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Mar 15, 2009 | 09:12 PM

lifeisgood

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oil soaked the underneath

ok so what do you guys clean the underneath of the car with?
i have oil everywhere. engine is out along with trans.
but this thing is filthy
whats the easiest thing to get all that **** off?

Mar 15, 2009 | 09:17 PM

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degreaser and pressure washer

Mar 15, 2009 | 09:19 PM

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brake cleaner works really well also, but yea simple green would also work.

Mar 15, 2009 | 11:13 PM

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leave it alone, its the factory 5w30 rustproofing

j/k

Mar 15, 2009 | 11:21 PM

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I used simple green and a pressure washer.

Mar 15, 2009 | 11:24 PM

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I had a leak in the trans cooler line on my old T/A and when I fixed it I just took it to the car wash sprayed the wheel and tire cleaner under there and then sprayed it off seemed to work pretty well

Mar 16, 2009 | 11:17 AM

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I used simple green and a pressure washer.

That has worked great for me.

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Mar 16, 2009 | 02:03 PM

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leave it alone, its the factory 5w30 rustproofing

j/k

Exactly what i was thinking

Just what every old car should have had over the yerars...an oil leak. but yeah like everyone else said...degreaser and pressure washer.... gonna be a messy job, but it will work

Mar 16, 2009 | 03:40 PM

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this thing is beyond having some protection from rust.lol
but thanks looks like i got a lil bit of work ahead of me

Mar 16, 2009 | 06:05 PM

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Exactly what i was thinking

Just what every old car should have had over the yerars...an oil leak. but yeah like everyone else said...degreaser and pressure washer.... gonna be a messy job, but it will work

i had a nice coating of rustproofing, err 5w30 oil under my car from my leaking intake manifold gasket and oil pan gasket. every LT1 has that protection at one point in its life

i replaced all that stuff last summer and cleaned up the oil. my underbody is spotless although i'm guessing that has more to do with it being a southern car and having never been driven through a single winter than it does the 5w30 rustproofing.