what's the best way to cover all the electrical doodads that you don't want
to get wet. I have always been afraid to clean an engine becuase of the.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Spring Cleaning an Aircooled Motor

> Depending on how long the engine has been building external oil residue
> it can vary on the requirements.
> I just use Gunk Engine Cleaner in a spray can and give the whole engine
> bay a good wetting down. On old really nasty engines I use a parts
> cleaner stiff brush and work the Gunk in real good every place I can get
> to in the engine bay.
> On the bottom side you can remove the pushrod covers and spray Gunk up
> into that area to clean the sides of the case and pushrod covers.
> After I've removed the worst of the oil I go to the dollar car wash and
> spray it down again with Gunk and power spray the engine bay and under
> the van.
> The pushrod covers tend to catch and hold oil drips so they may need
> extra effort.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:16:19 EST Kevin Carrubba <CTTAPER@AOL.COM> writes:
> > Hi Everyone,
> > The quest continues for a good running clean van and I figure the
> > best place
> > to start cleaning is the motor.  So my question is do I just wrap up
> > the Alt,
> > coil and ecu and get some engine degreaser and have at it with the
> > hose?  At
> > home so when it does not start I don't get stuck somewhere.  Will
> > the water
> > properly drain?  Is it easy to take the tin off the motor in the van
> > to be
> > able to really get in there?  I was thinking about some POR Marine
> > clean
> > anybody have any insight for me?
> > Thanks
> > Kevin
> > 80 Westy
> >
> >
>
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