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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 04:33 PM
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Default What do you clean your engine with?

Just wondering what the best product for engine cleaning is. Also, how do I get the baked on mud off of my exhaust? Thanks
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Simple green is pretty good stuff.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Simple green is powerful stuff.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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engine cleaning, they might mean like engine degreaser and for backed mud try the engine degreaser and a scotch bright pad.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 07:11 PM
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Simple Green is awsome. Just melts the caked on mud off
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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Yea, but where does that diesel fuel goes when you rinse the quad off? At least simple green is enviromently friendly,
 
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 08:23 PM
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when my cousin and i rebuilt my sport we dipped a paint brush in acid and coated the engine . then rinsed with a pressure washer. show room guarnteed!!!!!!!! I forget the kind of acid it was. if your intrested you can send him a private message. im sure he'll remember. his screen name is "white dog". im telling ya theres no comparison!!!!

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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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Default What do you clean your engine with?

Oven cleaner works great on the exhaust pipe - get 'er hot and spray away, let it sit a bit, then wash it off - you can do the same for the engine, but unless you wash it off real good - then come back with some WD40 all over after it dries, the aluminum will start to oxidize (white chalky spots all over).

The acid used to clean air conditioning coils works well on the engine too - it was designed for aluminum. (and I might add it is environmentally safe - but I the only tree I hug is the firewood I'm bringing to the wood stove [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] )
 
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 08:06 AM
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The best thing to clean your exhaust with is a pressure washer. It blasts all the baked on mud right off. Just a warning though, don't spray your suspension components with it as you will blast all the grease right out.
 
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