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redline racer510
12-01-2009, 09:34 AM
For all of the neat freaks out there that use engine degreasers to clean their engine bay you guys will be in deep $hit if you keep using that stuff. I figured out the hard way when my car started idling like crap and kept stalling becuase intake manifold gasket deteriorates and starts falling apart from that stuff. Just use some soap and water and a little elbow grease and stay away from that other stuff. Yes I found out why KA's mysteriously idle like crap all of the sudden and in most cases it can be blamed on a deteriorating intake manifold gasket and also possibly an egr gasket.

s13 drifta
12-01-2009, 09:40 AM
Yeah I use purple power because it is safe and doesnt have all those chemicals that eat shit away.

Slammed Assassin
12-01-2009, 10:08 AM
i use purple power too!

JEDIs13
12-01-2009, 10:10 AM
Yeah I use purple power because it is safe and doesnt have all those chemicals that eat shit away.

i use purple power too!

power purple is the business.. my friend gets this shit made for big rigs that works really good too. i forget the name of it tho

driftsilvias13
12-01-2009, 10:18 AM
Simple Green for me. Maybe I should look into Purple Power. Where can you buy that stuff?

s13 drifta
12-01-2009, 10:21 AM
Kragens or auto parts store

Flicktitty
12-01-2009, 10:21 AM
Simple Green for me. Maybe I should look into Purple Power. Where can you buy that stuff?
agreed.

it's winter time, gotta make shit clean.

ZX88
12-01-2009, 10:38 AM
i hire mr clean to clean my bay.

ForcedNduction
12-01-2009, 11:56 AM
Purple power works great except when it gets underneith your fingernails. Buy the 2 1/2 gallon jug you'll soon be using it for everything and for under $15 its a good deal for something that works.

piranhamatt
12-01-2009, 11:59 AM
I have purple power in my 20 gallon parts washer. I love that stuff. Just don't have your hands immersed in it for very long without gloves, it removes skin!

I clean my engine bays with it too, it's a great cleaner.

DataXUnknown
12-01-2009, 12:01 PM
+1 for simple green. Maybe try mixing purple power and simple green together....and get Simply Blue Power, lol I came up with that myself nobody better steal that shit.

ManoNegra
12-01-2009, 12:04 PM
For all of the neat freaks out there that use engine degreasers to clean their engine bay you guys will be in deep $hit if you keep using that stuff. I figured out the hard way when my car started idling like crap and kept stalling becuase intake manifold gasket deteriorates and starts falling apart from that stuff. Just use some soap and water and a little elbow grease and stay away from that other stuff. Yes I found out why KA's mysteriously idle like crap all of the sudden and in most cases it can be blamed on a deteriorating intake manifold gasket and also possibly an egr gasket.

degreasers huh?
and here I thought that KAs usually idle like crap because of the high mileage, old cracked hoses and tired sensors they usually have.
who knew.

mrmephistopheles
12-01-2009, 07:47 PM
degreasers huh?
and here I thought that KAs usually idle like crap because of the high mileage, old cracked hoses and tired sensors they usually have.
who knew.

Yeah, it's not pinched or holey vacuum lines or loose connections that make engines run like shit. It's gaskets that are sandwiched between two chunks of metal being eaten at by occasional applications of degreaser that does it.

Now you know. :s101::s101::s101::s101::s101:

drivens13
12-01-2009, 08:02 PM
Products like Engine brite will say "rinse with water" for a reason because yes they will eat up old rubber vac. lines and paper gaskets.The same goes for Purple power and other degreasers.

S14DB
12-01-2009, 08:20 PM
Yeah I use purple power because it is safe and doesnt have all those chemicals that eat shit away.

WTF? It has sodium hydroxide in it. Eats shit away...

Slideways^Jordan
12-01-2009, 10:24 PM
I use purple power and it does a great job!

Tearlessj
12-02-2009, 01:42 AM
I use all sorts of degreasers and never had an issue.

dallaceseiuli
12-02-2009, 04:18 PM
i warm up the purple power (3.50 for the big jug at walmart) and spray my ish down! WORKS WONDERS!!

KA240failure
12-02-2009, 04:44 PM
use steam and a rag...... simple