I did my search and didnt find any posts detailing cleaning, so what do we recommend to clean a dirty dusty engine bay?
The car was garaged for best part of 10 years, rats, chooks and shearing shed dust have all left their mark (even under the bonnet)

I was thinking buy a 2L of degreaser and put it through the spray gun, follow it with truck wash via the same method?

Would that work? or will truck wash/detergent become froth after going through a spray gun?

I thought the kitchen bottle washer/brush will get into the hard to get areas along with the spray gun..

Ideally this should have been done when the engine was out, but alas that too was overlooked

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I recently sprayed a whole can of $2 degreaser from Super Crap Auto (avoiding important areas of the engine) and hosed it off. It worked beautifully, even on the areas I thought I'd have to brush down first.

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thats good enough for me

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Go to your Local hard ware and buy the cheapest Degreaser....Get a paint drush and give it a good once over..Then Hose it....
I don't believe you did not cleanout the engine bay as you striped the rest
Jill I'm Disapointed with you Fellow Van owner and Alll

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please say what is an important part(s) that need covering, and or avoiding?

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when i degreased my engine i sprayed everything hard to clean the back of the motor tho

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I got a cheap can or wax and grease remover. Drenched the sump and other areas in it and the dirt just flowed off the bottom. Then the engine was pressure washed.
Came up pretty good.
The best way is to steam clean it.

An old post comes alive again....what have you done to fix this problem Jill and how does it look now

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Yeah degreaser works a treat.
The cheapo crap in a can.

That $2 crap in a can rocks!

Well i hammered a can on the donk and the enverything
But crap
when it started steaming it scared me for a while i think it was just steaming off the exhaust it had only been running for 20 seconds so it was probably almost boiling hahaha
no

but i think its going to take a lot of "2 for $3" cans from Chickenfeed do you guys even have chickenfeed over there????

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hahahah chickenfeed... i remember those stores.. i was in tas about a yaer and a half ago...
Don't they have them in SA aswell? Oh nah that's 'cheap as chips' isnt it?

Yeah Cheap as Chips.
Its where i get my expensive furniture and stuff from.

And cunnos... Cunninghams Warehouse is the best.

Must be some nice furniture you've got!
New Zealand has these places called 'The Warehouse' and they're actually pretty cool.. it's got EVERYTHING! I heard they were bringing em to sydney.. anyone seen any around?

Yep..few out here.

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