Did a real thorough underhood clean up today in anticipation of the coming BOMB`ing this week. Had to cleanse 170k of builtup crud and grime, after i did it I took her out to get everything dried off, darned WIF lamp came on for about 10 min....whats with that? I`ve seen a couple of old posts about that, either way it went off by itself . The funny thing is I SWEAR it ran better, I figure the old gal must be happy, if she only knew whats in store .

 

probably made her lighter. lol

jiMMy

 

Well worth 5 hp on the scale. I am surprised that you thought it was faster? Mine is usually slower due to driving with the hood open showing the nice looking motor

 

I pressure wash my engine at least 6 times a year. I always try to keep the grime off by spraying the engine down with Simple Green first. So far I havn't hurt anything.

 

Funny thing I noticed the same thing about my truck, it always seems to run better after it has been cleaned

darned WIF lamp came on for about 10 min....whats with that?[
You probably got some water on the sensor at the bottom of the fuel filter.

 

I used a can of "Gunk" from the local autoparts store, let that soak for about a 1/2, rinsed it off and then used Simple Green @100%, helped to clean all the Gunk residue off. I`m a BIG fan of Simple Green, has 100`s of uses (like cleaning all the crud off of the driveway AFTER cleaning the Cummins ).

 

I wash mine down after every oil change. When we built the house, we had a garden hose faucet tapped into the hot water heater. Set the heater at about 160F and it cleans the road crud right off.....
It's alot easier to spot a problem developing if you can notice a leak or such ASAP, and clean engines DO seem to run better....