clean engine bay
 

this is my truck's bay after a 15 minute clean up using nothing more than a small boar's hair brush, a spray bottle with water, one with optimum power clean, a gallon of water with a capful of optimum no rinse and a "junk" microfiber towel. i use no dressing or anything other than some optimum spray wax on the air box top.

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if you get a new car, it doesn't take much to keep the engine looking brand new forever. simple tools and some time every few months and you can keep your engine looking better than it did when it rolled off the lot.