engine cleaner

QuickMick · #1 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

anyone have any experience with an engine cleaner that works? eg how is 'engine brite?' also, what tool do you use to clean the surface of your engine?

thanks

tommays · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

Paper towels a bit of dawn and a lot of elbow grease as you really dont want to hose it down and get water in bad places or make up a lot of oil laden water

Fixing the oil leaks helps

QuickMick · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

ill give you my before if you give me your after... :P

kd3pc · #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

most store bought stuff is fairly caustic and really rough on the environment..I would try the dawn and elbow grease with some oil pads in the bilge like tommays did...really can't argue with the results....

DwayneSpeer · #5 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommays

Paper towels a bit of dawn and a lot of elbow grease as you really don't want to hose it down and get water in bad places or make up a lot of oil laden water

Fixing the oil leaks helps

Don't forget the q-tips for the hard to reach places!

Or, just go to your friendly local auto parts store and get some engine cleaner and use it. It if works, great, if not try another brand. I have had luck with that purple stuff (can't remember the name but I think it's something unique, like Purple Power) on an old pickup engine I had before I changed it out.

Absorption pads under the engine during the process would go a long way toward appeasing the environmentalists here too.

rockDAWG · #6 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010

If you are lazy like me and don't like to use elbow grease or Q-tips, go the Wal-mart or auto parts store to get this:

Just spray and hose off. Use shop vac to pick up the run off. I can't stand dirty engines.

QuickMick · #7 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010

hey Tommays, do you use any water with the dawn, or just dawn and the towels? tnx

tommays · #8 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010

I used about 1 gallon of water and then let it evaporate

I am use to working like this becasue at work we cant let any oil into the sewer system and so i try and do the same thing at home

I find it funny with all the BP anger people are willing to spray something all over there motor and just hose it off in the driveway

QuickMick · #9 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010

one full jug dawn + one gall H20? thanks again, yours turned out so well i just wanna get it right...

tommays · #10 (**permalink**) 07-14-2010

Just enough dawn to make a bucket of soapy water 6oz would be a LOT of dawn