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    steam clean?

    I've got a local farmer who will let my use his steam cleaner on my engine bay if i want, but I'm not sure...will the heat or water harm any of my parts? I know to keep away from the distributor and computer stuff.
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    Teh heat and presure can get into the electrical connections and can corode them over time.
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    So what is the best way to clean 13 years of crap from an engine bay?
    Good bye to the 1989 DX Type R. Hello 2001 LX.

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    A light degreaser and no more presure than you get out of your hose. I use the castrol degreaser in the squirt bottle it works fantasticly and there is more in the bottle than in the aresol cans.
    "AAHHH Teamsters, If only I could be as lazy and surley as a Teamster." Quote by Homer Simpson

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    if i were you i won't do it !

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    i took all my wiring apart. my engine was the only one left and the tranny. i pressure cleaned my engine bay. no telectirall connectors or shit. but be sure to block off all the intake ports and valve breather hole if u pressure clean ur bay like i did. but shit yo, i need some pics of my car. i can even read my barcode on the tranny, never knew i had one.

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    holy shit mike, when did u and how did u become a moderator?????? ahhhh damn, i wanna be a moderator too. i wanna moderate something.

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