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OllieJay

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Hello,



This particular customer I have had a unfortunate event happen to him: While cruisin down the freeway the power steer reservoir cap came flying off and right behind that the power steering fluid went everywhere. As you can see in this picture I've pointed out where the fluid had crept into - for all you guys that have seen the viper engine you may know what Im talking about here. I just wanted hear some of your suggestions/methods of me cleaning this one. I'm a bit hesitant on doing this because I was thinking of spraying a degreaser then trying to blow it out. The problem with that is, the grease will get everywhere and make a even bigger disastrous mess which in this case may be unavoidable.



Thanks in advance.



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Degreaser and then pressure wash it ? 1500 psi should do it.... Yes, it will get everywhere, but you're just going to be pressure washing and rinsing the entire area anyways ? If you have an air pressurized sprayer, that would probably help quite a bit with applying the degreaser (I don't use any other type of applicator for degreaser now).
 
Try and find a small detail nozzle for your wet vac. Spray a safe degreaser or solvent and suck out, repeat. You might have to do a final wash when done.
 
Degrease it and pressure wash it then lift the car up and pressure wash it from the bottom of the engine, then repeat the same process and you will be fine.
 
salty said:
Try and find a small detail nozzle for your wet vac. Spray a safe degreaser or solvent and suck out, repeat. You might have to do a final wash when done.
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I like this idea..it just I now am gonna have to fabricate myself a small attachment as there are no attachments that will fit down where I need to get to.



If that idea fails I just go ahead with the degreaser and pressure washer method.



Thanks guys!

Cheers.
 
I agree, put the car up on ramps, degrease the entire engine bay, pressure wash it, scrub it with an old wash mitt, get underneath pressure wash that, then blow it all out and dry it, then wash the whole car.



Josh
 
Get yourself a pressureized sprayer like mentioned but when you dilute the degreaser with water use hot water. This will also help break everything down. Heat is a great by product.
 
BURN THE MOTHER DOWN!!!!!!!



I think any one of the methods listed above should do fine...in terms of fabricating a new tip...not that I'm going to say it's necessarily worth the work..but I've heard of a retired body shop guy using some of the stuff he had stockpiled to make himself an angle tipped funnel attachment for his vac out of some kind of metal mesh (chicken wire?) carbon fiber and some kind hardening epoxy or something?
 
Barry Theal said:
Get yourself a pressureized sprayer like mentioned but when you dilute the degreaser with water use hot water. This will also help break everything down. Heat is a great by product.
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Thanks Barry, Never thought of the "heated" part along side with the degreaser, I'll use that method along with jacking it up and doing the whole underside. Another issue we're having is trying to get a low profile jack that will fit underneath the car! We tried one and it still wasn't low enough - Any recommended jacks for this situation?



Thanks for your input guys.
 
jetwash said:
Thanks Barry, Never thought of the "heated" part along side with the degreaser, I'll use that method along with jacking it up and doing the whole underside. Another issue we're having is trying to get a low profile jack that will fit underneath the car! We tried one and it still wasn't low enough - Any recommended jacks for this situation?



Thanks for your input guys.
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Yes - Drive the car up onto 2x4s That is what the dealership used to do with my car when it was very low in order to lift it. Hope it helps.
 
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