uncer hood cleanup
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Burning Brakes
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From: st. anne illinois
uncer hood cleanup
hey guys, i don't have frc on my car so i have 2 questions for you guys,
1). I have a ported 90 ls2 intake and aftermarket ls2 speed inc rails. is there a way to get the frc's back on the car?
2) what is the best way to get all the dust from under the hood? can i just spray everything with a hose? or will that mess up the coils etc....
1). I have a ported 90 ls2 intake and aftermarket ls2 speed inc rails. is there a way to get the frc's back on the car?
2) what is the best way to get all the dust from under the hood? can i just spray everything with a hose? or will that mess up the coils etc....
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St. Jude Donor '15
hey guys, i don't have frc on my car so i have 2 questions for you guys,
1). I have a ported 90 ls2 intake and aftermarket ls2 speed inc rails. is there a way to get the frc's back on the car?
2) what is the best way to get all the dust from under the hood? can i just spray everything with a hose? or will that mess up the coils etc....
1). I have a ported 90 ls2 intake and aftermarket ls2 speed inc rails. is there a way to get the frc's back on the car?
2) what is the best way to get all the dust from under the hood? can i just spray everything with a hose? or will that mess up the coils etc....
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Burning Brakes
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you guys are funny. i'm going to rub it all down ,
without the fuel rail covers there are wires and wires..lol and coils and stuff. alot of dust on all of it. just wanna get rid of it all .. just wondering if it'd be okay to rub her down with water!!!
without the fuel rail covers there are wires and wires..lol and coils and stuff. alot of dust on all of it. just wanna get rid of it all .. just wondering if it'd be okay to rub her down with water!!!
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LUCKY was 100% spot on,,, as usual
! I will get right to the POINT and wont allow you to accuse me of being a wise guy!
"rrrright. ignorant much?
DO NOT wash the engine down with water! PERIOD!
Use some compresed air to blow out any dust and dirt that is laying around (wear eye and hearing protection!!)
Under the intake manifold there are TWO KNOCK SENSOR wells. There covered with flimsy rubber plugs and they do not seal the wells very well . They will let water in and it will fill the wells . When the well/s get water in them, you will destroy the KNOCK sensors in those sensor wells. You will have KNOCK sensor failure! (sooner or later)
You also run the risk of getting water into electrical connectors (even though there touted as "Weather Tight" ) There NOT weather PROOF!
Chassis Ground Connectors. They SUCK! They corrode on their own because there NOT even weather tight. Spraying water on them doesn’t help them survive.
Spraying the engine down with simple green is way different than flooding it with a direct stream of water. It shouldn’t cause any issues as long as all of the systems are sealed and operating as GM intended them to.
I cleaned my entire engine compartment on my C6 yesterday. Used some WD-40 on the metal components and some Vinyl and Rubber treatment on the hoses and plastic. Took me an hour. Looks like new. Its just a little more tedious!
You can do what ever you want.
Some of us here have either been to the school of hard knocks OR helped out people who have been there and done that and had to pay to fix it!
BC
! I will get right to the POINT and wont allow you to accuse me of being a wise guy!"rrrright. ignorant much?
DO NOT wash the engine down with water! PERIOD!
Use some compresed air to blow out any dust and dirt that is laying around (wear eye and hearing protection!!)Under the intake manifold there are TWO KNOCK SENSOR wells. There covered with flimsy rubber plugs and they do not seal the wells very well . They will let water in and it will fill the wells . When the well/s get water in them, you will destroy the KNOCK sensors in those sensor wells. You will have KNOCK sensor failure! (sooner or later)
You also run the risk of getting water into electrical connectors (even though there touted as "Weather Tight" ) There NOT weather PROOF!
Chassis Ground Connectors. They SUCK! They corrode on their own because there NOT even weather tight. Spraying water on them doesn’t help them survive.
Spraying the engine down with simple green is way different than flooding it with a direct stream of water. It shouldn’t cause any issues as long as all of the systems are sealed and operating as GM intended them to.
I cleaned my entire engine compartment on my C6 yesterday. Used some WD-40 on the metal components and some Vinyl and Rubber treatment on the hoses and plastic. Took me an hour. Looks like new. Its just a little more tedious!
You can do what ever you want.
Some of us here have either been to the school of hard knocks OR helped out people who have been there and done that and had to pay to fix it!
BC
Last edited by Bill Curlee; Aug 24, 2009 at 02:41 PM.
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If you don't go crazy spraying water by the manifold you usually don't have any problems.
I typically shove a couple of rags in front and in the rear of the intake manifold to keep the water out.
I spray down with simple green and take a brush and scrub everything up and the use the hose on mist spray to wash everything down.
There are alot of electrical connectors so be careful not to point the hose directly on any of the connectors.
Lucky & Bill are very knowledgeable and if they say something, you should heed their warnings.
Lucky is not as gentle as Bill is but he's spot on. As long as you drown the motor in water you should be okay, but there always that chance that somethink will get screwed up.
I typically shove a couple of rags in front and in the rear of the intake manifold to keep the water out.
I spray down with simple green and take a brush and scrub everything up and the use the hose on mist spray to wash everything down.
There are alot of electrical connectors so be careful not to point the hose directly on any of the connectors.
Lucky & Bill are very knowledgeable and if they say something, you should heed their warnings.
Lucky is not as gentle as Bill is but he's spot on. As long as you drown the motor in water you should be okay, but there always that chance that somethink will get screwed up.
