Cleaning engine compartment/lazarette

Hi all, A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were motoring off shore when we noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. It turned out the exhaust pipe between the manifold and the baffle had cracked wide open. We shut her down and tried to tape it closed to no avail. TowBoatsUS was backed up and it was getting late so we decided to continue running it with the bilge pump handling the water outflow but lots of soot blowing around. So I'm looking for some way to clean the engine and the compartment. Tried hosing it all down and using a garden sprayer to hit it with some diluted Dawn, then rinsing - not much luck. I'm guessing a steam cleaner of some kind and was hoping the group might have some recommendations. Inexpensive is good since I hope to never use it again! Also, what about the electric panel, alternator, A/C, etc? Thanks in advance, John Stacklyn "Sol Survivor" Cal 31 #33 Shell Point, FL.

Lets assume its a diesel engine. TSP will do the trick in most cases. Joe D gave me some advise a long time ago, brake fluid is a good finish cleaner as it desolves most things. If the engine is in place, I would be very careful with the brake fluid trick as it affects rubber hoses adversely. Mask, gloves and eye protection is required when working with TSP available from Ace or HD. This shit will destroy your eyes if it makes contact. Follow the direction to get the right dilution factor. Once cleaned a solution of Original Listerine, water and vinegar will get rid of any of the remaining diesel odor in the vessel. Will smell like listerine for a few days but then it disappears. Best of luck. /ch On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM, John Stacklyn <st… [at] embarqmail.com>wrote: > > > Hi all, > > A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were motoring off shore when we > noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. It turned out the exhaust > pipe between the manifold and the baffle had cracked wide open. We shut her > down and tried to tape it closed to no avail. TowBoatsUS was backed up and > it was getting late so we decided to continue running it with the bilge > pump handling the water outflow but lots of soot blowing around. > > So I'm looking for some way to clean the engine and the compartment. Tried > hosing it all down and using a garden sprayer to hit it with some diluted > Dawn, then rinsing - not much luck. I'm guessing a steam cleaner of some > kind and was hoping the group might have some recommendations. Inexpensive > is good since I hope to never use it again! Also, what about the electric > panel, alternator, A/C, etc? > > Thanks in advance, > > John Stacklyn > > "Sol Survivor" Cal 31 #33 > > Shell Point, FL. > > > -- /ch

john ...Do you have full coverage INS?...go to the yard and pull eng .. OR.clorex has a green cleaner that works real good take the belts off alt and air cond rap palitic around these take a big fender and lay on floor with a small brush spary scrub and wipe with clean towels... do not use water... put a piece of screen to keep stuff from falling in bilge after a couple of times with green cleaner then you can dish soap (dawn or similar now that all grease is gone you might want to do matance oil change new manafold paint eng and bilge take a 5 gallon bucket and pump the bilge into bucket dump into toilet its propley a week end job..good luck edward From: John Stacklyn <st… [at] embarqmail.com> To: "com, CalList" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:35 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cleaning engine compartment/lazarette Hi all, A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were motoring off shore when we noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. It turned out the exhaust pipe between the manifold and the baffle had cracked wide open. We shut her down and tried to tape it closed to no avail. TowBoatsUS was backed up and it was getting late so we decided to continue running it with the bilge pump handling the water outflow but lots of soot blowing around. So I'm looking for some way to clean the engine and the compartment. Tried hosing it all down and using a garden sprayer to hit it with some diluted Dawn, then rinsing - not much luck. I'm guessing a steam cleaner of some kind and was hoping the group might have some recommendations. Inexpensive is good since I hope to never use it again! Also, what about the electric panel, alternator, A/C, etc? Thanks in advance, John Stacklyn "Sol Survivor" Cal 31 #33 Shell Point, FL.

On 3/22/2012 10:28 PM, chris123 wrote: > > > Lets assume its a diesel engine. TSP will do the trick in most cases. > Joe D gave me some advise a long time ago, brake fluid ********** NOT brake fluid, BRAKLEEN. It dissolves petroleum, and is an excellent solvent and cleaner. > is a good finish cleaner as it desolves most things. If the engine is > in place, I would be very careful with the brake fluid trick as it > affects rubber hoses adversely. ******** Brakleen will not effect rubber. Joe D > > Mask, gloves and eye protection is required when working with TSP > available from Ace or HD. This shit will destroy your eyes if it makes > contact. Follow the direction to get the right dilution factor. > > Once cleaned a solution of Original Listerine, water and vinegar will > get rid of any of the remaining diesel odor in the vessel. Will smell > like listerine for a few days but then it disappears. > > Best of luck. > > /ch > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM, John Stacklyn > <st… [at] embarqmail.com <mailto:st… [at] embarqmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were motoring off shore when > we noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. It turned out > the exhaust pipe between the manifold and the baffle had cracked > wide open. We shut her down and tried to tape it closed to no > avail. TowBoatsUS was backed up and it was getting late so we > decided to continue running it with the bilge pump handling the > water outflow but lots of soot blowing around. > > So I'm looking for some way to clean the engine and the > compartment. Tried hosing it all down and using a garden sprayer > to hit it with some diluted Dawn, then rinsing - not much luck. > I'm guessing a steam cleaner of some kind and was hoping the group > might have some recommendations. Inexpensive is good since I hope > to never use it again! Also, what about the electric panel, > alternator, A/C, etc? > > Thanks in advance, > > John Stacklyn > > "Sol Survivor" Cal 31 #33 > > Shell Point, FL. > > > > > > > -- > /ch > > > > > -- *Joe DeMers - owner* Sound Marine Diesel LLC SoundMarineDiesel.com <http://www.soundmarinediesel.com/> *phone & fax (860) 666-2184*