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Old 06-23-2003, 05:22 PM
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dirty engine bay such as mine...

how would you go about cleaning it? i used a half of bottle of Greased Lightning Degreaser today and it still looks really dirty...i want one so clean that you can eat off of it i was wondering if anyone had any great advice... thank you

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get rid of the clutter clutter cluter !! try and hide as many wires as posible thats what creates that sloppy mess
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He's asking how to clean it, not how to hide wires like it's some sort of show car.

Looks like you need a good steam cleaning for that mess.
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so what should i do?
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do u have acess to a pressure wahser?
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http://www.nsxhelp.com/amnsxli...k.htm , this site will help you a lot, like it did for me
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it seems a little too good to be true...did he tape anything up?
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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=543704 LOL! good timing there bro
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I posted before him ...but still...i think its a little shady
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JUN EK9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=543704 LOL! good timing there bro</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn, beat me to it!
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Cover the distributer and spray it with a pressure washer. You can go to Pep Boys or somehting and get the stuff you spray on and then later hose off.
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Mine was pretty bad, I didn't have access to a pressure washer or anything like that, so I covered the distrib and fuse box, and just sprayed it down with engine brite (GUNK), let it sit, scrubbed a little and sprayed it down with a regular hose, worked great. Afterward, sprayed a little Formula 2000 on the hoses and plastics
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http://www.nsxhelp.com/amnsxli...k.htm
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it made my engine way cleaner then before, try it for yourself, you will see a miracle
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well if i were you id new a new valve cover seal, find a thread around honda-tech about painting the valve cover, do as the rest say about sprayin on the gunk remover like that thread and spray on the tire foam, then go and take off valve cover and strip it down and repaint, that alone will make it look alot better, also with the new seal should keep oil from gettin back on top of engine like it is
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thanks everyone...i guess i will go and try it
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lol. i just read about this thing like 2 seconds ago.
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LOL. That with tons of paper towels
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is that a joke?
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simple green
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how would someoen go about covering up the distrobuter and the fuse box. what should someone use to cover it. does it matter that anything else in the bay gets wet from direct water???
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funny this topic came up, a friend of mine taped off his distributor and such a week or two ago, and hosed the whole bay down, says the car hasn't been the same since, and that there is no pic up at all.....any one have any clue what it could be??
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Simple green!
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yeap...spray a lil simple green...let it chill there for a min or two...and wipe it off with enthusiasm...thatll do tha trick...


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