flookyk
Active Member
..... on a P38 diesel is this a big NO NO?
Some old idiot, after topping up the oil, forgot to replace the oil cap last Thurday evening, meaning by the time I got to work it had spit around 2 litres of oil over one side of the engine and engine bay ...... and made a mess of the works car park.
I was thinking of getting the engine and engine bay steam cleaned but has anyone done this and what problems did it cause?
After trying to find anyone in County Durham to do this I used some engine cleaner I already had from cleaning the bikes engine so sprayed this on, left it for an hour and used a low pressure spray, with hot water in, to remove the thick of it.
The question is now do I get it steam cleaned or not and if so does anyone know anywhere in the North East that can do it safely?
.......and,by the way, YES that old idiot was me
I put it down to the start of senile dementia as I will be 50 later this year.
Some old idiot, after topping up the oil, forgot to replace the oil cap last Thurday evening, meaning by the time I got to work it had spit around 2 litres of oil over one side of the engine and engine bay ...... and made a mess of the works car park.
I was thinking of getting the engine and engine bay steam cleaned but has anyone done this and what problems did it cause?
After trying to find anyone in County Durham to do this I used some engine cleaner I already had from cleaning the bikes engine so sprayed this on, left it for an hour and used a low pressure spray, with hot water in, to remove the thick of it.
The question is now do I get it steam cleaned or not and if so does anyone know anywhere in the North East that can do it safely?
.......and,by the way, YES that old idiot was me
I put it down to the start of senile dementia as I will be 50 later this year. 
