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Date:         Mon, 3 Aug 1998 01:19:33 -0400
Reply-To:     "Joe L." <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Joe L." <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Steam Clean Engine?
Comments: To: Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM

Pick up a bottle of "Simple Green". It is rather expensive for soap but IT WORKS!!! Cheaper than a steam clean too.

-----Original Message----- From: Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 3:17 PM Subject: Steam Clean Engine?

>Here's a true anal-retentive question for all of you (sorry): > >I just bought a GREAT '84 Westy (new heads, cooling system, brakes, >tires, clutch...checked out very mechanically sound), but it has 121,000 >miles on it, and the engine is pretty dusty, grimy, etc. (as one would >expect after nearly 15 years). > >I like to do much of my own work, and I'm thinking of steam-cleaning the >engine so it'll be "nicer" to work on. I've never done this before. > >Is there any reason to NOT steam-clean an engine? Are there any >arguments FOR steam-cleaning an engine (other than it being more pleasant >to look at and/or work on)? > >Thanks, >Marty "Compulsive" Wallace ('84 Westy) >Chico, California > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com


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