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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: dubsport on 23 October 2007, 14:37
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anyone use GUNK engine cleaner? its really good makes the engine look mint :smiley: also got the brake dust of my alloys :grin:
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have a tin at home bought it after my last car Vectra diesel blew an oil pressure switch but never used it!! My engine could do with a good clean job for the weekend perhaps!!!
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all the time, also use autoglym engine cleaner for other metals which gunk isnt as good on, and cilic bang is wicked too..
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And the dirt is gone!
Nick
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make sure you cover your electrics boys.
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i tried cillit bang for engine cleaning, didnt do owt, got some floor cleaner from work (yellow alkaline stuff, proper strong) sprayed it all over, let it soak 5 mins and sprayed it off with a hose, good sh!t :evil: so strong it foams up on ali, ace stuff
gotta be careful tho as more than 5 mins id imagine it'd start eating away at the paintwork lol :undecided:
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theirs a few diff types of cilic bang, 1 of them does work, but as i said before i use Gunk, autoglym engine cleaner and WD40
use gunk brush on aswell as spray
another good one is Liquid sandpaper from B&Q, hard work but is good for certain things :)
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Alloys are due for a refurb soon ( polised lip and anthracite centres :drool: ) but with a quick lick of gunk they went from ...
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/nhoyglun/0703300016.jpg)
to
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/nhoyglun/0703300017.jpg)
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Personaly I use Jizer, if I've a lot of thick crap to get off I mix it 50/50 with generic turps substitute to make it go a bit further. Great stuff. got a bunch of dish brushes and paint brushes from the £1 shop to help. Don't clean them when you're done just chuck them.
I recently did the wheels on my Impreza which had not seen a wash for over 4 months with Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner. Brought them up to new. Just don't use it on painted surfaces !!
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nothing amazing but
before
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/nhoyglun/0703300004.jpg)
after
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/nhoyglun/0704100012.jpg)
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make sure you cover your electrics boys.
great tip Slick - what do you suggest covering for those that might be slightly more novice?
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foil is a good shout...
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make sure you cover your electrics boys.
great tip Slick - what do you suggest covering for those that might be slightly more novice?
Just get some plakky bags and use 2-3 inside each other for proper coverage. Then some laccy bands will hold them on well enough. :cool:
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was gunna use some tin foil, but what do we need to cover?? come on slick :wink:
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Just the usual electrics, i.e. on mk1-3 the dizzys, ignitions coils, etc. Mk4's well they are mostly plastic covered now, but if you want to be really anal about it, then the spark plugs, as i think the leads to them have coil packs on the leads themselves. The backs of the lights are always good ones to cover too.
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foil is a good shout...
Covering electrics in tin foil just before you spray water everywhere?! Hmm :undecided:
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Mr Muscle on the wheels sounds good to me. Might abandon my plan to paint em black if they come up nice.
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anyone have any pix of there 16v all cleaned up?
i need some incentive to do mine :laugh:
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foil is a good shout...
Covering electrics in tin foil just before you spray water everywhere?! Hmm :undecided:
have a look on ed38 its recommended by a professional detailer and it even says it in the AutoGlym guide to engine cleaning...
dont take my word for it.. have a read...
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i think the electrics would be turned off :laugh:
maybe should DC the neg of the abttery to.. otherwise it could short on a constant live :undecided: