Are you calling me a "washer" - or is that a typo? You must be mad at me - you usually don't make mistakes.. Maybe your nervous.

Well of course your not going to see a dirty motor @ a truck show , or the track. - Most of those rides stay indoors when mother nature's on the rag..
Hell they just have to look purdy at the show and don't even have to run. -

You need to see whats happening backstage around the mud and crud and cornfields where that good cona-bud grows .

You carry three or four COP's in sandwich bags full of dielectric grease in the glove box and have a few spent ones in the back banging around in the bed...

They usually never puked out in the field having fun - It was after, when attempting to get rid of that giant soil sample at the end of the day - You don't want to wait to long , it's a real b^tch hosen off the organics after they harden..

But , even with escaping that dilemma , you still need a little pressure to make any headway. It really doesn't matter where pointing your hose - The coils are going to catch a little shrapnel here and there, it can't be helped - UNFORTUNATLY , it doesn't take much for one of those things to freak the nasty..

That's a little extreme ..- Good old days - This is what gets me. I yanked the battery and even pulled a couple fuses.. I used compressed air to clean the chambers out and blow the coils dry. Good plan ehh.


Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do as a preventive. I had that motor dried out - three times over.. Greased her up and even shut the hood with confidence before I fired her up .. It still misfired .

That kind of sh^t sucks when there better things to do- Like drink beer..

 

I agree.

 

I usually stay from the wash or don't wash arguments.
I used to wash the engine compartment with a pressure washer. I would spray everywhere except the open filter. No misfires. All the connectors in the engine compartment are coated with dielectric grease and I do chance the COP boots on a regular basis so maybe that is the secret. Now I am just too lazy to do it.


JMC

 

First I never said anything about a pressure washer. Hose only. Do you actually think your engine stays dry when you drive in the rain or go mudding. Problems with the COPS is a design flaw. So wash it then remove them to dry them off without running the engine. I have seen these engines sunk in lakes over night, pulled out, drained out the cylinders and any engine oil and just drive away. I dont think Ford is stupid enough to design an engine that can not get wet. As per aircraft engines the first thing they say to do in an inspection is to clean them as needed. I have been working on them for 15 years and I am responsible for millions in aircraft inventory and never had an issue after cleaning.
I do agree that some people have problems after washing because they do not think about what thew are doing. It shoud be a nice warm day and blow out any puddled water, do not even turn on the key till the plugs and COPS are dried. Mostly, do what you feel you are happy with. I will continue to wash ***** my engines and they both have over 250000 miles.

 

Yea , I actually know my engine stays dry. I've popped the hood many times after driving threw a good down poor. COP's are always dry.

Yea , I tried using the regular garden hose a few times. Never worked for me . It looked just as sh^ty when it dried. I use a power ball and a leaf blower nowadays..

Shoot , Yea , I can blast threw puddles, drive thru a monsoon - I crossed a river so deep I ended up 75 feet downstream before I found the bank on the other side. Been flying down the shoreline on Lake Michigan @ Silver-lake Sand Dunes with 6-8' waves happening. She doesn't skip a beat..

So, Yea, she gets pretty damn hot it that area - mist , doesn't stand a chance. If she's getting wet in there , then she's lovin it - IMO


She just don't like that gun pointin at her..Damn thing could have a hair trigger..