kingstrunner

I just took my little horse on a 900+ round trip from NorCal to Northern NV and back. I washed the exterior. Any tips on engine maintenance? I read the manual and it states to get a Motorcraft "shampoo and degreaser" concoction and to cover "hghlighted" parts as stated in the owner's manual. I will do this next week...but I wanted to ask you VETERANS out there for some advice. Your responses will be greatly appreciated.

Patrick

ChristopherCamel

a bucket of water and car soap, a good sponge, and some good exterior detailer to get the water spots out that get left...meguire's is the best...im taking my 05 stang to florida first week of october and i cant wait to drive it 1200 miles from new jersey to florida

05V6inMD

TO avoid getting the spots out, use that Mr. Clean kit with the special filter. I have hard well water that always caused many many white spots. No more spots...period. Just a final rinse with the Mr. Clean stuff and spots are no more. It is one of the few products that delivers on its marketing hype.

rygenstormlocke

This guy wrote a good article, lot of good information in here:

https://mustangforums.com/m_434613/tm.htm

burdweiser

That is a very good article rygenstormlocke, thanks for the info. I have a black stang, so it's hard to keep clean and keep the water spots off. About this sqeegy thing though, won't that scratch that paint? It would be nice to take the water off really quickly, but wouldn't that scratch the paint?

rygenstormlocke

No problem man, your ride is sweet looking! Though it's a good article, I still have yet in my life to wash a car with no spots...regardless of color. I always have to have someone else do it, then I follow up on the detailing.

05V6inMD

Really, the Mr. Clean no spot spray/filter thing means no spots and no drying. Had a black S2000 and a black SVT Focus and spots were a thing of the past using that.

rygenstormlocke

Right on, I will check that out. What part of MD are you in? I'm in northern VA, near DC.

doc0075579

Not that you asked, but I live in Fairfax.... right outside of DC.

05V6inMD

I live near Westminster.