I've had my 03 CTD for about 3 months now and have put 9K on her. With this miserable winter we've been having you can imagine what it looks like under the hood. The engine is covered with tons of salt and road grime and I want to wash it off. Can I use a pressure washer on my CTD engine?? Any warnings or advice will be great.<br>Thanks

 

I wash my Cummins. I do not wash the motor when it is hot. My WIF light will be on for a couple of days after a good washing.<br>John

 

I don't use a pressure washer, too much chance of getting water in all those electrical connections.
I spray the cool engine down with Simple Green, wait about 10 minutes and rinse it off with the garden hose. Trying to avoid spraying directly into any connectors.

 

I wash my motor thingy all the time. I just don't blast real high pressure around the electrical stuff. You figure that engine is getting blasted pretty good driving down the road 60 mph in a rain storm anyway.

 

Yaeh, what Ed said too.

 

Scarey, ain't it.
Great minds think alike.
I guess that would be yours and someone else's. ;D
I'm suffering from a terminal case of CRS.

 

I park mine in DieselDude4x4's driveway and let him wash it, thinking it is his.<br><br> That failing eyesight of his has been a real time saver for me ;D<br><br> Ditto on avoiding high pressure around the electrical connections<br>

 

I just tape seran wrap or a cut up plastic bag over all of my electrical connections and then use a high pressure sprayer. Baked on Texas clay doesn't like to come off that easily.

 

[quote author=SFtopSGT link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#112049 date=1046900512]<br>I park mine in DieselDude4x4's driveway and let him wash it, thinking it is his.<br><br> That failing eyesight of his has been a real time saver for me ;D<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>SO that's why the wife asked me about washing that strange truck in the driveway. I thought it took me an awful long time to wash that extra long truck. (thought I was getting older and couldn't see as well. wait, I am getting older and can't see as well) Now I remember. What was I talking about? Hey, where'd everyone go? Hello????

 

HMMMMM.....5.9 fever again Joel?

 

You guys might want to watch using Simple Green on any plastic parts. It has a tendancy to discolor them.

 

[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#112155 date=1046914133]<br>HMMMMM.....5.9 fever again Joel? <br>[/quote]<br><br>Been poppin the 5.9 tops again, can't let them get stale ya know! ;D

 

[quote author=dieseldude4x4 link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#112285 date=1046951072]<br>[quote author=Shovelhead link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#112155 date=1046914133]<br>HMMMMM.....5.9 fever again Joel? <br>[/quote]<br><br>Been poppin the 5.9 tops again, can't let them get stale ya know! ;D<br>[/quote]<br><br>They don't get stale unless you ope............... Oh! I get it. ;D<br><br>I wash mine with Simple Green as well, I let the engine cool down to where I can touch the radiator hose and then spray it with Simple Green. Let it cool down completely and then hose off the grease and grime. Make sure you cover the BHAF with a plastic bag or something, I learned that one the hard way. (Duh) :-[<br><br>DB

 

[quote author=DarrellB link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#112718 date=1047021880]<br>Make sure you cover the BHAF with a plastic bag or something, I learned that one the hard way. (Duh) :-[<br><br>DB<br>[/quote]<br><br>And make sure you remove the plastic bag before starting the engine.<br>I believe someone else learned that one the hard way.<br>(unless it was you?)<br><br>phox

 

[quote author=phox_mulder link=board=8;threadid=11812;start=0#113014 date=1047079692]<br>And make sure you remove the plastic bag before starting the engine.<br>I believe someone else learned that one the hard way.<br>(unless it was you?)<br><br>phox<br>[/quote]<br><br>Nope I didn't do that one, but one time at band camp. <br><br>There was one time my brotherinlaw, (diesel mechanic for 14 years) mistakenly put his hand over the inlet pipe to the turbo. Scared the crap out of of us, the motor started to rev up and try to suck his hand in the turbo. That's when I desided this little 5.9 need some serious air if you want it to run good. <br><br>DB