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galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
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2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire Blue

engine bay wash down

after yesterdays off roading our pristine engine bay is now sprayed with mud.
can I flash the soapy water around and then hose down...
understand engine should be cold but running.
any ideas please

5th May 2014 7:48 pm

Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Be really careful around the battery box. There are some bits in there that don't like water at all.

5th May 2014 8:54 pm

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

hi gareth
haven't looked in the battery box and hoping it hasn't got in there.
this would (I hope) just be the engine compartment.
we went thro a mud pundle last thing and this got splashed up into the bay..so being muddy splashing I hoping it will just hose off with the help of soapy water

5th May 2014 9:06 pm

CDS
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It's unlikely that you've got mud in the battery box, what Gareth trying to say is don't jet wash or hose down the battery box cover, as you will get water in there for sure, the transfer box ECU is behind it and water is mysteriously drawn to it causing a premature death as it is as waterproof as a roll of bog roll thats been dropped in the loo!
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6th May 2014 11:13 am

Scarab

Member Since: 11 Jun 2011
Location: Hastings
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2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham Blue

I gave mine a very careful clean out at the weekend. Following various guides on here I only ran water through the intercooler and radiator to get rid of the mud. then everything else got a very fine mist from a distance and some GUNK cleaner agetated with a medium-soft brush

All the black plastics and rubber bits then got wiped over with AutoGlym trim and bumper care, and the other bits I used a general detailing spray with a brush and a microfibre cloth to buff.

Excluding the Intercooler mud-removal bit the whole lot only took about 40 minutes to do and although it's far from perfect it looks perfectly respectable now.

6th May 2014 11:30 am

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

done it this morning and its still going ok ..thanks lads.
will need to get some of that varnish stuff you used...
very posh

6th May 2014 9:23 pm

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