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Old 08-12-2005, 08:22 AM
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How to clean oil and grease from under carriage?

I have the undercoating on the car. It is a mess. it's not the typical undercoating your thinking of. it was there when i bought the car years ago. it's like old motor oil sprayed on the underside. Very messy. And it's still like dirty oil. Wipes of relatively easy with your fingers.

I need to remove it cause the exhaust... it's catching on fire.

Guy at work told me Easy Off oven cleaner works better than degreaser.

Anybody know what works the best to take it off?
I plan on spraying whatever on, and using a pressure washer to spray it off.

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Old 08-12-2005, 08:33 AM
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Old 08-12-2005, 09:10 AM
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Will simple Green work that well.

By the way Hawaiin, the camber setup on your cars look sick, are you running camber plates, or is that from the excessive lowering?
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Castrol Super-Clean. I keep several gallons in my shop at any time. It will clean anything

(note: be carefull, it will clean anything, including paint, if it is not diluted down, and left on the paint to long.)
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CarQuest makes a product called Purple Cleaner that I highly recommend.

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Simple Green isnt the best but I use it to clean alot of stuff because its converts any oil into biodegradable stuff and you dont have to worry about water run-off. I'm no tree hugger or anything, but where I live its a $25,000 fine if any oil ever made it into a drainage hole, and I happen to have one right by my garage. So I gotta be carefull.

Thanks! The green car has HMS mounts, but both have close to stock alignment setups. It just looks like that because its lowered.
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