By Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) on Saturday, July 14, 2001 - 07:35 am: Edit

So, you've been muddin' all weekend, and nobody can tell the color of your disco any more. Right - wash time. Is it safe to power-wash the underside, or would a bit of scrubbing with a normal hose pipe be better? I don't want to knock the grease out of anything important, or swamp the electonics.

Dean

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 05:26 pm: Edit

I am no mechanic, but have soaked the shit out of the underside of my D1 and spend 10 bucks in quarters doing many times it without any problems to date. Some advice on this and the engine bay would be to avoid the manifolds when they are hot as they can crack.

Tom

By Jeff Bieler (Mrbieler) on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 05:37 pm: Edit

Just watch where you're directing the hi-pressure stream.

Areas where fluids can leak out are also places where water can get in if you blast them with enough PSI and some of those hi pressure hoses are really up there too!

Not many "water proofed" parts are designed to protect from a hi-pressure direct application.

By LNDRVR99 on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 02:58 pm: Edit

If you have decent pressure on a hose...hook it into a garden/yard sprinkler and leave it under the vehicle for a bit..

By Ricky Smart (Rikstaboogie) on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 06:55 am: Edit

i use a shed load of water, at work we got large outside ramps.. i just hose it. what doesent come off today comes off tomorrow. I make sure no large lumps of mud/clay arn't stuck in the nooks n crannys.