Try spraying the area down with some stuff called "Super Clean Foaming"... should be able to find it at your local FLAPS. Spray it on, hose it off, pressure washer, or steam.. I've found it works the best of anything to date... available in squirt bottle 32 oz size, or in gallon jugs , [can be diluted with water] and applied with a garden sprayer to cover larger surfaces..
I would suggest you elevate the car on the lift, lay down heavy plastic sheet, with something like sand bags to bolster and contain pressure spray, with a path out the door, then foam the underside with Super Clean, pressure wash , wash the plastic out the door, repeat as needed to get finally clean.. [Rain suit, with hood, full face shield, etc.. suggested] On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 10:13 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Strong work 💪 > Proud of you for getting it done! > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: November 22, 2023 4:32 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; davesl...@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: ka...@striplin.net > Subject: [MBZ] Oil cooler job done on the 642 > > Completed it over the course of about 3 weekends. Spent 2-3 hours taking > it apart bagging up the hundreds of bolts in separate bags per section of > the job. Spend the whole next day, followed by the next weekend cleaning up > the top of the engine, in the valley, cleaning out the valve ports, and the > manifolds. This past weekend I probably spend 5 hours reassembling on > Saturday and another 4 hours Sunday. Car is back together and appears leak > free as far as I can tell so far. I appear to have a bad back pressure > sensor and I apparently didn’t get the intake air temp sensor clicked back > in as it blew out and broke it on the test drive. Put in a parts order to > start the same job on the GL next week. > > Currently I have the car up in the lift checking for leaks and the > underside is horribly grimy from all the oil. With it on the lift I’m > thinking about putting down drip trays, soaking it with engine degreaser, > followed by blasting it off with steam cleaner, then maybe red brake > cleaner followed by more steam. Anybody have any better ideas? > > Btw the HF steam cleaner is on sale for $89 currently. > > [cid:f479a59a-774d-4ff4-b98b-9e3a057c90c8@namprd11.prod.outlook.com] > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
