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Need Help With Oxidation.

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ace305

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Hey friends,

I need help with getting rid of this oxidation. I am not even sure why this is happening.

any tricks to getting rid of it?
 

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WD-40 and a bristle brush would clean this up from what I have read... I could be wrong though...
 

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ace305 said:
I am not even sure why this is happening.
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One possibility is that there's coolant leaking somewhere and getting sprayed around the engine compartment. Are you losing or low on coolant?
 
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DSG_Mach said:
WD-40 and a bristle brush would clean this up from what I have read... I could be wrong though...
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thank you
 
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IIGood said:
One possibility is that there's coolant leaking somewhere and getting sprayed around the engine compartment. Are you losing or low on coolant?
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no sir. no leaks. I used a degreaser to clean the engine bay. I read that could be it.
 
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would soda blasting work?
 

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I usually see that on cars from salted roads or close to the beach salt air. Have also heard that an aggressive degreaser may work fine on cast iron/steel and react with aluminum forming corrosion.
 
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