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Pressure washing a 5.7
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All the time. Absolutely no issues, and there shouldn't be. The engine and all wiring and electronics under the hood are designed to be weather resistant to stand up to getting wet. Otherwise, they would never run right if you drove them in the rain.
No way would I ever do that, garden hose, yes, pressure-washer no. 3500 psi v.s the connector o-ring seals...
vincentw56
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Pressure washers are adjustable. No need to run it at full blast. Sounds like OP knows what he is doing.
OK then. Why ask if they know what they doing...
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My pressure washer is only rated at 1800psi. Haven't had a need for more than that. And never an issue spraying my engine bay. But I'm also not holding the tip of wand right up on connectors where the max PSI is..
So "in good moderation" is the answer, I like it...
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What I meant was, the OP obviously knows not to crank the power way up to clean his engine and truck. He isn't cleaning stained concrete. He just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't hurt anything using a normal wash pressure on a pressure washer on his engine since he has cleaned engines before therefore he has experience.
It`s all good, pretty sure he was just asking for opinions, of which we have plenty off...
