A different way to clean the grease and dirt off....

[1999montana]

My wife's car sprung a leak in the cooling system. Nothing major, but it coated the rear of the block and the transmission with a combination of oil and anitfreeze (the oil is from a small leak in the valve cover cam shaft pass-through for the distributor, also at the rear of the engine!).

After I fixed the antifreeze leak, I had two choices. I could take the car to the local wand wash and huff-puff it down, or I could remove the majority of the mess with the garden hose.

As an after thought, I decided to grab the 'Shout' (stain remover for clothes) from our laundry room and try that on the greasy mess. The container is a generous 4 liters and comes with a remote spray head attached to the container with a clear piece of tubing.

So, I sprayed all of the areas I wanted to clean being careful to avoid the electrical junction boxes and alternator and let it sit for 15 minutes on a warm engine.

Grabbed the garden hose, washed it down and presto, clean engine for about $0.25. Even removed some of the baked on stuff too.

[hufhouse]

"You got AXLE GREASE all over my detergent bottle!"

"You used my 'Shout' for WHAT?!?"

"OK, Buddy, you owe me a new bottle!"

Groan.

[1999montana]

"Necessity is the mother of invention" so they say...

Worked for me...and mother wasn't too upset, as a matter of fact she said the car 'smelled nice' after I cleaned it!