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[Prospeeder]

Simple Green does wonders! This is my 90' Pontiac 6000 I cleaned up. 1:1 Dilution, a scrub brush, and dash protectant.
I also powder coated some stuff the day before that, so it cools cool too!
Before


After

[Jay]

Money is not a problem...Not unlike everything else I own, only the best will be used. Thanks!

[SLS_Import Euro]

shit dude i use simple green at work! where did you powder coat your parts??

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

well, i soaked her down with two cans of this shit... let it sit for around 15 mins. then i pressure washed it all off... i missed lots of spots here and there... but it took me 20 mins from top, to bottom pic.
i have more pics. if anyone cares to see.

[Jay]

I need to do that to my '94...She be a dirty girl.

[Dstanic]

One of the things I found made a difference was to take out the coolant reservour and clean the inside of it.  Dirty reservour hurts the rest of the bay.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

One of the things I found made a difference was to take out the coolant reservour and clean the inside of it.  Dirty reservour hurts the rest of the bay.

Good advice. thanks... how do these ones come out? lol

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

One of the things I found made a difference was to take out the coolant reservour and clean the inside of it.  Dirty reservoir hurts the rest of the bay.

Good advice. thanks... how do these ones come out? lol

ok, so i have discovered that my coolant resovoir is held in by the sole good grace of gravity... is this normal? there are two bolts at the bottom it kindof snaps onto, and a plastic ring around the top, similar to the little sampler bottles that come with the 40s.... shouldnt it be a little more held in than this?

[Dstanic]

Yeah not much hold those things on. lol

[SLS_Import Euro]

you know, lookin at all these pic make me wanna go clean my motor..but id thought id mention ive been lookin for my washer resivoir for some time now....ive come to the conclusion that its gone! lol its not where it should be. But i heard that pressure washin the motor is bad unless your motor is runnin is this true?

[SLS_Import Euro]

you know, lookin at all these pic make me wanna go clean my motor..but id thought id mention ive been lookin for my washer resivoir for some time now....ive come to the conclusion that its gone! lol its not where it should be. But i heard that pressure washin the motor is bad unless your motor is runnin is this true?

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

you know, lookin at all these pic make me wanna go clean my motor..but id thought id mention ive been lookin for my washer resivoir for some time now....ive come to the conclusion that its gone! lol its not where it should be. But i heard that pressure washin the motor is bad unless your motor is runnin is this true?

No, i wouldnt wash my motor running.... MAYBE the pullies and stuff, but i dunno. i wouldnt wanna hit a running alternator... i think it would toast itself.

Somethings to concider are covering Distrubuters, and coils, and blowing them off with an air pistol before starting...
other than that, should be ok.

[Dstanic]

On some engines (mostly OHC engines... non-GM) might have problems with water getting in the spark plugs etc, so when the engine is running it stops water from sinking in.  But on any modern GM engine (except possibly the 3.4DOHC now sure) I've never had any problems.

[Euro]

I've sprayed down my Lumina's engine bay and my GP's bay with a pressure washer with no problems.