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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Cleaning engine bay?

My engine might be going back in the bay sometime soon(!), and I want to clean all the crap out the engine bay. What ridiculously caustic chemical will clean this good and proper?
Rich Amos

I find a liberal sprinkling of "Gunk" shifts most things. If most of the engine bay is clear you could spray gunk everywhere and steam clean.
Stuart K

Gunk does work, although there are quite a few alternatives. Best to work it in with a brush, leave a while, then power wash off. It doesn't look like it's working as you're putting it on, but it comes up very well with a rinse.

I've just done the same and it cleaned paintwork up that I thought was already clean.

I would have thought that anything more caustic might damage the paint.
Tarquin

Tarquin, so what collor was under that faded orange/mustard/rust collor of yours?
Tell me there was a nice collor originaly under that worn out collor of your midget. LOL
Arie de Best

Whoop Whoop !!!


Well said Arie!!
Mick - trying to sort the wiring

Gonna pop out and get some gunk I think....
Rich Amos

Rich,

I used gunk on many of my engines/bays, and to good effect. As others have said, apply with a brush a leave a while.

To wash off I used paraffin in my compressor gun, but if you have no exposed metal (as I did with my land rover lump)water should be ok, I personally thought the gunk/oil reacted when i used the steam cleaner, but came off with a bit more elbow grease.

Did also apply a light coat of panel wipe after too, which wiped off any ramainig residue with a cloth.
Jim Stewart

You irritable dutch turd. How dare you.

I can't wait to get a nice fresh coat of yellow on there. And hopefully the engine bay will stay oil free this time around.
Tarquin

Yellow?
If thats yellow then what the collor of a banana?
And dont you call me names boy, im 2 months older then you are you twat, have respect for age and experience! :)
Arie de Best

I always found Gunk to be rubbish and I prefer Jizer in a green can when I can find it. Usually I can't find Jizer so I use some Carplan stuff that looks like Blue parafin that works ok.
Daniel Thirteen-Twelve

Gunk also stinks for ages afterwards. Jizer also smells, but the smell doesn't linger so much.
Guy Weller

Each to his own. I actually like the smell of gunk :-)
Stuart K

This thread was discussed between 16/06/2009 and 17/06/2009

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