I'll have to try the purple power stuff. I went last week, and as soon as the underspray hit the alternator (only very front of car in the wash), the electrical stuff went nuts until it dried. I have the new voltage regulator, but need to motivate myself to get under the car when it's d***** cold out.
Jon On Feb 7, 2013, at 8:21 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > I went to the car wash, popped the hood, sprayed purple power, then wash my > car, to let my degreaser have time to work. After I was done soaping up the > car, I hit the engine with the high pressure soap setting, then I rinsed the > whole car and rinsed the engine. Just avoid aiming at anything electrical. I > did this on a 240D but if it were a car with an ECU I would be very hesitant > to try this technique. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 7, 2013, at 3:58 AM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> You mean using their soap spray or your own engine cleaner? >> I have a set of nozzles for my pressure washer (if I can find them) that >> will give me about the same increase in pressure as the car wash. >> I'll have to ask the local car wash if he uses the same cleaner in the DIY >> as he does in the wheel spray for the automatic car wash lane. I've never >> seen brake dust dirty bundtcake wheels turn out any cleaner for simply >> spraying on cleaner and and washing it off under light pressure. >> Gerry >> >> From: <dsereta...@yahoo.com> >>> How about a DIY car wash bay. I did a quick and dirty cleanup of the top of >>> my engine before my timing chain replacement a few weeks ago. Worked pretty >>> well. >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 6, 2013, at 5:59 PM, clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> I tried that on Gump and Frosch. No real clean. The steam was not hot >>>> enough or under pressure to blast the gunk much. Slow death of oily >>>> residue and heavy glop. Brake cleaner and foamy followed by scrubbing >>>> were much better. Then going after it with steam still did not do much. >>>> Pressure wash with blasting steam would work well, but it would force into >>>> places is should not be. >>>> >>>> clay >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2013, at 12:42 PM, MG wrote: >>>> >>>>> What about those little hand held steam cleaners that I've seen >>>>> advertised on TV? Blasts the crud off tile grout and small kitchen floor >>>>> areas etc. >>>>> >>>>> Manfred >>>>> >>>>> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:24:41 -0500 >>>>> From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> >>>>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] nice article BUT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone had experience with these light duty steam cleaners? The ones >>>>> I >>>>> used in years gone by were very large units heated with kerosene, so I >>>>> don't >>>>> know how effective a carpet type steam cleaner would be in the engine >>>>> compartment. >>>>> Gerry >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2639/5585 - Release Date: 02/06/13 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
