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Koushik
10-06-1999, 05:33 AM
1.) let engine cool down several hours
2.) spray engine with simple green
3.) ??
4.) spray engine with WD-40

What should step 3. be ?
thanks in advance
-K. '99 A4 1.8tqMS

Hans
10-06-1999, 05:50 AM
Is this a trick question? How about wash off the simple green, or scrub the trouble areas with a brush and hose off the engine?

FrancisK
10-06-1999, 06:12 AM

pdw
10-06-1999, 06:12 AM
Scrub, wash off the Simple Green and then repeat if you're really anal or the engine is really dirty.

Pigpen (all grown up now and driving an Audi)
10-06-1999, 06:16 AM

DaveW
10-06-1999, 06:36 AM

Cris
10-06-1999, 06:44 AM

underpants gnome
10-06-1999, 09:56 AM

pdw
10-06-1999, 10:12 AM
You're not supposed to spray it on a hot engine. When it evaporates it leaves a wax behind that protects the engine from corrosion. The wax won't burn.

I've done this many times.