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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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How do you guys clean the engine and bay area??
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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There is an excellent write up at the top of this page under a sticky called:

"Proper Cleaning of the LSX Engine Bay"

Follow that and you should be good. Important thing to remember is cover
your fuse boxes and PCM and use low pressure water.

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There is an excellent write up at the top of this page under a sticky called:

"Proper Cleaning of the LSX Engine Bay"

Follow that and you should be good. Important thing to remember is cover
your fuse boxes and PCM and use low pressure water.

Bryan
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 05:01 PM
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Just try not to soak the wiring harness or the PCM. Also don't get corrosive cleaners in the fuse box.
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by parbreak
There is an excellent write up at the top of this page under a sticky called:

"Proper Cleaning of the LSX Engine Bay"

Follow that and you should be good. Important thing to remember is cover
your fuse boxes and PCM and use low pressure water.

Bryan
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Thanks for the polite response and not making me fell like the idiot I am Should've looked. My bad.

thanks guys
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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I just finished doing mine with 50:50 mix of Simple Green. I can not believe how good it looks. Just bought car with 72K miles on it and everything under the hood was the same color, kind of gray. Now looks like new (well pretty damn good anyway). There's black stuff and shiny stuff now.

Simple Green is great as it is not caustic and will not discolor any materials, yet loosens dirt with a tenacity.

Sprayed it on a warm engine compartment, hosed it off. Repeat. Then took a wash cloth to the under hood and large areas.

I am proud to have someone look under the hood now.
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 04:28 AM
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You spray everything?? Or did you cover up the fuse boxes and PCM???
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 04:47 AM
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I have just sprayed everything but I won't recommend it to people because there is the chance of the water causing problems. It hasn't for me yet tho.
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 08:09 AM
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Definitely do NOT spray the PCM of fuse boxes. I cover them with plastic bags and seal with some tape. Once you do that, you can pretty much spray away. I also use Simple Green/water to get the initial dirt off and then use a spray on engine cleaner and then a product called CD-2 which puts a shine on everything.

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