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Sent from my iPad > On Jun 19, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Larry Turner <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I've used a garden hose with simple green and other grease busters on my 91 > 300D - although it stays mostly clean -- Your diesel will probably be OK, > but I would be wary of spraying water under the hood of a gas engined car. > Too easy to splash the dizzy in which case you'll spend lots of time drying > things before going for a drive. >> On 6/19/2014 1:46 PM, clay wrote: >> I have used both a hand held and a hose and wand home unit on the engine. >> They were fairly impotent compared to the professional's toy. They were >> really good for pinpoint issues, but would have taken days to accomplish >> what was done in 15 minutes. >> >> >> clay >> >> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap >> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran >> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV >> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: >>> >>> We had a steam cleaner thread going on here some time ago. Cannot recall >>> who, but someone had acquired a steam cleaner at a used goods store. I >>> wondered at the time about making one as the basic store bought things seem >>> to be too much plastic. I had sort of forgotten all that. Will have to >>> look around and see what might be available. Would sure help to clean the >>> BBQ I expect. >>> >>>> On 18/06/2014 11:41 PM, clay wrote: >>>> Button up the air filter >>>> >>>> I would not get too excited with a pressure wand, but you can do great >>>> work with a steam wand. Less likely to blast something apart, and much >>>> cleaner in the end. I had the R107 steamed after #1 boy had his W140 come >>>> back looking showroom new under the bonnet. >>>> >>>> If you can moderate your pressure to a bit more vigorous than a garden >>>> hose, using brake cleaner and elbow grease will give really good results >>>> >>>> clay >>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anything I need to be careful with or concerned about? >>>>> Or can I just spray the cleaner stuff about and then use the pressure >>>>> washer to rinse it good? >>>>> >>>>> A bit dirty under there and I need to do some work so it would be cleaner >>>>> for me if I clean the engine compartment first. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://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 >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >>> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
