How do you clean your engine bay? I would assume spraying water in there would be bad... is there an easy way to do it yourself?

 

what i did was spray everything down with engine degresaer...and while engine is hot....let sit for a bit...and spray off but not so hard on the electric parts... and turn out great !

 

im about to do this too. i think you should seran wrap all the electrical plugs and stuff. also use the hose with the filter so that ur engine bay doesnt dry up with white hard water stains.

 

good idead about the filter...is it a filter b4 the hose or at the end of the hose

 

hmmm... i'm a little wary of spraying water all over my baby's insides! i remember hearing somehere there was a foam you could spray on.

is this something a detailing shop would do?

 

All the electrical plugs are pretty much safe. What I do, is cover the dizzy and fuse box with a plastic grocery bag. Everything else doesn't normaly get hurt. I accidently sprayed my dizzy one time, then my car would miss its *** off, until I dried out the dizzy cap, then it was fine, so just cover up your dizzy, and you should be straight.

 

theres engine bright and then theres engine bright that is in a foam...both can be gotten at ur auto parts store

 

hmmm shouldent mess it up unless things r dirty as crap but then i assume any greese that goes on the ground could be cleaned up with the degreaser...if ur worried aboout it do it in the street i guess

 

how about steam-cleaning it? wouldn't that be safer?

 

no i had a steam cleaner and tryd to use it to clean engine bay and it was a waste of time

 

really? what kind of steam cleaner was it?

 

i dno ....just a steam cleaner ...now a heated pressure washer might be nice

 

Simple Green!

 

Use simple green and plenty of rag and towels. Best way and guarantee to be the safest way to do it.. Heh. Might take a while, but hey, it your baby.

 

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yikes, that would take a while! i think i might just try out that foam, and cover sensitive parts with plastic bags...

 

Dont be afriad... spray that sucker down.... !

thast what i did and turn out great,, then go over with a polish for all the chrome parts...

 

I used this meguir's shine and cleaner engine detailer and it is really good stuff. It degreases and shines everything at once. It leaves all smooth surfaces shiny. It scared me around the belts but I just didn't spray it on them. The block where there is a little oil leak needed some scrubbing but other than that it made the entire engine bay look like I waxed it. It shined like that for about 3 months until it got all rainy and water made it all spotty again. THe one thing I suggest though is not using it on a factory painted valve cover b/c it made the crinkle finish look kinda shiny but not, it didnt ruin it though, a few months later and it looks like original once again. THis stuff was real hard to find though, the only place around that had it was National Auto, only about $4 a can.

 

sounds good, i'll have to check autozone and see if they have it.

 

IMO i wouldnt let water touch the distributor nor any filters you have in the bay, also if youre running HIDs that arent water resistant covers those up as well. other than that have fun cleaning the heart of the car.

 

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that is what i did. i brought my car to one of those drive in carwash places and covered up those 2 thing and pressure washed my engine and nothing happened to it.

 

sprayed the **** outta mine with simple green, let sit for a few. spray down again, and then rinse... came out great for me.

 

GUNK Foam Degreaser, Cover the fuse box and distributor and spray GUNK everywhere. Wash off with water from car wash and enjoy.

 

wow..super different..lol safe for paint also??

 

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Great before and after pics