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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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not a massive fan of cleaning engine bays but whats the best stuff for cleaning off loads of oil if ive had a massive oil leak? been looking at the autoglym machine cleaner has anyone else used this stuff?
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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iv had some good results from the ag engine degreaser..aswell as engine gunk.
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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i used neat TFR
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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where can you get neat tfr?
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Traffic Film Remover, erm not sure mine comes from work but my local motor spares place dose it try places like exhausts unlimited, GSF, motex, euro car parts etc etc
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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g101 is good
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http://www.arco.co.uk/products/3460008

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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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we use smart tool active xl or prestige its trade tho so dunno how you'll get it
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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auto gylm power max 3 spayed on a cold engine bay and then when its still wet spary on vinyl and rubber dress and wait 4 it 2 dry job done!!
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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This is my method, always on a cold engine:

Spray on Megs degreaser, leave to soak for 10min then jet wash off.
Spray on Megs APC, leave to soak for 10min then jet wash off.
Towel dry any puddles & dry off any electrics.
Spray on AG Vinyl/rubber care.
Start car, get it up to normal operating temp. Going for a drive is quickest way.
Job done.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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cheers for all the comments guys
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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Its not a cosmetic thing they don't clean the out side of your enigne they clean the inside parts LOL. If they clean the fuel injectors than that's is fine I clean mine once a year. they sell this stuff called sea foam its amazing I have a 15 year old car with 175,000 miles with a V6 that still gets 20 MPG with mostly driving around town. But if they want to flush the oil pain out than yes this will mess up your engine especially if it has high mileage. What happens is that the engine flush will dislodge allot of the sludge that has build up on the bottom of your oil pain over the years and it will send it to the oil pump and clog it up which will starve the engine of oil and damage it which will cost you thousands to have fixed. if you want a clean engine than switch to synthetic oil it has the ability to clean the engine much better than regular oil and you will also see an improvement in gas mileage.
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Originally Posted by megachithu
Its not a cosmetic thing they don't clean the out side of your enigne they clean the inside parts LOL. If they clean the fuel injectors than that's is fine I clean mine once a year. they sell this stuff called sea foam its amazing I have a 15 year old car with 175,000 miles with a V6 that still gets 20 MPG with mostly driving around town. But if they want to flush the oil pain out than yes this will mess up your engine especially if it has high mileage. What happens is that the engine flush will dislodge allot of the sludge that has build up on the bottom of your oil pain over the years and it will send it to the oil pump and clog it up which will starve the engine of oil and damage it which will cost you thousands to have fixed. if you want a clean engine than switch to synthetic oil it has the ability to clean the engine much better than regular oil and you will also see an improvement in gas mileage.
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WTF I think you need to re read the original post
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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meguiars engine degreaser is quite good but ive only used it to get small stains off nothing major though.
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