Undercoated engine compartement
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Undercoated engine compartement
I own a 1981 GSL and the previous owners undercoated the engine compartement, it looks like sh*t, I tried everything, scraping, varsol, wirebrush, heatgun, but it takes forever and i'm wondering if I should just lift out the engine and sandblast the compartement, is it really worth all the trouble?
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I dont think media blast will remove it, its too elastic and soft. Try wd-40? Or that stuff that removes road tar or stickers from a car. Goof off its what I believe its called. Gasoline would work too, but prolly a bit too dangerous.
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The yelllowish paint is usually clear coat applied by used car lots to make the engine bay look glossy. IT works for a while, but with age and the engine heat it turns yellow and flakes off.
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The engine bay of my '80 was all undercoated as well.
The easiest way to remove undercoating is with a good degreaser, and many applications of it. Undercoating is mainly a thick petroleum sludge, and the degreaser will eat it away.
The easiest way to remove undercoating is with a good degreaser, and many applications of it. Undercoating is mainly a thick petroleum sludge, and the degreaser will eat it away.
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I had the same ****.
I was told it is a kind of wax/petroleum mix.
I used 3M brand wax and grease remover (seamed pretty ovious to me) and a PLASTIC ice scraper.
for a whole engine bay, It took me about 50-75 hours, about 4 big cans of the 3m stuff and FOUR scrapers.
yup, I wore 4 plastic scrapers down till they Were NUBS. this is the easiest way to clean the bay without damaging the paint.
hope this helps, I remember that Heat affected it and made it really soft so you could wipe it away.
might look into a dealership or somebody who has a steam engine cleaner, they work great, but it wont be cheap.
I was told it is a kind of wax/petroleum mix.
I used 3M brand wax and grease remover (seamed pretty ovious to me) and a PLASTIC ice scraper.
for a whole engine bay, It took me about 50-75 hours, about 4 big cans of the 3m stuff and FOUR scrapers.
yup, I wore 4 plastic scrapers down till they Were NUBS. this is the easiest way to clean the bay without damaging the paint.
hope this helps, I remember that Heat affected it and made it really soft so you could wipe it away.
might look into a dealership or somebody who has a steam engine cleaner, they work great, but it wont be cheap.
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