RS Grant

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I've just got myself a Focus which I think needs a rocker cover gasket... and has done for a while looking at the bay, it's not a pretty sight at all.

This car isn't going to be winning any concourse competitions, in fact it's only likely to be used for carting the dogs around in, BUT... I'd like to clean it right up to start off with, so thought that before I get set in about the engine to fix things, it'd be good to get most of the oily/dusty shite off.

What do you guys recommend??

Not fussed if it comes from halfrauds or online... although not wanting to spend mental money on it, considering the value of the car, so nothing made with the tears or squirrels, eyelash of unicorn, thoughts of tibetan monks and a dash of de-ionized mucus from a swahili tribal cheif that the boys on Detailing World would pull their plonkers over!!


Cheers,
Grant

PileOfRust

the engine bay in my fiesta is abit greasy and has the usual rusty exhaust manifold etc and i wanna tidy it up without having to take the bloody engine out or dismantling it so any answers to this would help me too

orionmojo

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Gunk. About Ł4 a tin. 2 tins should cover you easily and its water soluble. spray it on, wait 5 mins and get in there with a paintbrush then hose it off.

if you have a pressure washer, 50:50 mix of petrol to diesel is very good stuff for degreasing, but it needs the pressure washer to get rid of that last oily residue from the diesel imo, and be careful about that tea break fag

PileOfRust

might have to invest in a couple of aerosole's of that

so you take the battery out, spray it on, leave it a little while, use a brush to agitate it then hose it off without soaking the electrics too much?

orionmojo

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yeah pretty much thats it. they do it in tins you "paint" straight on too if you prefer but for an engine still in the bay i'd say use the spray for hard to reach bits and if needby do it a few times if you can't get to it all with a brush.

I'm not saying its the best as i dont know, but its good stuff for the money.

PileOfRust

aslong as it gets most of the dirt and greasy shit off then its all good! real engine bays arnt ment to be all sparkly and clean

orionmojo

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lol true enough, although its still a goal i wish to achieve.

on cars that are driven often however, i have to maintain its simply impossoble to keep them to a show level. road salt and general shit just gets everywhere!

drsrst2zvh

Go to your local mcdonalds and ask them if you can buy a bottle of their heavy duty de-greaser but be warned water it down and wear gloves!

bubs_rsturbo

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lol true bill?

wirralphil

Jizer.

http://www.arco.co.uk/products/3460008

Ginge

Get some of this, you wont regret it..



http://www.holden.co.uk/displayProdu...?pcode=094.921

Ginge

ajamesc

a hot steam wash lance and truck wash!

RS Grant

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I've used Gunk before, but wasn't sure if it would have been heavy enough duty to clean off a lot of old dirt/oil which has been left for a while.

I think I've heard of people using that POR-15 before, sounds like it's pretty potent stuff.


Cheers,
Grant

BigErn

AutoSmart Plus 10 is good stuff. I paid Ł10 for 5 litres from my local dealer cos the tin was dented.

http://www.autosmart.co.uk/Plant%20Cleaning.html

dingla rs

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just get a parafin gun ,and plenty petrol ,thats if you got a compressor ,

escoskmv

i use some stuff at work called u power an its the bollocks. spray your bay in it steam it off an it will look like new. we get it from mitchell oils in stourbridge

RichieST

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A lot of garages have diesel powered steam cleaners, find one that does, pop in with a box of tetley and some hob knobs and see if they'll do it for you!

Ginge

With POR-15 you can dilute it a lot and it still works pretty well.

Ginge

wirralphil

Trust me, Jizer is the one to use.

Paint brush and pour some in a pot, brush on and wait. Agitate then hose off. Job jobbed.

Lambchop

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How long will it have to keep your drive company for now then?


For all those that said steam cleaner did you mean steam or just a water pressure washer?

RS Grant

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Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll do a bit of reading and see what the crack is for each one.

That option is unavailable to me at the moment mate.

I've only got a little over 5 months left now mate, got a funny feeling it's going to draaaag in too!! The car will be used by anyone that wants to use it though, it's a runaround car to take the dogs out in which I'm buying, fixing, funding and not driving this year.


Cheers,
Grant

jaimesdna

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thats what i do. gotta admit i do get a bit concerned when anyone walks past smoking with all the petrol vapour in the air lol

rsturbolee

i bought 20ltrs of turtle tfr for a tenner, works wonders on all the under bonnets and shuts with a pressure washer

JamboRS

i use g101 and it does the job on my focus

P_is_for_Paul

Got some of this on Thursday. The Autosmart guy was raving about it. Fack me its good! And i think i was Ł13 for a 5 litre tub of it.

danneth

As said g101 seen mat use it alot awesome stuff

PileOfRust

i tried the carplan engine degreaser today and it seemed to work okay, needed a good bit of elbow grease though, and it didnt want to get the baked-on grime off so i had to get rid of that with fairy liquid

Gonna get some jizer or gunk next time i think

baba

megs super degreaser is the strongest stuff ive used but pricy autosmart g101 is good but just really stuborn stains youl go over a few times with 101 compared to the megs stuff.
I personaly just use decent stuff in engine bays and use steam cleaner usually to wash off although both products above work great with cold water.

MAD Ade

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TFR (traffic film remover) all the way. Spray on, work in with a paint brush then Karcher off - like brand new

baba

We use various makes of TFR at work autosmarts prob being the best.
Def aint a patch on megs gear but much cheaper!

bangerboy33

Mr muscule oven cleaner the foaming stuff works really good just spray on let it foam up agitate tougher bits with a brush wash of with normal water. I was amazed when i tried it the only down side is its very fumey

BigErn

Plus 10 dissolves thick grease and oil with relative ease, just give it a bit of a brush for more stubborn areas then jet wash or ideally steam it off. I have back to backed it with AutoSmart TFR (neat) on an engine and it pissed all over the TFR.

RichieST

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Steam cleaner, we've got one at work that works like a pressure washer, it chucks pressurised water out of the lance but at 140 degrees via a diesel burner. It has a reservior that you fill with whatever cleaning solution you fancy, it really would get shit off a blanket.

rs_traynor

ill get you stuff from work mate should sort you right out