As a corrosion and environmental person.
a note about simple green
1. if your starving and thristy, you can drink it..... however you will poop like no bodies business.
2. simple green is great at not killing your pets
3. simple green WILL cause corrosion on aluminium structures, forgings and castings.and high strength steels, if not completely rinsed off and no residue remains
ensure if you use it to clean your engine. RINSE it very very well. then when you think you got it all ..... rinse it again, then one more time, NO STRAIGHT streams
followed by a thorough drying of ALL nooks and crannies, alt bracket, valley etc, anywhere water can sit
Simple green has a component called Di-limolene, its a great surface tension breaker, wetting agent, grease breaking up chemical.
but it also removes hydrogen from alum. and steel components,if allowed to dry on the surface, this results in hydrogen embrittlement, which leads to a failure of said component with NO WARNING. it fails from the inside out.
alt brackets , power stearing brackets etc....
then get some good anti corrosion spray and apply it to all the alum. stuff and wipe off the excess. then treat the rubber and the rest of teh goodies under the hood.
and it wont hurt to go look at the accesories brackets.... espcecially the 7.3 upper alt bracket and drill a few drain holes (.040) in the upper parts of teh bracket where water collects.
boe shield, zip chem 81309, corrosin X, acf-50 etc
http://www.learchem.com/Aviation.htm
this is my favorite.
you can spray the entire engine down, let it soak, hose it off and all teh grease and gunk will be gone (may need some light agitation with a nylon brush on those hard areas) and a nice film of protectant will remain, then just give her a light spray of acf-50 and your good.
(near the brake booster) and try not to direct jet any electrical connections
..... with all that said, our engines are prety much water proof.
Not saying its the same stuff, just be careful.
