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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 06:50 AM
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Hey, where could i take my car to get the engine bay cleaned up?
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 06:57 AM
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your house
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 06:59 AM
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your driveway with a can of CD2 and rags... i say that you should do it yourself because i wouldn't trust anybody else with cleaning solutions or water around my engine control electronics.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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A bottle of mean green, or foaming tire shine.

Spray it down, close the hood and let it idle for 10-15 minutes. Then lift the hood and hose it off, being careful not to put a lot of water on igntion/electronics. The tire shine works great.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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its pretty extreme in there. and i trust a proffesional more than i do myself.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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I'll do it for a nominal fee.

I clean customer's engines any time they have a big service done (15k, 30k, etc.) They paid us a lot of money to do it, so I feel like it's fair to clean it off a bit.
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where do you work?
Old Apr 18, 2006 | 04:29 AM
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where do you work?
Hayley Toyota, it's in his user profile.
Old Apr 18, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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Hayley Toyota, it's in his user profile.
well I don't go to VCU, Work at commonwealth 20, or perform with ComedySportz.

is that the one on broad street with all the red neon? oooor...
Old Apr 18, 2006 | 06:34 AM
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I clean engine bays everyday, its not that hard. I work at Suttle Cadillac.



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