Hey everyone,
So I bought some castrol Super Clean to clean my engine bay and it didnt turn out so well.I sprayed it on and then rinsed it off and it had like eaten my paint on my valve coverandmy intake which was polished aluminum is now some white colour.
Im pretty pissed cause i asked everyone what they had used and they all said super clean is the best. Now i need to get a new intake and refinish my valve cover. What did you guys use on your engine bays and how did it work?
-Greg

 

I've ran into your situation b4. Might be able to save the intake by polishing it, use something like mother's or meguiars metal polish, good rag (or two) and your intake will look better than before. As far as the valve cover goes, if the cover's pretty old, degreasers will eat the wrinkle finish (found that out when I washed mines and it had the wrinkle blue paint). Good time to do the v-cover gaskets and finish stripping and respray the cover.

-l8r

 

the only product I have used that will bring the shine back on polished aluminum is Meguiars Hot Rims polish. It is red in color and smells just like RedHots candy. I stress, this is the ONLY thing I have used that worked on my Fluidyne radiator.
Superclean FTW!!!!

 

hot rims eh...i actually have some ofthat at my house.(idont use iton my wheels though cause it eats the paint on the caliper) what did you do just sparay it on and wipe itoff? or some other steps

 

no this is not a spray, it is a red paste. it comes in a can. get some.
http://www.meguiars.com/?wheel...olish

 

same thing happened to me but i was using purple power instead. now i have a shitty looking intake. maybe ill try this polish sometime this week

 

so pretty much cleaning the engine bay with an engine in there is not the greatest idea lol

 

just have to stick to something like simple green.

 

Simple green full strength and plain water. That's all you need to clean the engine bay.

 

Ditto simple green is the best, I use it on everything from my lude and wrx, to million dollar Ferraris at work.

 

Yeah Im going to have to 4th Simple Green here.

I used to use that Gunk Engine Degreaser, but I sprayed my altenator with it one night while cleaning, and the next day the Altenator no workie ever again. Brand new Altenator as well.