ej1times

I just got my swap and i was wondering if anyone out there know a place where i can get my engine cleaned. I'm in the L.A. area.I appreaciate any help you guys could give me and thanks for reading my post.

Here it is.


The motor didn't come with as intake arm so i had to use the dinky one from my single cam for now.

Modified by ej1times at 2:00 AM 4/4/2004


Modified by ej1times at 4:29 AM 4/8/2004

mr poo

do it yourself, theres a stick/how to in the appearance section

Yeung

you can buy an engine cleaner.. just spray it on and leave it for a couple of minutes then wash it off with water..

TriggerHappy101

What engine is that?
B18? Dunno.

ej1times

Modified by ej1times at 3:48 PM 8/11/2005

ej1times

thanks for the help. some people told me to get it steam cleaned.......any thoughts?

JCracer723

i take it u didnt do your swap yourself..

just go ahead and get some dregreser, lots of rags, lil brush for those hard to reach areas . and go at it.. the time that will take you to clean it would depend how much you care about detail

good luck

ej1times

what does that have to do with cleaning it?

NyStreet's_4life

engine cleaner, or degreaser will work.

Mr Boston

Do it yourself with SIMPLE GREEN

Soccerking3000

actually if you get one of those little steamers they work awesome and in no time with very little effort your engine will be spotless i did it to mine(bought one from an infomercial) to bad damn road salt got it all dirty again ohh well but steaming in my opinion is the way to go

JCracer723

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if u had done your swap u shoulda clean the whole engine bay while engine was out

hatchling37

if you've got access, i'd recommend lots of degreaser, and a steam cleaner, let it dry, then spray some dressing (Meguiar's) on the looms and plastic parts, looks pretty good afterwards IMO

JapJunkie

iTrader: (1)

Thats the about DIY swaps you get to detail the motor and engine bay all u want

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

1. Drive to coin-op pressure car wash
2. Open hood and cover any open filters, distributor, HID ballasts or any other sensitive electronics (covering battery is not required, just don't spray much in that area).
3. Using a spray bottle, spray a light mist over the engine bay to get everything wet.
4. Use Simple Green and douse the entire engine bay. Use the stream setting to get into the hard to reach places like down around the A/C compressor, behind the exhaust manifold, down the firewall, etc.
5. Let sit for a few minutes.
6. Go to town with the pressure washer, just try not to spray directly towards the distributor or battery/fusebox area.
7. Drive home, open hood, let engine bay dry.
8. Spray on dressing, I think I use some stuff from Meguiar's, it won't harm rubber stuff like Armor-All can. Just spray it on everything.
9. After awhile wipe off the excess from everything you can reach.

I've done it many times to my car (w/ 160K+ miles) and did it to my mom's 2000 Avalon last Mother's Day as part of my car detailing package.

Imagine a car w/ 70K+ miles that has never had its engine bay cleaned, after I cleaned it, it looked like this:


My engine:


No my car is not black and used to be teal, it's still teal but I have a black front end after being in a wreck, just haven't been able to get it painted yet.

Hatchtrap

DAMN that is clean!!!! THumb Up!

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

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Oh yeah now, almost one year after cleaning the Avalon's engine bay, it's back to being just dirty as ever.

ironcheftony

why doesnt someone show pictures of the things they covered up and how they did it , so others can see how to do it, all i see is before and after, not much help if you want to be careful

Luserkid

If your lazy and dont want to do it yourself, go about 20 mins north on I5 out of the LA area and hit up one of those truck wash stops. They use a really strong Steam cleaner and they get all over the engine bay, even under the car.

Jet Phi

DIY - Simple Green

Yeung

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what i was thinking

ilko

Here's a good how-to from http://www.edmunds.com. Direct link: http://www.edmunds.com/ownersh....html. I used their advice when cleaning my engine and now it shines!

an2ny888

make sure you cover your alternator with a plastic bag, i didnt and now my alternator is fried one day after getting an engine wash

Eyes Only

use the setting engine clean at a car wash $1.75