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I love Simple Green

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Today I decided to open my hood, put a towel over the alternator, and spray simple green all around in the engine bay.


Let it sit for a minute or two and super blast it off with a hose.

BOOYA! I said to myself, as I watched the 12 years of oil/grease/road grime blast itself away from the tranny and sides of the engine. It does great on painted surfaces as well as plastics within the engine bay.


If you guys are ever worried about all that water could shorting out the electronics. I just do this in the middle of the afternoon and leave the hood open so that the sun can evaporate the water away!

Cheers!

Simple Green website

It's safe, its cheap at your local store, and it works!
 
I use Simple Green, or Purple Power, etc. on my engines all the time! Then pressure wash the dickens out of it.
Since I try to do all my own maintenance, I like to keep them clean.

One trick: after you get it good and clean and it dries, spray liberally with STP Son-of-a-Gun Tire Foam, all the plastic parts & hoses especially. It makes everything look like new, plus it's cleaning power helps loosen anything you may have missed and helps it come off easier next time!
And, as an added bonus, the silicone will help waterproof your engine parts, I always spray it pretty heavily on my plug wires, relays, & Ignition source (Distributer cap, coil pack, whatever).
 
The stuff is great. I've been using it for years.

One thing to watch is if you use it on aluminum. Over time it can degrade aluminum. It's only a concern if the aluminum product is used for support, strength or is used as a safety mechanism.

The US Army released a bulletin about it a few years back. I'll see if I can dig it up.

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<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_faqs.php">Aluminum - Is it safe to use Simple Green on aluminum?
Simple Green products have been successfully and safely used on aircraft, automotive, industrial and consumer aluminum items for over 20 years. However, caution and common sense must be used: Aluminum is a soft metal that easily corrodes with unprotected exposure to water. The aqueous-base and alkalinity of Simple Green or Crystal Simple Green can accelerate the corrosion process. Therefore, contact times of All-Purpose Simple Green and Crystal Simple Green with unprotected or unpainted aluminum surfaces should be kept as brief as the job will allow - never for more than 10 minutes. Large cleaning jobs should be conducted in smaller-area stages to achieve lower contact time. Rinsing after cleaning should always be extremely thorough - paying special attention to flush out cracks and crevices to remove all Simple Green/Crystal Simple Green residues. Unfinished, uncoated or unpainted aluminum cleaned with Simple Green products should receive some sort of protectant after cleaning to prevent oxidation.</a>

Looks like they make a specific car degreasing product now.
 
Originally posted by: biggestmuff
The stuff is great. I've been using it for years.

One thing to watch is if you use it on aluminum. Over time it can degrade aluminum. It's only a concern if the aluminum product is used for support, strength or is used as a safety mechanism.

The US Army released a bulletin about it a few years back. I'll see if I can dig it up.

EDIT:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_faqs.php">Aluminum - Is it safe to use Simple Green on aluminum?
Simple Green products have been successfully and safely used on aircraft, automotive, industrial and consumer aluminum items for over 20 years. However, caution and common sense must be used: Aluminum is a soft metal that easily corrodes with unprotected exposure to water. The aqueous-base and alkalinity of Simple Green or Crystal Simple Green can accelerate the corrosion process. Therefore, contact times of All-Purpose Simple Green and Crystal Simple Green with unprotected or unpainted aluminum surfaces should be kept as brief as the job will allow - never for more than 10 minutes. Large cleaning jobs should be conducted in smaller-area stages to achieve lower contact time. Rinsing after cleaning should always be extremely thorough - paying special attention to flush out cracks and crevices to remove all Simple Green/Crystal Simple Green residues. Unfinished, uncoated or unpainted aluminum cleaned with Simple Green products should receive some sort of protectant after cleaning to prevent oxidation.</a>

Looks like they make a specific car degreasing product now.
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I have noticed results of Purple Power immediately on aluminum. I won't touch Purple Power again. Simple Green takes a lot more to have the negative results show. That is probably the only downfall to SG is aluminum finishes.
Also it totally sucks that Pep Boys pulled Simple Green off there shelves in my area, and they stocked it with a crappy ripoff. I haven't looked for degreaser in that store in a while, so maybe Simple Green is back. I have to go to random places to find SG.

Simple Green is excellent on soap scum as well.
 
We used Simple Green exclusively in the Navy. If it was clean, it smelled like Simple Green. (Best trick was to spray it in to the AV vent intakes just before imspection). 😉
 
Originally posted by: henryay
I was actually using this the other day. It doesn't take motor oil off of concrete. =/
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Not much can.

I did find this Seal-krete Oil Stain Remover at Lowes the other day. It has done a decent job of removing light to medium oil stains. I'm working on a giant oil stain in my driveway after my brother-in-law drove his mother's car into our driveway after she told him not to because it was gushing oil. It faded the giant oil stain somewhat. Maybe a second or third treatment.
 
Simple Green was always a "staple" on our barges. Great for de-greasing many different things, for eliminating that "unsightly" oil-sheen that occurs when water hits a surface that is oily, and since most cranes leak oil from somewhere, wien it rains, the deck will usually have quite a bit of "sheen", and that may even train into the water. A bit of Simple Green breaks up the sheen, and helps break down the oils...besides, the Coast Guard has been known to follow those floating oil-sheens to the source and assess heavy fines...
Note, an oil-sheen is totally different than an oil slick...
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: henryay
I was actually using this the other day. It doesn't take motor oil off of concrete. =/
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Not much can.

I did find this Seal-krete Oil Stain Remover at Lowes the other day. It has done a decent job of removing light to medium oil stains. I'm working on a giant oil stain in my driveway after my brother-in-law drove his mother's car into our driveway after she told him not to because it was gushing oil. It faded the giant oil stain somewhat. Maybe a second or third treatment.
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Check the archives.

Roger, the former resident car expert had this to say:

Soak up surface oil with paper towels, grind in (with foot) either speedy dry or cat litter, repeat three times, then soak stain overnight with a mixture of bleach, baby powder and cat litter/speedy dry.

Finally rinse with clean fresh water and soak remaining stain with vinegar.

On really, really tough aged stains, I like to apply heat from a heat gun, this draws out all the congealed oil.
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