Castrol Super Clean is also great for almost anything, although avoid painted
surfaces, unless you wipe/rinse off quickly. Also, it will etch polished aluminum after
a while. Seems to be safe on nearly every other surface on a Westy though. I bought
a gallon jug of it, as it worked so well at cleaning all the grime on my '82 Diesel
Westy.

On 6 Apr 2005 at 21:19, Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:

> Carburetor cleaner. It comes in a spray can at auto parts stores. I use
> it to clean just about everything. Don't get it in your eyes or use it
> in a confined space unless you are into that sort of thing.
>
> Jim
>
> On Apr 6, 2005, at 8:49 PM, karen d wrote:
>
> > How does one clean the plastic cover for engine.  I have 84.  The
> > cover is
> > white but I have lots of grease type marks that look burned on.  I've
> > tried
> > lot of things but can't seem to get it clean.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
'82 Diesel Westy