green Automotive Degreaser all over the whole engine. Down in from of the wheel Wells, everything. Then hosed the whole thing off, then uncovered, let sit a while, then started it up.
It ran rough for a bit, but after a few runs, it was normal, and a whole lot cleaner.
I emptied a whole bottle of Simple Green Automotive Degreaser all over the whole engine. Down in from of the wheel Wells, everything. Then hosed the whole thing off, then uncovered, let sit a while, then started it up.
It ran rough for a bit, but after a few runs, it was normal, and a whole lot cleaner.
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I just finished cleaning my engine compartment, I used Knights Spray Nine Greeze-OFF. It worked very well and removed any old Armor-All or other treatments put on the engine. One word of caution, it seems to be pretty strong stuff, so use care around decals, engine compartment stickers etc. BTW it was extremely good cleaning the grime off the suspensions components. Good luck!
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
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Originally Posted by lmac2
I just finished cleaning my engine compartment, I used Knights Spray Nine Greeze-OFF. It worked very well and removed any old Armor-All or other treatments put on the engine. One word of caution, it seems to be pretty strong stuff, so use care around decals, engine compartment stickers etc. BTW it was extremely good cleaning the grime off the suspensions components. Good luck!
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
St. Jude Donor '10
Yeah; the dealer where I bought my `87 must have sprayed a 55 gal. drum of that crap under the hood,& on all the interior plastic pieces. Glad to see I`m not the only one. 
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by PSO3120
Can you hose down an Opti-Spark engine as long as you cover the Opti with plastic?