It does work very well...even too well. After you use simple green (full strength) it's good to spray stuff down with WD-40 to protect the (now bare) metal from oxidation.
At 10:02 AM 2/11/00 -0600, Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK wrote: >I have been told that Simple Green works very well also. I have no >experience, though, as I have been too busy to even get around to washing my >car let alone the engine. > >Brice >-----Original Message----- >From: Charlie Russo [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 7:29 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Engine degreasing > > >At 08:32 AM 2/11/00 -0500, Ryan Lewandowski wrote: >>Earlier this week I had an unfortunate incident with some oil in the engine >>compartment, so I'm leaving work early today to go home and degrease my >>engine. (The smell of burning oil on the exhaust manifold sucks.) I was >>wondering if anyone had any suggestions on the most effective way to do >>this. I bought a can of some spray degreaser from the auto store. Any >word >>on how good this stuff works? I figure I'll cover the distributor and >>throttle body with plastic bags. Is there some other stuff I should cover >>up? I guess I should probably disconnect the battery too. >> >>Ryan Lewandowski > > >Ryan, > >This past week I used Castrol Super Clean Spray Foam on my 20 yr old Rabbit >engine. >Talk about baked on, caked on grease, grime, dirt, etc. > >Anyway this stuff cut through the grease, grime, dirt, etc. very well. >It was easier for me since the engine is out of the vehicle now and >on a homemade engine stand/dolly. Obviously you want to protect any and all >electrical connections when doing your engine. > >BTW, the Castrol Super Clean Spray Foam seemed to do a better job of >cleaning for >me compared to the full strenght spray (no foam) version I have also used. > > >Charlie >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with >'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > ************** Patrick Austin [email protected] (617)493-6636 ************** _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
