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Cleaning after mudding?
Colin 009:
I get my V8 :twisted: Steam Cleaned for a tenner :D
jjsaul:
i just start it up
then pressure wash the engine bay avoiding air intakes.
muddyweb:
Unfortunatley, there is no quick way (I wish)
I tend to do the bodywork first so I'm not working around a filthy vehicle, then the engine bay, then down to the chassis. If I've been at an event with especially nasty mud, I'll also strip, clean and repack the wheel bearings... and if it was a particularly hard event where I've been sitting underwater for long periods of time, I'll often drain and refill the diffs. (Oil is cheaper than diff centres)
Don't let *anyone* tell you that it is "cool" to leave your vehicle covered in mud for long periods of time.... it isn't. Mud will encourage corrosion, it will keep water next to the metal bits, can cause electrical problems and generally make the vehicle unpleasant to work on. It is also not very sociable to be dropping chunks of mud (wet or dry) as you are driving along.
This applies to the bodywork and the mechanicals. I know this is going to get me some stick, but I'm used to it... keep the bodywork polished. A polished vehicle repels mud far more efficiently and is easier to clean.
Reaper:
I completely agree with you Tim not only is a clean motor easier to keep clean after a hard day off road but also in this day an age with the antis all over the place a clean motor attracts less negative attention.
jnoshea:
I don't have a pressure washer but I hose down the bodywork then move on the the engine bay. Hose off all the mud, then spray on a good engine degreaser like AutoGlym Engine & Machine something or other. Brush the particularly greasy or dirty bits and then hose off again. Rainbow water flows underneath the car and everything looks lovely :D Then to keep it looking lovely in the engine bay I always spray AutoGlym Vinyl & Rubber something or other onto the hoses and black plastic bits to make them more repellent of the brown stuff next time. :D Then I clean out the interior if it needs it. All of that will have made the bodywork stinking again so I wash and polish that last.
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