Gary,
I've always heard (but never bothered to confirm)
that commercial DIY carwash water must be recycled.
--Scott
P.S. Don't use that foamy brush- or at least rinse
it off first. Lord knows what it last scrubbed...
greasy block, an undercarriage, Doug Russell's
privates
#:O
--- Gary Davis <6GPRO.GDAVIS@ibr6gw82.gp.usbr.gov>
wrote:
> How would the practice of cleaning the old oil off
> of your engine at the DIY car wash differ from
> pouring your recently-changed oil down the storm
> water drain? Seems to me, either way, it flows
> directly into your local stream or river.
>
> Gary Davis
>
>
> >>> <Ajhsys@aol.com> 10/14 12:19 PM >>>
> In a message dated 10/14/99 12:40:10 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, nagy@duq.edu
> writes:
>
> << BTW...since is it so thickly covered in grease
> and gunk...without using
> a pressure washer, what do you recommend using to
> clean the engine and
> tranny? >>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Get a few spray cans of GUNK (really, that's the
> name) and spray it on the
> engine. Scrub it a bit with a scrub brush and hose
> it off. Really think
> stuff will require several applications. It works
> best if you can warm the
> engine a little before application. I usually do
> this at a DIY car wash so I
> don't have to worry about all the droppings.
>
> Br careful about spraying water in the distributor
> and coil.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
>
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Scott Hower -> howersl@yahoo.com
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