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wax and grease remover - the clear liquid looks and smells a bit like thinners, also known as Prepsol. Degreaser don't do stuff all in the clean up of this soap based? gunk

Brake cleaner is what i use.

Good Stuff - I was not looking forward to trying to clean all the CV grease that's splattered throughout the engine bay when the 2 cv boots let go.

Turps works really well too.

Jordan.

Prepsol FTW! i love it. Tho sugar soap is also up there!

Is the idea just to put whatever your cleaner of choice is into a pressurised spray bottle and give the engine bay a good spray, let it soak & then hose off?

What are the tricks you guys use? I know I need to cover the dizz before I hit it with the hose in the Brumby but what else should you do in prep to get a good result (easily) without drowning anything?

i thought you meant to get it off your hands! haha. i was reading almost in tears!

alex

Reading back the other replies - I rekon it was the hands they were talking about - hah.

I hear you run a pretty clean engine bay Alex - what do you do after taking Wanky through the mud & dust?

I was talking about cleaning the actual joint and surrounding splatter, the turps breaks down the cv grease, stops it sticking to everything.

Jordan.

LOL no way am i talking bout hands....

thatd almost certainly give u dermatitis or wteva its called.

only use ACTUAL hand cleaner on your hands people

Reg Brumbys wrote: Reading back the other replies - I rekon it was the hands they were talking about - hah.

I hear you run a pretty clean engine bay Alex - what do you do after taking Wanky through the mud & dust?

haha...u dont wanna see my engine bay at the moment. Its absolutely grotty.

But the degreaser at the car places and high pressure soap does pretty damn well!

alex

I first discovered when cleaning up the under bonnet spatter, but have since used it when rebooting with Oeticker Brand boots, so have cleaned out both the bearing cages, the cups and YES , MY HANDS to , and the bench top. "so that is why my hands feel yucko ?"

after the engine bay degrease spray the bay with your choice of WD40 stuff so the next mud bath washes off heaps easier.

sugar soap and a small brush and before u know it you can eat off the thing

I use petrol myself & toothbrush.. works well.
Cheers
AP

Brake cleaner is usually the best thing on grease and oil but your paint sure as he'll won't like it.

PETROL !! stinks to high hell and cannot stand the smell one little bit - one reason why i use LPG