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Cleaning 1985 TD Pajero engine bay

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Cleaning 1985 TD Pajero engine bay

Post by linarms »

Howdy everyone.

Here's a dumb newbie question for you. I did try searching, but didn't find quite what I was looking for.

I'm just wondering how you'd clean an old turbodiesel Pajero engine bay. Particularly, which bits you'd cover up before hitting it with degreaser and a (high-pressure) hose.

Here's what it looks like at the moment:

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Not ridiculously dirty, but I'd like to clean it anyway.

Look forward to your advice.
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Post by Adam GQ »

get some truck wash spray it on leave it on over night then water blast off
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Post by linarms »

Ok, so you wouldn't bother covering anything up? Just blast away?
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Post by Gwagensteve »

Yep, shouldn't be anything in there you need to worry about. The only thing you really need to avoid doing is blasting across the radiator too hard, there's a risk the fins will get smashed.

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Post by linarms »

Thanks :) All done!

I did a degrease first, then CT-18 (closest I had to truck wash). It's not perfect, but good enough for me :)
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Post by ausoops »

ct18 is truckwash
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