How do you clean yours?

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Hi,Just wondering how you all clean the underside of your Landy's.I have a 90 and its frequently upto the top of the rear cross memberin mud.The pressure washer is a god send for the outside, wheels & wheelarches etc but how do you all clean the bits that are more difficultto get to.  i.e. in between the chassis rails (propshaft area, notactually inside the chassis), also around the underside of the engine/ gearbox area?I'm thinking the only real way is to get wet by getting it on rampsand getting under there with the said pressure washer.At the moment, everytime i park it (especially when it rains) forabout a week afterwards there are clumps of mud on the road that havefallen off.I know this is a bit of a silly question but what is the norm?  Spendan hour or so washing every last bit of mud off or let the followingrain and gravity do its job?!?

Rickon Nye · Accepted Answer

Hi I coat my chassis with old engine oil once or twice a year, this helpsmost of the mud/etc sticking...........you can get a special treatment,advertised in the Landrover mags to stop mud sticking but I think it isquite expensive.Rickon

Peter · Answer

Would a DIY waxoil treatment be of any real value?Peter

Ed · Answer

Garden sprinkler (if you're not on a water meter) and move it aroundto loosen the bulk of it and then a lance with a 90 degree bend in it.EdTo reply, remove my appendix

SteveG · Answer

This may not be the best choice of treatment. Old engine oil is quite corrosive - the more miles it did the more corrosive it is - and contains carcenogenics so you should wear protective clothing when applying it.

Just looking out for your health Rick :-)

Regards Steve G

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Austin Shackles · Answer

On or around Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:14:20 +0100, "Rickon Nye" enlightened us thusly:I have an automatic system for doing that... :-/

Dan Allen · Answer

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:13:18 +0100, Jon K spilled forth with the follow words of wisdom:

I normally jet wash it if it's really muddy, but most of the time I let nature take care of it (rain and gravity)

-- Dan

Prof Rollerball · Answer

As I live in a suburban area with a small driveway, I usually let the mud dry, then knock it off, sweep it up and then get what's left off with a garden hose. It works! Only problem is the mud has to stay on for a day or two to dry, and that in itself is ever so slightly damaging, but my Land Rover is 18 years old and its chassis is on the way out anyway!

Cheers, RB

Viviane · Answer

Why on earth would you clean it???  We live in inner Sydney and when ourDisco is dirty we drive it with pride - that way people won't think it'sjust used to do the school run (which it is for most of the year).

JoE · Answer

Park it on the grass and stick a lawn sprinkler underneath for a couple of hours (says he where we are likely to be on water restrictions very soon) then let gravity and a hose do the rest.

Somewhere around Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:51:23 +1000, "Viviane" coughed up this:

Nikki · Answer

Ours gets a yearly clean when we clean the caravan. It's presently very shiny, all lights working, oil changed, coolant checked, screen wash in reservoir and hitched up to caravan. Off to Borth with the kids to loose them in some sand dunes.

Jon K · Answer

I dont clean it to keep it clean, more to keep it alive!

Mud stays wet/damp for a LONG time here in the UK and has a habit of rotting steel if left to fester in dark unseen crevises.

I do agree though that they look MUCH cooler if they are caked in mud (on the outside of the body where it wont rust)!.

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