something must have slipped up my undercarriage

anthonyle2002 · Post by **anthonyle2002** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:00 am

hi there. i just found this site and i'm in love with it already. my question is that my engine and like the underside of the car is really really dirty. the underside is full of this thick black gooey stuff. i was wondering if there was a way i could clean this and my engine.

scottzg · Post by **scottzg** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:08 am

simple green. You can buy a gallon of the stuff at an auto supply shop.

you know they coat the underside of the car with black gooey stuff from the factory, right?

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:09 am

Mine's not really gooey anymore.

It's just peeling off at a few places.

anthonyle2002 · Post by **anthonyle2002** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:04 am

simple green. ok. what am i suppose to do with it besides pour it onto the engine. i'm sure there's stuff that i'm not suppose to get wet.

and my black gooey stuff cracks and peels and falls off if i poke at it.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:22 am

You mean the Cosmolene(sp?) That stuff is stock my friend, as scott said, it's undercoating. And no, don't pour simple green into the engine.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:07 pm

OK, with my dirty little mind at work, this thread title sounds sooo nasty.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:14 pm

I think it was meant to (think Jessica Simpson from the new Dukes of Hazzard)......

Apply Simple Green with a squirt bottle. If you need to, dilute it first.

The crumbling black stuff is the factory undercoating. When new it looks better, and over time, it starts cracking and peeling. This is natural.

If you want to, go to an autoparts store and get a new can of undercoating to touch up the spots that are peeling. Really, it doesn't matter much, though.

anthonyle2002 · Post by **anthonyle2002** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:18 am

jessica simpson is pretty damn hot. so i just squirt simple green everywhere on the engine? i don't need to rinse it off or anything like that?

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:08 am

anthonyle2002 wrote:jessica simpson is pretty damn hot.

Except when she opens her mouth to talk.

anthonyle2002 wrote:so i just squirt simple green everywhere on the engine? i don't need to rinse it off or anything like that?

I don't recommend squirting Simple Green "everywhere on the engine." I do recommend that you follow the directions on the product.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:26 pm

Simple green is a good thing to use(environmentally friendly) but nobody on the detailing forum that I frequent is willing to detail engines with it, because of how it reacts with aluminum. There are good engine degreasers available that work well, I'd suggest the gunk foamy engine brite.

Be sure and try to blow out your spark plug tubes
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something must have slipped up my undercarriage

something must have slipped up my undercarriage