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| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 181 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 65.160.214.168  Rating: N/A |
hot pressure water & steam. good idea or bad idea? engine compartment walls are covered with this aluminum foil over foam material, the foam seems to be gettin old. I like my engine shiny, spic and span. or is that a little too much to hope for in a diesel setup? | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 200 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 75.211.38.173 Rating: N/A |
Dreamer | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 75.211.38.173 Rating: N/A |
:>) | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 1022 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 74.162.76.54  Rating: N/A |
Mind as well just spray it with fresh oil. | ||
| David Guglielmetti (Daveg)
Registered Member Username: Daveg Post Number: 124 Registered: 2-2009 Posted From: 67.121.225.71  Rating: N/A |
Well, it is high pressure hot water OR steam...usually not both! Steam removes most of the grease/oil but leaves a residue that usually needs to be removed with something else, a product like Castrol's Super Clean...something that solubilizes grease. Looking at the container I see it no longer says Castrol on it, just Super Clean Acquisitions, LLC...should be avail at your local auto parts store...I think the container is purple in color and so is the product. | ||
| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 182 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 65.160.214.168 Rating: N/A |
curiously enough, mine doesn't have that much oil, it's more like a dense clay like layer that it accmulated through its life in south carolina, hard like dry clay. when I see all the wiring bunches near the bus, I wonder if I should be spraying any water near it. | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 1023 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 74.162.76.54 Rating: N/A |
Well, if it gets road spray under there, I'm sure it can tolerate the garden hose when held in loving hands. The cleaning crap can destroy the wires and electronics, but plain water shouldn't do much harm. I used "Purple Power" on my 6v92 and the entire engine bay, and aside from taking the paint off things, it worked fine. But I tried to keep it away from anything electrical... like the generator.. You are not going to be happy until it's clean, let's face it. So go do it and get it over with. Just keep away from the electrical stuff. Oh.... and remember to grease and oil all the moving stuff again, you wouldn't believe how fast things will start sticking and jamming. Things like shutdown valves, accelerator assemblies, etc... | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1022 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 66.82.9.59  Rating: N/A |
"I like my engine shiny, spic and span. or is that a little too much to hope for in a diesel setup?" To have a clean engine with any DD 2 stroke the engine must be removed and reassembled correctly with non DD sealing products. FF | ||
| Dale Waller (Happycampersrus)
Registered Member Username: Happycampersrus Post Number: 345 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 166.225.40.182 Rating: N/A |
I've worked with other mechanics that when they rebuild a 2 stroke DD they will use 3M weatherstrip adhesive (spray and tube type) on every gasket while assembling the engine. That usually stops most leaks, but I hate trying to get them apart. LOL | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1798 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
You'd think that with all the years of manufacturing them that they could have designed some decent gaskets to eliminate leaks | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1751 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.69.140.121  Rating: N/A |
How badly did the DD peers leak? I've seen some horrible pictures from days gone by of competitor engine rooms. Or, what did the owner of a DD get in exchange for the leaky teaky? Got to be a reason the world put up with it? happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1026 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 66.82.9.100 Rating: N/A |
Got to be a reason the world put up with it? Yes Europe was a mess after WWII , so they got DD's . With the enviro-loons demanding (and getting) cleaner air out the tailpipe than goes in the intake , the number of Mfg worldwide is rapidly declining. It is hugely expensive to create a modification and do the required testing. Good by to innovation , good by to advances and improvements , hello to simply pleasing the STATE regulators to attempt to stay in business. Do you have your urea tank and pump installed yet? FF | ||
| Debo Cox (Debo)
Registered Member Username: Debo Post Number: 18 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 149.168.204.10  Rating: N/A |
You guys may laugh at me for saying this, but I find that a little oil and grease here and there keeps the rust and corrosion at bay. When I got my bus this summer I pressure washed the engine and the first thing it did was begin to rust. Since then I've painted most of the exposed stuff and let a little oil and grease find it's way back onto things. If there's inches of crud that's one thing, but I think a little coating keeps the Outer Banks salt air from turning my engine into a boat anchor. Just a different viewpoint... | ||
| David Dulmage (Daved)
Registered Member Username: Daved Post Number: 269 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 125.208.135.49  Rating: N/A |
A Detroit Diesel is IMHO, a good rust preventative mechanism. DaveD | ||
| Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
Registered Member Username: Jackconrad Post Number: 1174 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 74.4.55.77  Rating: N/A |
Hey, not all engines have the patented DD automatic anti-rust sytem. A few yeasr ago, my brother was going to send me a wall poster of a DD 8V71 to hang in my office, but said Paula would be upset with the oil stain on the wall and carpet LOL Jack | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 569 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.234.224  Rating: N/A |
...hire nellie, I mean did you get a look in hear rear & side trunks, that jimmy is sparkling. . . talk about a pretty girl with talent for scrubing (what the heck, santa passed me by again anyhow, might as well be truthfuly bad) |