Has Anyone Washed Their 5.0?

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Apr 3, 2012 | 02:04 AM

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ccstp

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Did about $700 worth of damage when I decided to detail my superdutys engine. First and last time Ill be doing that lol. Apparently its pretty common with fords once they get a few years on them.

Apr 3, 2012 | 08:39 AM

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BMWBig6

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Originally Posted by ccstp

Did about $700 worth of damage when I decided to detail my superdutys engine. First and last time Ill be doing that lol. Apparently its pretty common with fords once they get a few years on them.

Sorry to hear that. More specifics please? What exactly did you fry/short/irrigate?

Apr 3, 2012 | 09:57 AM

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I have been detailing cars for 10 years. Spray everything down with degreaser, scrub down any heavy soils, and spray it down with a pressure washer. As long as you dont focus the water on an area you dont want to get soaked you shouldnt have any issues.
Thats the way I always clean engines and have never had a problem.

Looks like you got it taken care of

I agree with you all the way. I have always rinsed everything off to get it all wet. Spray everything down with simple green and let sit. As mentioned above any heavily oiled areas actually get in there and scrub clean. Rinse off and then take a towel and dry off all the plastics and areas you can reach. As mentioned above don't directly spray areas you don't want to get wet, this is where people have problems.

Apr 3, 2012 | 10:05 AM

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Take a can of WD40 with you...it'll displace the water in those areas if necessary.

Apr 3, 2012 | 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by fordmantpw

Take a can of WD40 with you...it'll displace the water in those areas if necessary.

Been so long since I washed an engine, I had forgotten that trick. Thanks for the reminder. Never washed the 5.4 as the COPs were prone to go bad after getting wet.

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