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rob77

By rob77,
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I had to clean my engine before Auto Salon ..... It was then i realised that in order to get a engine like what you see in the mags it must always be cared for and looked after not just the once over clean!

i did do the ole degreaser and make sure you cover over your air filter and the AFM plus your alarm siren.....

One thing i found out when giving your engine a light spray the boost gauge might be a little funny when the sensor is wet...... had to wait a few hours for it to dry..... if you don't have much polished stuff just get a can of standard degreaser and go from there.... under my bonnet really aint that clean and took sometime...

oh one more thing..... don't do it on your grass..... IT WILL KILL IT...

Especially Greedy and his Immaculate lawn! :bahaha:

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Originally posted by bully

try to find a producy called simple green  

I got about 5 bottles of this stuff for "evaluation" through a friend....and I can't recommend it enough. It even gets bore water stains out of metal fences!

Completely safe on grass/plants/small mammals :D

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hey just use engine degreaser like i did last weekend:)

imagine 3 cans in a row.. u can see that 2 of them say degreaser and u assume the other one is degreaser aswell.

the first can runs out as its pretty much already empty. i grab the next can and spray it over the filter box. grey???? why is the spray not clear like the last can.. i quickly look at the can and to my retarded shock its a can of grey paint primer! NOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!!!!!!!

i get a rag and try to rub it off to no avail. i run to the bottle off turps.. drench the rag with it the rub it over where ive retardedly sprayed the grey primer. it came off, but after alot of rubbing.

as a minor consulation at least it was the stock standard air filter box which will be coming off soon for the pod filter.

ps. did i mention how retarded i am?:P

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