Well it is Monsoon season out in the South West and on the way home from the river last weekend the storms were really peaking. Problem is the desert is so dry that when the clouds burst the rain has no where to go except down hill and onto the road bringing with it sand and dirt.

Long story short is that the engine compartment looks like it was dunked in a dirt pit. Whats the best way to clean this? I am a little worried about steam cleaning/pressure washer as i don't want to jack up any of the electronics. Should i use good old fashioned elbow grease or is there a better way?

I spray "Grease Lightning" or "Super Clean" all over the engine, let it sit a minute, then spray it off with water. I'll usually use a leaf blower to dry it off. Comes out very nice.

Originally posted by TandA@Aug 17 2004, 03:28 PM
I spray "Grease Lightning" or "Super Clean" all over the engine, let it sit a minute, then spray it off with water. I'll usually use a leaf blower to dry it off. Comes out very nice.

T&A, your alright for an F-Body guy :D All kidding aside thanks alot :beer:

Also, any special attention needed around the electrical or is the Grease Lightning and hose ok?

Thanks again T&A

Also try Simple green or simply green whatever its called, works really well.

Yea, any of the grease cutting cleaners work great. I'm only careful around the air intake, I spray down everything else. I figure it all gets wet in the rain anyway.

also good for cleaning ovens. :afro:

Simple green is awesome, we used to use it to clean our speed boat when I was a park ranger. It smells like rootbeer too :lol:

Thanks everyone :beer:

yea im gonna have to try the simple green and hose and see if it works on my durango cuz its gettin kinda dirty under there , if it works good then try on my gto when i need too, thanks guys

Simple green will work just fine on your durango, trust me man... you cant **** up your durango. If it was possible I would have already destroyed mine. If you drive up to a local quarter car wash they have an engine degraser slection seems to work just perfect. Just dont spray into the airbox and i'd stay away form the box with the relay's in it, it's right behind the battery on the durango so look for something simular on the goat and dont spray it. :)