Re: washing the engine
 

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:22:15 -0000, "Lez Pawl"
<Lez@Pawlbtinternet.com> wrote:
>"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
>> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
>> be careful of doing?
>
>from our Hampshire office window we watch a valet company and every day he
>just pops the lid on the cars and steams away under the
>bonnet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mercs, jags, vans..........anything and the customers
>just drive them away. There aint NO prep work covering delicate parts.

Another data point: a friend of mine has a 1983 VW Vanagon out in the
desert of Arizona, where packrats love to build nests. One time a few
years ago (in this century) she left it parked under no supervision
while she went on a marine biology research trip for something like 2
months. She came back and could not start the van because of the
packrat nests, so she had the van towed to a place that did jet engine
cleanings. She talked to the guy a while about the project, and he
assured her he could easily blast out all these nests. When she
persistently quizzed him about whether the blasting would damage
anything, he had to admit that the one time he cleaned out a similar
vehicle, it never started after that.

She didn't do the engine wash. The van is still running out in the
desert of Arizona.

Re: washing the engine
 

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:22:15 -0000, "Lez Pawl"
<Lez@Pawlbtinternet.com> wrote:
>"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
>> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
>> be careful of doing?
>
>from our Hampshire office window we watch a valet company and every day he
>just pops the lid on the cars and steams away under the
>bonnet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mercs, jags, vans..........anything and the customers
>just drive them away. There aint NO prep work covering delicate parts.

Another data point: a friend of mine has a 1983 VW Vanagon out in the
desert of Arizona, where packrats love to build nests. One time a few
years ago (in this century) she left it parked under no supervision
while she went on a marine biology research trip for something like 2
months. She came back and could not start the van because of the
packrat nests, so she had the van towed to a place that did jet engine
cleanings. She talked to the guy a while about the project, and he
assured her he could easily blast out all these nests. When she
persistently quizzed him about whether the blasting would damage
anything, he had to admit that the one time he cleaned out a similar
vehicle, it never started after that.

She didn't do the engine wash. The van is still running out in the
desert of Arizona.

Re: washing the engine
 

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:22:15 -0000, "Lez Pawl"
<Lez@Pawlbtinternet.com> wrote:
>"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
>> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
>> be careful of doing?
>
>from our Hampshire office window we watch a valet company and every day he
>just pops the lid on the cars and steams away under the
>bonnet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mercs, jags, vans..........anything and the customers
>just drive them away. There aint NO prep work covering delicate parts.

Another data point: a friend of mine has a 1983 VW Vanagon out in the
desert of Arizona, where packrats love to build nests. One time a few
years ago (in this century) she left it parked under no supervision
while she went on a marine biology research trip for something like 2
months. She came back and could not start the van because of the
packrat nests, so she had the van towed to a place that did jet engine
cleanings. She talked to the guy a while about the project, and he
assured her he could easily blast out all these nests. When she
persistently quizzed him about whether the blasting would damage
anything, he had to admit that the one time he cleaned out a similar
vehicle, it never started after that.

She didn't do the engine wash. The van is still running out in the
desert of Arizona.

Re: washing the engine
 

"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
> be careful of doing?
Meguire's has a forum dedicated to engine compartment cleaning:
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11887

I have used their techniques and products on VW, Ford, and Audi
vehicles--never had any problems.

Re: washing the engine
 

"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
> be careful of doing?
Meguire's has a forum dedicated to engine compartment cleaning:
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11887

I have used their techniques and products on VW, Ford, and Audi
vehicles--never had any problems.

Re: washing the engine
 

"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
> be careful of doing?
Meguire's has a forum dedicated to engine compartment cleaning:
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11887

I have used their techniques and products on VW, Ford, and Audi
vehicles--never had any problems.

Re: washing the engine
 

"chewb40" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:5oush.739794$R63.334382@pd7urf1no...
> has anyone ever washed their own engine? if so is there anything i should
> be careful of doing?
Meguire's has a forum dedicated to engine compartment cleaning:
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11887

I have used their techniques and products on VW, Ford, and Audi
vehicles--never had any problems.