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Engine how to clean the engine?

Discussion in 'Powertrain' started by jac1990, Mar 30, 2008.

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    how to clean the engine?

    so i popped my hood and its sooo freaking dirty inside lol i was wondering if it was 'safe' to hose my engine straight off....cause i tried wiping it with like a rag or seomthing and boy i do not know how many rags i wasted lol so yeah, any tips or ideas as to how to maintain a clean car? =P
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    Simple Green or Grease Lighting spray it on liberality wait 10-15 mins and then spray off, just watch the battery and alternator
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    PUSH down each of the 4 coils before. Water got into mine once and fried two spark plugs. I drove on 2 cyclinders for a week before i realized.
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    How is that possible? LOL :D With two cylinders out, you won't be able to start or drive the car. When one of my plugs fried and left me with a dead cylinder, I was backfiring every 5 seconds and couldn't go over 45 mph. That was running on three cylinders. With two out, the motor is out. LOL
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    i had 2 dead spark plugs. And my car was coughing horribly. I could not go over 30 and drove only to the train each day. This happened immediately after i washed my car so i am sure it was because of the water.

    I first changed all 4 coils thinking some how they got clogged or damaged before realizing it may just be the spark plugs.
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    Wow. I guess it can still run on two cylinders, although barely.

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