Sage advice.
Lotsa grease coming out of left Birf...
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FWIW helps to pressure wash the build-up of grime and gunk off axle housing and steering knuckles the night before you start the job. Or, take it to the car wash which are generally required (in most States, AFAIK, California for sure) to have oil/water separators for the waste water so you aren't poisoning the planet by doing that. If oil and grease can get out then water (especially under pressure) can get in which is why it's better IMHO do it just before starting the job. It's a messy job either way, helps also to get some cardboard to put down under the knuckles and then a disposable painters drop cloth to go over that, tear it in sections so you can replace it as you go.
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IMO cardboard in mandatory, cover the hole work area on both sides.
While it might make the job easier to go to the car wash first, spray wash owners are not very happy when you leave them a big greasy mess.
IMO it pretty rude to leave that for the next customer as well
imagine stepping in that mess and then getting in your car or worse slipping in it and landing on you a**
While it might make the job easier to go to the car wash first, spray wash owners are not very happy when you leave them a big greasy mess.
IMO it pretty rude to leave that for the next customer as well
imagine stepping in that mess and then getting in your car or worse slipping in it and landing on you a**Agree a large amount of grease/oil can make a mess, I've stepped in clumps of goo, mud, grass, rocks, etc myself at car washes left by prior users.
You can wipe off the gross clumps before you take it to a car wash if you want, or do it all by hand at home (I have), personal choice. Or if you take it to a car wash, when you're done move your vehicle up then go back and spray off the floor/grates if you've left a mess.
The reason it's required for car washes to have the oil/grit traps is because vehicles do leak oil/grease and they know people will wash their engines and undercarriages off at the car wash, or wash off half a ton of mud, rocks, grass, etc, if they've just been off-road or on the farm.
You can wipe off the gross clumps before you take it to a car wash if you want, or do it all by hand at home (I have), personal choice. Or if you take it to a car wash, when you're done move your vehicle up then go back and spray off the floor/grates if you've left a mess.
The reason it's required for car washes to have the oil/grit traps is because vehicles do leak oil/grease and they know people will wash their engines and undercarriages off at the car wash, or wash off half a ton of mud, rocks, grass, etc, if they've just been off-road or on the farm.