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- Nashville, TN
Driving along today and lost the upper coolant line. Apparently I didn't get the clamp tight after pulling the valve cover. My engine and underside of the hood are covered in antifreeze. Recommendations for cleaning it??
A combination of Purple Power, GUNK engine bright and a pressure washer.
Gunk engine brite works good, just don't use the gel stuff. Little trick, pick up the Advance Auto Parts HD Engine Degreaser instead. It's Gunk Engine Brite in an Advance can. Not to mention the Advance can is larger, and cheaper! That stuff is made here just outside of Charlotte. I worked for them last summer doing an internship...learned all kinds of neat little tricks they do!
What is wrong with the Gel? I've used the gel stuff before, not to clean the engine bay but to clean loose parts and it seemed really good. I like the foaming stuff best.
The gel isn't as soluable as a foam or spray, it needs more of a "you wipe/scrub stuff" touch to get things clean. I'm personally a fan of Greased Lightning, if you can't find that, next is Purple Power. But Simple Green works well also. Just so you don't have any problems, cover up the tps/fusebox/anything else that could cause some serious damage if it were to get wet, with a plastic grocery bag or something of the sort. I'm usually just careful where I spray, but if its your first cleaning and there's alot of junk under the hood chances are you're going to use alot of water and alot of cleaner, just better safe than sorry.
Mike
This. I tried the gel once, using the spray on - wait a few minutes - rinse off method that you use with the regular stuff and it left a residue that's still on there today.