Water pump for cleaning engine bilge?

[Steve Manc]

1 hour ago, Lysander said:

We used cheap cat litter in an old pillow case for the last remaining traces of liquid which we couldn't scoop out. Worked a treat.

Hi Lysander

Thanks for that. 

I am looking for what solution I should use to clean and degrease the sump area?

 Ideally I want to paint the area afterwards.

 

Thanks 

[Richard10002]

4 hours ago, Steve Manc said:

Hi Lysander

Thanks for that. 

I am looking for what solution I should use to clean and degrease the sump area?

 Ideally I want to paint the area afterwards.

 

Thanks 

I used Gunk in a green tin, (might have been the eco friendly version). Worked a treat, washed out with loads of water, and sucked out with a Wet and Dry Vac, (£40 or so from Wickes). One coat of Vactan over the engine bay, then 2 x primer, 2 x undercoat, 2 x Bilge paint.

 

I think I got the idea for Gunk from the YouTuber "Cruising The Cut". He has a video on cleaning his engine bay, (with the engine removed).

[Steve Manc]

Richard, thanks

[Momac]

10 hours ago, Steve Manc said:

 

What decreasing solution should I use on the sponge?

Elbow Grease

 

https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/elbow-grease-all-purpose-degreaser-500ml-345773

 

 

[Richard10002]

1 hour ago, Richard10002 said:

I used Gunk in a green tin, (might have been the eco friendly version). Worked a treat, washed out with loads of water, and sucked out with a Wet and Dry Vac, (£40 or so from Wickes). One coat of Vactan over the engine bay, then 2 x primer, 2 x undercoat, 2 x Bilge paint.

 

I think I got the idea for Gunk from the YouTuber "Cruising The Cut". He has a video on cleaning his engine bay, (with the engine removed).

Here's the video when he gets delivery of the Gunk from 5:30 to 8:50

 

 

 

and here's the video where he uses it. Unless very interested you first see the tin at 8:00 minutes. He does a bit of scraping and fluid and rust removal before this. One thing I noticed is that, in the previous video he had bought Fertan for treating his rust, and described the instructions as "a bit of a faff". In this video, which is some time later, he uses Vactan, which is much less faff.

 

 

[Steve Manc]

Thanks

[ditchcrawler]

On 03/11/2019 at 00:12, Richard10002 said:

Here's the video when he gets delivery of the Gunk from 5:30 to 8:50

 

 

 

I have a hat like the one in the background  of the top video