Got a spray bottle of Purple Power today and will try it if it's not raining
tomorrow. Also got a spray bottle of 303 at West Marine and will use that
when I do the 240D inside.
It's been cold here off and on; down to 34F a couple of nights ago, but it's
warmed up and is 67F at 9:00 EST; was 76F today.
Gerry
From: "Jon Agne" <jonag...@gwi.net>
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.
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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.
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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
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