Engine cleaning

[Dana]

What is recommended to clean the engine, or rather the entire firewall forward? As related elsewhere, I had a major oil leak during the trip home with my Starduster. Fixed it, but oil got everywhere and though I wiped the worst of it out, it's still working out of the cowling and onto the fuselage sides. Or at least I hope it's working out and not a continuing leak, but I need to clean it up to be sure. If it was a car I'd just spray engine cleaner all over and then hose it off, but for an airplane? Some cleaners are corrosive, I know, not to mention their effect on paint and rubber parts.

 

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