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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Best engine CLEANER!

My trucks engine and compartment is DRITY AS BALLS and has gotten better after cleaning it with tons of diff stuff but nothin is still doing much i still got alot of baked on mud splash on almost everything and the engine still a bit oily whats the best thing to clean your MOTOR!
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:47 AM
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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Norbert..? Umm, Dood search, theres actually a thread about this very same topic with like 4 or 5 pages of info...
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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Soak it with a good cleaner- any in particular, then steam clean it.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Scuba you are now the official- Search Man, the yota tech hero.

Simple green and other similar products will do. Dirty as "balls" huh?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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I've tired 4 cans of degresser+pressure spray....didn't do very good. Tried 3 cans of WD40 on entire motor didn't do much. Tried reg soap and water...nope. Tired purple power and didn't do much either.... Its still got lots of splash mud on everything and motor grease one front and block....
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by gilby4runner
Scuba you are now the official- Search Man, the yota tech hero.
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He's making his own YotaTech search engine: Scuggle, or was it Scoogle... or Scubble... I can't remember.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Where or how would i get my motor steam cleaned?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Ever tried scrubbing...?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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self serve car washes usually have em... i think...
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by scuba
Ever tried scrubbing...?
yes sir everything i used i got out my trusty brush and scrubbed but no avail for the caked splash mud
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Car wash huh.... didn't really think they did it at a car wash but i'll look
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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I use 409 Degreaser or Brake cleaner .

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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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did you try any elbow grease i heard somewhere it works wonders on pretty much anything

the thick stuff is going to be manual removal a stiff brush, something to scrape with and a lil degreaser, on the really thick stuff degreaser doesnt do much because it only works on the top layer and wear some glasses you will not regret it
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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hah new sig link !!
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bipolarandproud
I use 409 Degreaser or Brake cleaner .
Hows that stuff work for yours?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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I've tried elbow grease-


didn't work too well.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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im confused is it an actual cleaner or for direct application to the elbow
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed H.
did you try any elbow grease i heard somewhere it works wonders on pretty much anything

the thick stuff is going to be manual removal a stiff brush, something to scrape with and a lil degreaser, on the really thick stuff degreaser doesnt do much because it only works on the top layer and wear some glasses you will not regret it
I've tried scubbing on alot of the caked mud and still does not come off....the gease does come off a lil with HARD ASSSS scubbing but thought there might be somethin that can break it down...
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by abecedarian
I've tried elbow grease-


didn't work too well.
lol wow um ok guess not that then...
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