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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Purple Power, Gunk engine bright, 3M foaming engine degreaser, steam cleaning, elbow grease?

What has worked well for you?
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:40 PM
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I believe the stuff my dad used on the MJ was Purple Power... Ill check when I get home...

I felt that it didnt really make a noticable difference. It mainly just clean the valve cover...
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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It made a difference all right, it made Purple Power a couple more bucks, just as I thought, these engine degreasers are BS, steam cleaning is prolly best.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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A nice hot water pressure washer can clean many things...lol
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Simple Green is amazing stuff.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Engine/tire cleaner at car wash followed by high pressure rinse.
Except for the fact that i smoke my TPS every time, it works great.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ
Simple Green is amazing stuff.
+1 on that. I've used Simple Green a lot, it works great. For some reason, Purple Power doesn't work too well. I have used both on my cars and on my dirtbike to remove grease and baked on mud on the header. Simple Green just plain old does it better.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ
Simple Green is amazing stuff.
x3!
Spray on, let sit a bit, brush, and rinse. Works great for me.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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I have always gone to the car wash and used the tire clean degreaser stuff.More pressure,works great.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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enginge Gunk for me works & then hose it off.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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Anyone ever had any problems with water on the electonics? Ever fry anything when doing this? I power washed the under side of the 'ol heep but was nervous about under the hood.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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X4 on Simple Green, Good stuff. There is also a citrus degreaser/cleaner that I used recently, it worked suprisingly well.
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Simple Green Automotive....spray it on...drink a beer. Then rinse it off.
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