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Steve
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13th May 06 at 12:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cleaning my engine bay. Bling



and no i didnt steam it or anything, would never do that

[Edited on 13-05-2006 by Steve]
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13th May 06 at 12:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lookin good mate

Why wouldn't you steam it though? Most people seem to, although I've always thought lots of water + engine doesn't go
Steve
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13th May 06 at 12:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
exactly, and steaming can strip some coated surfaces
mav
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looks good...
Steve
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good to see youve gotten over your drunken state mav
mav
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what drunken state me I don't drink, T total
Steve
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wait a minute, whats that smell?

smells like bullshit
















Jamie Walby
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that would look even nicer with some carbon in amongst it
Brett
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13th May 06 at 12:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can't see why a licensed reputable subaru garage would steam my engine if it was bad
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13th May 06 at 12:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cause its quick and easy, not many garages are gonna bother spending many man hours cleaning an engine properly.

steaming stripped the coating off my old 106gti rocker cover and my mates vts

its not good
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they are french steve, what do you expect. probably stuck down with frenchmans spunk
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
they are french steve, what do you expect. probably stuck down with frenchmans spunk


LMAO
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13th May 06 at 14:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thinking about painting that metal thing at the front gold as iv got some spare hammerite, thoughts?
Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
cause its quick and easy, not many garages are gonna bother spending many man hours cleaning an engine properly.

steaming stripped the coating off my old 106gti rocker cover and my mates vts

its not good


Was fine on my LET

Its only water?
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
wait a minute, whats that smell?

smells like bullshit




















I've jet washed engine before, cover all electrics and off you go, leave it running too...
Steve
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13th May 06 at 14:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
cause its quick and easy, not many garages are gonna bother spending many man hours cleaning an engine properly.

steaming stripped the coating off my old 106gti rocker cover and my mates vts

its not good


Was fine on my LET

Its only water?


yeah and water and electricity is a good mix aint it

it was the heat that stripped the coating onthe rocker cover

most probably will be ok, but we did it on my mrs clio last year and it screwed her coil pack

[Edited on 13-05-2006 by Steve]
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What plans do you have for the engine?
Marc
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Would look crap gold steve. How about an antrhacite colour?

Can you get enclosed filters for these?
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Carboni CAI

I wouldnt steam clean a modern engine either, would rather spend half a day doing it by hand.
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just found these pics on a golf site, thought about doing it to mine but looks like hard work!!
http://www.uk-mkivs.net/forums/thread/569631.aspx
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you can get loads of carbon engine covers for the 1.8T as well
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looks spot on steve, id deffo stay away from gold thou mate
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what are these 20v engines like?
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looks very clean, only reason it would take the paint off is if the part wasent keyed up correctly when painted!

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