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Melbourne
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October 2003
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Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sat, 01 May 2004 06:13
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Well today I was washing this Hyandai Excel which was a delivery in our used car department at Toyota...
Now i decided for the first time ever, to detail the engine bay. I had the high pressure hose next to me, and *degreaser*.
I applied the *degreaser* over the head cover, and just around the engine bay quite vigorously....
Now i hosed it off with the pressure hose, really came out nicely, but coz the car was still warm there was a bit of steam coming from the engine...
Now after a while I actually found out that the bottle of *degreaser* wasn't actually what i thought it was...
It was actually ACID, it said it in the FAINTEST TEXTURE mark u'd ever see, just sitting next to the other bottles...
So yeah thats why the *degreaser* word is surrounded in * * in my story....
Supposably it was hydrochloric acid....... They use it as a mag wheel cleaner too!!!
If i got ANY on my hands (which was bloody lucky i didn't) i would have had some SERIOUS burns...
Not to mention the fact that the acid was on the exhaust manifolds and on the hot engine, if the acid got too hot, it could have exploded....
Scary but funny...
Engine bay looks good though..... 
hmmm....
[Updated on: Sat, 01 May 2004 06:14]
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sat, 01 May 2004 07:33
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lucky there, i'm sure that you'll be bypassing the engine detailing on the next car you get
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sat, 01 May 2004 07:35
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How did ya guess Finney? LOL
Might just use citris cleaner, or maybe just REAL degreaser....
hahaha
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sat, 01 May 2004 07:45
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hahahahahahahahahahaha 
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 06:24
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Now I'm wondering how much sprayed over the place when you hit it with the high pressure hose and how much paint was taken off, AND, how many rubber hoses were destroyed?
Plus doesn't that stuff get more aggressive when it's wet?
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 11:34
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i would assume it wouldnt as it dilutes it................................................ ...........
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 11:52
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hehe ahh acid...
i used to make soap, yes yes like in fight club, we used sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) in a liquid form, now if this shit gets on you, in a concentrated form, say goodbye to your first 5 layers of skin, trust me, i have a scar on my right hand that proves it, fucking ouch!
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2003
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 14:43
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Yea, acid doesn't like water much at all. Still damn funny, glad ur hands are ok.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 14:53
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HEHEHE.
Glad u liked my story everyone....
I don't think there were any pipes that had burst or anything, its not my fault if it does happen.. the label was TINY on it, it wasn't even a label..
Come on though, who puts ACID next to the other detailing bottles.....
Yeah lucky my hands were away,
Not sure if it was diluted..
The spray gun was really difficult to spray at first, so i got a new spray top bit, but i think i know why the first wasn't working, coz the insides were completely melted...
hahaha
Regards
Adrian!
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Sun, 02 May 2004 16:46
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The same sorta person that does a uturn on burwood highwya and endes up facing the wrong way???  | Quote: |
Come on though, who puts ACID next to the other detailing bottles.....
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Location:
sydney
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July 2003
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Wed, 05 May 2004 04:34
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damnz clown whose the sexy lady
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Detailing a Engine bay!!! FUNNY STORY
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Wed, 05 May 2004 04:57
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I dunno man all i know where the files (there was more then one) were called "minie".
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