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Why washing a muddy 4x4 is about maintenance
Mud sticks to the paint and to the moving mechanical parts.
If the soil where you're driving is rich in clay, this will end up being very much sticky on the paint and solidifying like terracotta on the hot parts of the exhaust.
Its accumulation on the wheels and suspension will lead to vibrations when driving on highway.
Washing a car with very high pressure could result in the paint fading and losing its lustre because of the sand blasting effect.
If the soil where you're driving is rich in clay, this will end up being very much sticky on the paint and solidifying like terracotta on the hot parts of the exhaust.
Its accumulation on the wheels and suspension will lead to vibrations when driving on highway.
Washing a car with very high pressure could result in the paint fading and losing its lustre because of the sand blasting effect.
This SUV was driven for a month crossing a muddy part of the road several times a day.
The mud was too deep, sometimes beyond the vehicles ground clearance.
This pictorial shows how to carefully wash it in order to preserve the paint and maintain the mechanical parts.
The mud was too deep, sometimes beyond the vehicles ground clearance.
This pictorial shows how to carefully wash it in order to preserve the paint and maintain the mechanical parts.
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Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
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Washing the car body (paint) from mud
It is very important to observe the following:
- Use a small high pressure washer, do not start with a powerful professional one as this could damage the paint.
- Apply the water jet with an oblique angle, not perpendicularly to the body panel.
- This will reduce the sand blasting effect
Jet wash the wheels and trims next.
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Getting the rid of mud on SUV, 4x4 or truck suspension parts
Direct your jet inside the fenders and wash well:
Once done, steer the wheels to the other side and repeat the high pressure jet washing.
Since you're using a small home-use machine, the water jet can be aimed directly at any part including rubber bushes or bellows.
- The mudguards
- The struts, shock absorbers, while aiming the water jet upwards.
Once done, steer the wheels to the other side and repeat the high pressure jet washing.
Since you're using a small home-use machine, the water jet can be aimed directly at any part including rubber bushes or bellows.
Washing the A/C condenser and exhaust.
Jet wash next the A/C condenser (or radiator) through the grille, while making sure to clean well the radiator fins.
Open the hood, and jet wash again from inside the engine compartment.
Open the hood, and jet wash again from inside the engine compartment.
Bend down on your knees and wash well the exhaust mufflers and tubes.
It is absolutely normal to end up having hardened terracotta on the hot parts of the exhaust if the mud was rich in clay.
It is absolutely normal to end up having hardened terracotta on the hot parts of the exhaust if the mud was rich in clay.
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Removing mud from the engine crankcase protector
Wash well the floor beneath the vehicle from time to time and indeed before going beneath the vehicle for removing any engine protection panel weather made of metal or plastic.
Once done, you need to completley remove the mud from the lower engine protection panel and jet wash again the lower parts of the engine, gearbox and differential, which are now uncovered.
Once done, you need to completley remove the mud from the lower engine protection panel and jet wash again the lower parts of the engine, gearbox and differential, which are now uncovered.
With patience, you will end up getting the rid of all mud deposits on your SUV or truck.
You can then normally wash the body car shampoo, to remove traces left by the mud on the paint.
Do not underestimate the amount of mud that you will end up having in your garage, you can use it to fill several flower pots!
You can then normally wash the body car shampoo, to remove traces left by the mud on the paint.
Do not underestimate the amount of mud that you will end up having in your garage, you can use it to fill several flower pots!
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