Engine Cleaning

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

What's the best way to clean a 1.9 TD engine??
Degreaser or Pressure Wash?
You know gow dirty my bay is?
If not here you go....

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Cheers

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i would go for degreaser first and pressure washer after
but as i said before ,steam cleaner is the best thing if you can get hold of one

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

indeed shcakal, indeed.

let the degreaser soak in for a good 10 misn before blastign it off.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Got hold of some GUNK today and gave it a once over and a rinse and it's cleaned it up nice. Have a look....

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Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

i have to do this to mine

mine is really filthy!

have a steam cleaner at unit, so alls good ther Smile

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

is it safe getting a pressure washer to the lump?? Confused

thought water maybe getting into places it shoudnt be?

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

I've read in some places that you should tape up/insulate all electrical components (coil, fuseboxes, spark plugs) but I did it once, got water everywhere, car wouldn't start but water eventually evaporated off and it started again!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

you should not be pointing the washer to the places where it should not be Laughing

but than its water at the end of the day ,especially now its summer and it will evaporate even without the help of the engine heat

Level 2 User Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 40

ive always done mine with the engine running, put something on the pedal to bring the tick over up a bit so the water wont stall it, your get a lot of steam from manifold but thats not a prob

that way you dont get the problem of trying to start a wet engine

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

^ The Retro-Renault top tip of the week Very Happy

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Ian P wrote:

ive always done mine with the engine running, put something on the pedal to bring the tick over up a bit so the water wont stall it, your get a lot of steam from manifold but thats not a prob

that way you dont get the problem of trying to start a wet engine

you may crack that manifold if gets hot enough Wink

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

who takes that long to steam clean an engine tho?

plus, will always be cooler due to the water/steam over it!

Level 2 User Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 40

ive done loads of engines like that and never had a prob (yet)

dont hold me responsible if your's cracks tho Laughing

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

That's bizarre!!! That's only the third R19 (diesel) that I've seen with the Lucas fuel pump. All the others I've seen have been Bosch! And it's a TD!

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Is that bad? Sad

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Was more surprised that there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which car gets what.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Mine was changed a couple of years ago. Mind you that was in a Renault dealers Confused

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the car gets whatever is on the pallet next to the assembly line.

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

In my experience more seemed to get Bosch!

Level 6 User Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 127

I had my TD steam cleaned, it ended up looking like a pig sty again in a couple of days. Although that may have something to do with the rally tracks we have in have here in Wales.