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Old 03-08-2004, 07:23 AM
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Default What to use to clean underbody of car?

I am in the middle of doing a waterpump/ tb change and have a thick coating of coolant/dirt under my car. I was wondering what the best approach would be to cleaning this off. TIA,

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Default Try Orange Blast (available in most Auto Parts stores)...

it's a citrus based degreaser. Works pretty well on oil messes. Not sure how it would do with coolant, but at $4/bottle, it's cheap enough to buy and try. Use it full strength, let is soak for 5 minutes, then follow up with a sponge and soapy water, then rinse. Repeat as needed (which might only be one addt'l time for heavy grime build up).
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Default Great for degreasing and cleaning...

<center><img src="http://www.sportscarcare.com/scc/images/303dilution.gif"></center><p>the 303 CLEANER is great at degreasing and cleaning just about anything. Dilute as necessary - the 32 oz spray would be very handy for your task, and once that's done, you can dilute and use the leftover product for cleaning your wheels, engine, carpet, etc!<ul><li><a href="http://www.sportscarcare.com/scc/product.asp?ItemID=303-cls">303 Aerospace Cleaner</a></li></ul>
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Thanks, any chance they would have this at Wal-Mart?
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Pretty good chance.
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Default That stuff cracks me up

Clean your oil tanker hold by day, dinner salad veggies by night!
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LOL! Yeah, I feel like Ron Popiel when I talk about it!
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Yes. I got some at Walmart and it works great for cleaning the engine bay.
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Default no surprise here... Dawn is a powerful grease remover, used to clean brids after Exxon Valdez!

so... even strong cleaners can be quite safe.
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