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How to clean undercarriage after hitting deer.
- Thread starter gregk24
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only if you want to buy a new pressure washer.. all "cold water" pressure washers require water somewhere under 140f some require below 104f and may self destruct shortly thereafter. via melting seals.
I have a cheapo electric at work. its a pain. trying to get the water around 100f-110f for the quarterly cleaning.Probably how I ruined the pump on my Craftsman gas powered pressure washer
Cold water takes nothing off comparatively without total blasting. ie hot water even the near misses removes dirt.. cold water only the needle part removes dirt.
Somebody really has thought of everything.
Aside from this, a few runs through a car wash with the undercarriage blast would be a start. I'd probably raise it up and see how that did afterwards, and spray anything left with a hose.
I was going to suggest a stick and a spoon, as in the C.W. McCall song "Wolf Creek Pass."
"If you don't apply some brake real soon
they're gonna have to pick us up with a stick and a spoon."
Thanks for the suggestions. I put the front end up on ramps, took the under body pan off (only the one under the engine) then sprayed everything down with warm water and car wash soap. I let that dwell then went around and physically scrubbed all areas that I could. Then I got out the sprinkler and blasted everything past the engine bay as I didn’t want to spray up into it. I then thoroughly sprayed everything down with the garden hose only as I could target certain areas better. Driving around now to dry things off. Very sore from crawling around lol.
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Very fortunate. It had blood and hair smeared over the lower air dam, that was the extent of the exterior “damage”. The deer appeared to hit the lower engine cover, drivers side lower control arm and rear suspension the hardest based off of the blood and amount of hair jam packed in those areas.
Try this. little late for the party.
I did use that method. Seems like it works well enough.
There are two air scoops on the bottom of the “belly pan”. This is there it got past. Residue was smeared over the transmission and part of the oil pan.
It's good your wife wasn't hurt and the car came out ok. It could have been a lot worse that's for sure.
Agreed.
this or alkaline foam.
see rotary adapter for cleaning tile floors....flip upside, it will spin
some carwash yt dude presented that
i am surprised that you had the deer under the car..
colleague had such incident where he hit it with front glass and a-pillar hard. old car was totaled.
Hydrogen peroxide in a garden sprayer.
Then rinse rinse rinse.
I've cleaned a lot of blood.
Then rinse rinse rinse.
I've cleaned a lot of blood.
If you want to get fancy you can buy Blood Buster.
One experience with lawn sprinklers under a truck:
Pal has a HF pneumatic "peening" tool. It's no champ.
He got the idea to rinse salt off his truck with a sprinkler.
After it dried he tried the peening tool again (I don't know the circumstances or motivation) and the rust really popped off readily.
Pal has a HF pneumatic "peening" tool. It's no champ.
He got the idea to rinse salt off his truck with a sprinkler.
After it dried he tried the peening tool again (I don't know the circumstances or motivation) and the rust really popped off readily.
