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I was heading towards downtown Cincinnati at about 70MPH with my window down - a mistake - and a cicada hit my forearm and bounced up into the window slit on the driver's door where it exploded. A white gooey mess with flecks of black and orange traced from my white shirt to the window slit to...

I was wondering whether it would be counterproductive to use degreaser (I bought GUNK and WD40 based on a thread here) if it strips the protective coating on the engine. I recently bought a 1997 A4 that was well maintained but I am not sure whether the coating is still present. Any advice?

Greetings! I just registered on this great forum after coming across the Autopia manual and reading many threads. I had no idea this kind of info was available and now I am hooked. About ten days ago, I purchased a Red 97 Audi A4. It is in great condition (garaged and probably waxed...