I cleaned up both of my cars with the cheapo power washer from Harbor Freight. Portland. This has been a really great too for finding leaks. Also it’s good for cleanup if I spill a lot of oil on the car during a repair. Also it’s good to clean up the engine before I work on it.

I struggled with leak finding till I got this tool. It really doesn’t need too much soap because the pressure just blows the soft guck off the engine. Dawn in the bubble gun attachment helps get things squeaky clean.

I settled on Dawn. I wanted to try that awesome purple Makers Mark degreaser that Rollguy uses. His cars are amazingly clean. I never got around to acquiring it and I ended up using Dawn dish detergent. I don’t live near Sams club.

Cold water. Got all the crud and tar off the engine and trans. Once it was clean enough I found all the leaks and replaced the usual gaskets…like six of them on each car. Miraculously the leaks stopped. I have some very slow weeping now but never enough to leave drips on my white driveway.

Neighbors gave me dirty looks as I power washed my engine. Greenies. I figure the same stuff is coming off everyone else’s car in the street and flowing down the storm drain. I’m just getting it in one shot.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles