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ChrisseyT
Fresh Meat
Number of posts: 7
Ride: Golf MK4 GT TDi 110
Registration date: 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Engine bay cleaning help! Sun Jan 22 2012, 19:15 | |
| Need some help on cleaning the engine bay of my golf! Got lots of dust in there and would look so much better if it was all nice and black not clay red like it is now! Cheers! |
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technique
VAG Wales Admin
Number of posts: 2306
Ride: T4 daily project - VR6 project - MK4 TDI
Registration date: 2008-02-22
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Mon Jan 23 2012, 10:28 | |
| I use chemical guys orange degreaser, just be careful if you use it neat as it will remove paint. Water it down 50/50 and spray the area, brush the product in with a tooth brush then wash away. Use some chemicals guys new look trim gel on black pipes and plastics. Wax any paint surfaces. _________________  | mk1mel wrote: | | you were at our marquee,doing all the moves too |
I HEART 90's spec |
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technique
VAG Wales Admin
Number of posts: 2306
Ride: T4 daily project - VR6 project - MK4 TDI
Registration date: 2008-02-22
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Mon Jan 23 2012, 10:42 | |
| I did mine like that below, the pic of the right side was basically the same as the left. did all of that with orange degreaser and a toothbrush.   An airline is great for blasting bits out but I didn't have access to one at the time. _________________ | mk1mel wrote: | | you were at our marquee,doing all the moves too |
I HEART 90's spec |
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matt
The Guv'nor
Number of posts: 3405
Ride: lupo gti with a bit of a kick
Registration date: 2008-02-03
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Mon Jan 23 2012, 17:11 | |
| its all about chem guys !!!! _________________  20v-turbo | Quote: | | tahts the trouble with fit women they cd rape you but your actauuly saying yes |
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ChrisseyT
Fresh Meat
Number of posts: 7
Ride: Golf MK4 GT TDi 110
Registration date: 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 10:07 | |
| Awesome! Cheers guys  |
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.:Diamond
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 541
Ride: Scrap Heap Mk5
Registration date: 2009-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 12:32 | |
| While we're on the subject of being detailing nazis... im after some good stuff to get stubborn bits of tar and other general road shite off?  |
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matt
The Guv'nor
Number of posts: 3405
Ride: lupo gti with a bit of a kick
Registration date: 2008-02-03
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 16:19 | |
| sounds like your mk5 needs a good claying
believe it or not the auto glym bug and tar remover is good before clay and it also removes wax from the car
matt _________________ 20v-turbo | Quote: | | tahts the trouble with fit women they cd rape you but your actauuly saying yes |
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.:Diamond
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 541
Ride: Scrap Heap Mk5
Registration date: 2009-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 17:14 | |
| the joys of the clay bar... i stupidly bought a dodo juice supernatural clay bar and some born slippy lube... they are very much neglected, does my nut in rubbing an inch at a time! feel like rhys during his happy sessions!!  |
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technique
VAG Wales Admin
Number of posts: 2306
Ride: T4 daily project - VR6 project - MK4 TDI
Registration date: 2008-02-22
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 17:35 | |
| There is suppoed to be a good chem guys bug and ter remover that you literally apply and wash off. not tried it myself _________________ | mk1mel wrote: | | you were at our marquee,doing all the moves too |
I HEART 90's spec |
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.:Diamond
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 541
Ride: Scrap Heap Mk5
Registration date: 2009-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Tue Jan 24 2012, 20:57 | |
| sounds like my kind of thing |
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fran@PRD
Keyboard Warrior
Number of posts: 48
Ride: audi a3 1.6fsi sport
Registration date: 2011-11-23
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Thu Feb 02 2012, 22:16 | |
| always remove the tar before you clay it will rip apart your clay bar otherwise , for clay lube i just use some water with a tiny bit of car shampoo in it its a fraction of the price and works just as well |
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.:Diamond
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 541
Ride: Scrap Heap Mk5
Registration date: 2009-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Fri Feb 03 2012, 12:47 | |
| cheers  if anyone has considered it... industrial solvents aren't a good idea! I painted a 60mm square of metal with primer, basecoat and CHEMICAL PROOF LACQUER and then tested it a couple of days later against some '3M scotch weld solvent no.2'... needless to say it wiped away to bare metal as if it was grease in one wipe... Stay away from the hard stuff kids! |
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themimoth
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 682
Ride: Skoda Fabia vrs. TDI CITI Golf, Golf Mk1 Campain
Registration date: 2009-10-31
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Fri Feb 03 2012, 18:02 | |
| methyl ethyl ketone  clean it properly ! p.s. dont... it would be worse than the fairy powerspray insident... |
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.:Diamond
Scene Mincer
Number of posts: 541
Ride: Scrap Heap Mk5
Registration date: 2009-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Engine bay cleaning help! Fri Feb 03 2012, 18:03 | |
| haha, that was a good incident... purple motorbike ftw |
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