I'm with Alvin- - - -Easy Off oven cleaner is by far the best degreaser going, but the tree huggers hate it. Soak the engine down with a couple of cans of the stuff, let it sit for an hour, and hit it with a high pressure nozzle on a garden hose.
The hippie way is kind words and unicorn pee- - - -not nearly as effective!
LOL!
Jerry