[stockman]

Trying to get the engine bay, underside of bonnet, and transtunnel clean.
Spent about 6 hours so far and still got a shit load to do.
I just bought every kind of degreaser cleaner from supernotsocheap.
Will post results soon.

In the mean time. What do you use?

[slowsierra]

go to crazy clarks or the warehouse and buy the 3 in 1 degreaser it sprays on as a foam and is the best i have found.

[atari4x4]

CT18 truck wash, i mix it up & chuck it in a squirter bottle & spray it on.

[SuziBlu]

Kero and a spray gun, works a treat.

[want33s]

Kenco Degreaser for heavy stuff or Kenco Shift-It for light stuff... The shift-it is awesome and won't mess up alloy either

[shakes]

atari4x4 wrote:

CT18 truck wash, i mix it up & chuck it in a squirter bottle & spray it on.

amazing stuff.

[atari4x4]

shakes wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

CT18 truck wash, i mix it up & chuck it in a squirter bottle & spray it on.

amazing stuff.

yep, you should see my engine bay.... it's cleaner than my kitchen

[stockman]

Out of the 7 or so cleaners I tried today, all bar one were shit.
I will take some photos of what I tried and cost soon.

[gerg]

super craps Export degreaser is the best IMO, and nice and cheap

[lukes_89]

gerg wrote:

super craps Export degreaser is the best IMO, and nice and cheap

i use that as well works well but i have the same issue with my tunnel and around that area after pulling transfer out and looking at the tunnel its a mess i want to get it clean as well. the cheap stuff dont work that well when its that thick mines been building up for all its life by the looks.

[Red89]

After you have finished cleaning it spray everything under there with armorall, anything black, rocker cover, rad, air intake and all hoses comes up looking like brand new.

[skelaaleks]

atari4x4 wrote:

shakes wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

CT18 truck wash, i mix it up & chuck it in a squirter bottle & spray it on.

amazing stuff.

yep, you should see my engine bay.... it's cleaner than my kitchen

hey man just a heads up anything that foams has costic in it(this means it will make metal rust -this includes wiring and plug and connections)

you are much better using somthing line BP degreaser (or somthink that turns milky when washed off like kero)

if its somthing tuff like a diff thats got oil caked on i would suggest oven cleaner(make sure you get the costic based stuff-not the ozone happy stuff)
followed by a wash with kero or petrol.(make sure you give that costic a good wash off

[JrZook]

CT14 degreaser my chemtech seems to shift alot of the harder crud off. CT18 is great for getting the mud off after a wheel, doesnt leave chalkyness

[royce]

slowsierra wrote:

go to crazy clarks or the warehouse and buy the 3 in 1 degreaser it sprays on as a foam and is the best i have found.

I came to this thread to say this, its like part oven cleaner or something, does amazing things to the skin so must be good at degreasing

[Zook_Fan]

royce wrote:

slowsierra wrote:

go to crazy clarks or the warehouse and buy the 3 in 1 degreaser it sprays on as a foam and is the best i have found.

I came to this thread to say this, its like part oven cleaner or something, does amazing things to the skin so must be good at degreasing

I think that would be the same stuff we use. We go through shit loads of it. at $2 a tin it makes for an extremely quick engine bay clean and it really does penetrate grease well

[royce]

its called eagle something, black and orange tin

[stockman]

If people are interested I will post results during the week.
My engine bay was pretty stuburn as the the heavy duty degreasers did nothing.
Throttle body/carby cleaner was the best, but also most exspensive at 15 bucks per tin. I spent $130 on degreasers cleaners today
I have a couple of others I want to try during the week.

[Zook_Fan]

nope not what i got, will post up a pic tomorrow

[hooki]

silicone spray everything once it's cleaned. Mud and dirt cant stick to it and makes it super easy to clean after wheeling.

[bazook]

Im still looking for a strong degreaser to get all the oil and crap built up I've tried a far few of them even tried ct-14 and turps,it got some off but i might got ct-14 and kero

[shep]

chemtec who make ct18 also make a degreaser. i think it is ct14 but i might be wrong. ct18 is brilliant on dirt and bugs and stuff like that but anything that is a petrochemical will need a proper solvent degreaser.

hay atari if ya like ct18 give ct20 a go. it makes ya paint clean and shiny at the same time.

[ball]

bazook wrote:

Im still looking for a strong degreaser to get all the oil and crap built up I've tried a far few of them even tried ct-14 and turps,it got some off but i might got ct-14 and kero

use petrol and a stiff nylon brush to break the worst of it up then use the $2 tins of degreaser from stupidcheap to clean the petrol and left over filth off.

[bulldoggy]

I vote the CT 18

[TZAR]

1 litre of diesel and 1 litre of kero mixed together. Total cost about $4 for 2 litres. Apply using a stiff brush like this one



Its going to move all the hard deposit but will leave a residue that all those other crappy degreasers will be able to remove or you could just pour boiling water (not from the tap from a kettle) over the parts you have cleaned and it will take of the residue.

Just get scrubbing. NOTHING will remove thick deposits in one easy go.

Just think for $130 you could have bought a gerni.......

[ball]

bulldoggy wrote:

I vote the CT 18

Good for dirt and mud only,

useless on grease and oil

[stockman]

TZAR wrote:

Just think for $130 you could have bought a gerni.......

Got a karcher. Did nothing but wet everything.
It was more experimental. Now I know what to buy first time.