I used to often wash my engine but because of ecology concerns I
stoped doing it. The storm drain in front of my house drains into our
local lagoon so I do not want any oil and grease draining into the
Lagoon.
I used to cover all the electrical items with plastic wrap and duct
tape. Also don't get any water into the engine air intake.
I used 409 then a hose and as soon as I finished I removed the plastic
wrap and ran the engine for a while to dry everything.
On Sun, 30 May 2004 11:21:35 -0700,
mensabrains@webtv.net (flawed jai)
wrote:
>our 95 passport developed a coolant leak which left puddles of coolant
>all over the engine block. my son found and fixed the leak in auto
>school, but class ended last week and he couldn't use the shop anymore.
>my Q is--can we open the hood and wash down the engine block with a
>soapy water spray if it's been sitting cold all night? we need to flush
>the radiator and wash the car today anyway so we'll have the water hose
>hooked up[ and have a detergent mixing sprayer]. is there anything
>one should do before trying such a clean up under the hood? take out the
>battery? anyplace we definitely should NOT get wet? how bout
>overspraying a pprotective coat of something afterwards to ward off
>rust? if this whole concept is not a good one, how yould YOU go about
>cleaning up such a mess if it happened to your engine?
>
> τΈτ
> ~~