Does anyone use steam cleaners in their engine bay?
I've tried degreasers, car wash etc and they don't seem to shift any of the dried mud. The only way I've found that works is with a brush, which is not that easy in the tight areas.
Would a steam cleaner be useful? Aldi have a cheap hand held cleaner for $30 which I think comes with some nozzles that would make it wasy to get into tight places. http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_10298.htm
The only time my engine bay has been steam cleaned was with an old Merc and that was when I had some work done on it and then tacked the steam clean on as well. The blew 1 fuse which was the alarm but it was pretty exposed.
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Steam cleaners for the engine bay
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Re: Steam cleaners for the engine bay
In a previous life as a shop assistant for an auto electrician I saw an EFI falcon that had had the engine bay steam cleaned. Never seen so many fault codes come out of a ECU all at once. I'd use extreme caution on any modern vehicle.TheOtherLeft wrote:Does anyone use steam cleaners in their engine bay?
I've tried degreasers, car wash etc and they don't seem to shift any of the dried mud. The only way I've found that works is with a brush, which is not that easy in the tight areas.
Would a steam cleaner be useful? Aldi have a cheap hand held cleaner for $30 which I think comes with some nozzles that would make it wasy to get into tight places. http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_10298.htm
The only time my engine bay has been steam cleaned was with an old Merc and that was when I had some work done on it and then tacked the steam clean on as well. The blew 1 fuse which was the alarm but it was pretty exposed.
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Re: Steam cleaners for the engine bay
Shift It is my next option.bogged wrote:http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/ft ... ight=kenco
tried this shit?
I was just wondering if steam cleaning has benefits.
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Re: Steam cleaners for the engine bay
heat assists with grease, not so much dried out mud. when a workshop steam cleans a truck or engine bay they are generally using a hot water gerni, it simply heats the water been spat out of the high pressure pump like these http://www.aussiepumps.com.au/high-pres ... aners.htmlTheOtherLeft wrote:Shift It is my next option.bogged wrote:http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/ft ... ight=kenco
tried this shit?
I was just wondering if steam cleaning has benefits.
These work much better than using striaght steam as seen in cheap houshold "steam cleaners" and are obviously used for very different purposes.
I have seen and used an enzyme based product that works very well, the guy was based in tanilba bay, not sure of the name though
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