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Old 11-20-2004, 09:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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any1 knows wat sort of engine cleaner shall we use? thks
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Old 11-20-2004, 09:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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greased lightning works pretty good, purple stuff from autozone does well 2
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Old 11-24-2004, 11:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Seafoam Is awesome for parts with alot of carbon build-up such a vavles and stuff. Then, Greased lightning is pretty good or GOOP!!!
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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how does that seafoam work ??? where do i pur it in ???
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Old 11-24-2004, 11:19 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I cleaned my engine externally with 3M engine degreaser.
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Old 11-25-2004, 01:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
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yea i used a degreaser as well and just used armor all to shine up the rubber stuff works great if your just wanting a nice shine for a show or meet
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Old 11-25-2004, 04:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
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i might be a sucker but i bought crc engine degreaser, then crc electra motive elctric cleaner cause i figured it's better than the degreaser for the alternator and starter
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Old 11-25-2004, 04:48 PM   #8 (permalink)
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The alt and starter wont mind using engine degreaser, since they get wet while driving in the rain too..
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Old 11-25-2004, 05:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Didn't someone here put Seafoam in their new 2004 Corolla only to have it misfiring all over the place.
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Old 11-25-2004, 07:26 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Didn't someone here put Seafoam in their new 2004 Corolla only to have it misfiring all over the place.
Nah.."someone" is having other issues. Seaform works great. I prefer letting my motor suck in ATF...but hey, that's me.

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Old 11-26-2004, 06:14 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I cleaned my engine externally with 3M engine degreaser.
ei flashmn, how is 3M engine degreaser perform? Does it clean all the grease? I had a bad experience with it.. it may be the temperature in PHils...
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Old 11-27-2004, 12:34 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I had a bad experience with it.. it may be the temperature in PHils...
Thats where I washed my car with it... IT worked good.
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