All together now, 1, 2, 3! what a jacka$$...
02-12-2005, 01:10 PM
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All together now, 1, 2, 3! what a jacka$$...
tried to move my car today to clean up the garage a little. whoops, i ONLY forgot there was no oil filler cap, oil filter cap and no oil dip stick cap. gosh, i am sharp as a beach ball huh? backing out of the garage i saw a nice THICK line of oil and the steering wasnt working all that great. pop the hood and oil was EVERYWHERE. funny thing what oil does to the power steering belt?!?
02-12-2005, 01:55 PM
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you have to celean that belt good, otherwise it will have traction problem spinning, wont it?
Man next time keep your caps closed at all times!
Why did you remove them?
Man next time keep your caps closed at all times!
Why did you remove them?
02-12-2005, 01:57 PM
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Peter,
Clean up the oil right away. Oil eats away at rubber over time and also causes slippage isses. The best way to clean oil up is to use brake cleaner (that's what I use anyways). Brake cleaner wont eat at rubber and will evaporate as you are using it.
Good luck.
Clean up the oil right away. Oil eats away at rubber over time and also causes slippage isses. The best way to clean oil up is to use brake cleaner (that's what I use anyways). Brake cleaner wont eat at rubber and will evaporate as you are using it.
Good luck.
02-12-2005, 06:26 PM
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He hasn't responded yet because I'm sure he's still cleaning and cleaning and cleaning....
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think i got it all. a guy who write a column for the post and is on motor week, named pat goss does a weekend show and is the man! he said (thanks for the tip vrus) that brake kleen makes any shiney plastic or rubber dull so he told me not to use your sugg. there is a gunk enviro cleaner in a green can that leaves no smell. so a couple cans, a few minuted and a pressure washer and voila! dumb *** move averted! by the way, lights are piaa hyper white 55w and those pieces were off to get aluminized (chromed) thanks for the tips all.
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Originally Posted by Peter B
think i got it all. a guy who write a column for the post and is on motor week, named pat goss does a weekend show and is the man! he said (thanks for the tip vrus) that brake kleen makes any shiney plastic or rubber dull so he told me not to use your sugg. there is a gunk enviro cleaner in a green can that leaves no smell. so a couple cans, a few minuted and a pressure washer and voila! dumb *** move averted! by the way, lights are piaa hyper white 55w and those pieces were off to get aluminized (chromed) thanks for the tips all.
Nice work on going to an expert for the info, and thanks for passing it on this way!
02-13-2005, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter B
think i got it all. a guy who write a column for the post and is on motor week, named pat goss does a weekend show and is the man! he said (thanks for the tip vrus) that brake kleen makes any shiney plastic or rubber dull so he told me not to use your sugg. there is a gunk enviro cleaner in a green can that leaves no smell. so a couple cans, a few minuted and a pressure washer and voila! dumb *** move averted! by the way, lights are piaa hyper white 55w and those pieces were off to get aluminized (chromed) thanks for the tips all.
I've used the Orange Gunk cleaner before.. I use that when I do power washes of my engine compartment. I use to do that once every 2 weeks on my 993 TT but I never tried it on the Mercedes because it has too many electrical components under the hood..
Glad you got it cleaned up.
