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Cold engine, Simple Green and old paint brush to get out the crud in the
nooks and crannies. I let it sit on stubborn places, spray some more and brush some more. Then with low pressure, cold water from the hose I rinse it off into the lawn (which seems to love it too). The black hoses may get some white scaling - I use a little Armor All on them, the composite valve cover and anything else that looks dull... "richard hornsby" > wrote in message ... > > > If anyone out there thats not a mechanic is reading this please take > > note. CLEAN off the areas that you are going to have serviced on your > > car! Who ever works on your car should be more appreciative and the > > quality of the repair should more than suit you. > > So I go to Autozone and buy a spray can of engine degreaser, now what? > Are there things I shouldn't spray it on? After I spray on the > degreaser, can I use a garden hose or the hand-sprayer thing at the > carwash under the hood to wash off the excess dirt and grime? I've seen > at carwashes where they have "Degreaser" and a little icon of an engine > next to it ... are you really supposed to open up your hood and spray? > > I want to keep my engine clean for the sake of keeping it clean, but I > also am afraid to damage anything or get water into the engine somehow. > > -rj > 98SL2 |
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On 2004-06-07 06:50:32 -0700, "Barry Schnoor" > said:
> Any thoughts on using an oil additive, or one of those "high mileage" oils > to help prevent oil burnoff? How about slick 50 or DuPont's Greased > Lightning? Search the web for FTC rulings about Slick 50 claims that were false and then search for Dupont's comments that teflon (PTFE) does not belong in the engine. |
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"Barry Schnoor" > wrote in message
... > 158,000 miles on my '94 SL2... > > Any thoughts on using an oil additive, or one of those "high mileage" oils > to help prevent oil burnoff? How about slick 50 or DuPont's Greased > Lightning? > Just go to full synthetic. I started using it in a 98 SL2 at about 90,000 and by the time I traded it in at 120,000 miles, it was using less oil!! Charles -- check out my latest Saturn stuff at http://www.metallic-raven.com/tmrsaturn.asp http://members.cardomain.com/forevrnite |
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>> Any thoughts on using an oil additive, or one of those "high mileage" oils
>> to help prevent oil burnoff? How about slick 50 or DuPont's Greased >> Lightning? >> > >Just go to full synthetic The results obtained can vary widely depending on the quality/performance of the synthetic oil in question. Some, "synthetic", oils these days are not really, "synthetic", per se, but simply more refined petroleum oils. Synthetic oils are no more the same than all vehicles are the same. To respond via e-mail, simply take the, "REMOVEXX" out of my return e-mail address. |
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