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Originally Posted by TurnTen
All my life I've washed cars in the usual manner. I spray the car off from top to bottom with a garden hose, apply the proper soap and water solution, and then rinse the car off with the same garden hose. But if I do this to my Elise, water and soap will flow into the radiator as well as the engine compartment. Is this normal and OK,
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Should be fine, with one major caveat:
do not wash while parked facing uphill! This is true for rain as well, but especially when spraying lots of water at it from the side and other strange angles. Facing downhill or on level ground should be okay, but when facing uphill the water will pool in various places around the engine lid and get into the trunk.
You might also want to lift the engine cover and give it a rinse afterward to make sure the soap is cleared off.