Has anyone here ever taken their car to a dealership or shop to get the engine detailed?

If so were you satisfied, how much did it cost etc?

and if anyone from NoVA knows a good place lemme know. I am debating wether i should get it done somewhere or be not lazy and do it myself.

 

Do it yourself dude. They will basically do the same thing.
Let it cool, spray it off, engine degreaser, spray again, tire foam, shut hood, start car, turn off car, open hood, armorAll all the black pieces and wipe down with towels. Straight blingin yo.

 

tire foam?????

 

Yea, the tire foam is what ads bling, but it does not seem to over spray as bad as the liquid form. I have done this repeated times and feel as if it works very well. The only thing that sucks is after you add some type of bling as in silicone, dirt loves to stick to it.

 

im curious about the same thing because i get so afraid spraying in my engine bay, and im definatly to lazy to sit there with degreaser cleaning it!!!

 

Seriously guys, there is nothing to it. Cover up your intake if you have an aftermarket one, and cover up your distributor, and then get the bay wet, and just spray the whole thing down with simple green. Let it sit there for a few minutes, and spray it off. You can repeat this step if necessary, and then spray the tire foam on it and close the hood. Turn the engine on for a few moments, and then back off, and open the hood. Spray down with armorAll, and wipe it off. Do a good job on wiping the armorAll off. Try it out, and let us know how easy it is. You will be surprised with the results. I will post mine up tomorrow. Warning though. My engine bay is stock.

 

My Stock Engine Bay. I recently painted the valve cover, so the letters have'nt completely been sanded down yet. But this is the bay after cleaning.

 

I simple green it, have a or two ( most important step) wait 10-15 minutes then rinse.
After I blow out the excess water with a leaf blower I go over the hoses and plastic stuff with some trim shine on a rag.

 

my friend took his hatch to honda. they did a great job. but i prefer simple green h20 and time

 

thats a very clean engine bay....

 

ima try this this weekend when i wash my car, what are important thiings to cover? BOV, distrubtor, battery? i have no idea and want to be safe please let me know what you guys cover up and yow yo do it!

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=545083

Check the second page. We just did it the other day. Turned out perfect! Way *sparkle sparkle*

 

i have heard several conflicting things about what i need to cover

- battery
- distributor
- alternator?
- intake ? (I have aem)

so do i cover this **** with what, grocery bags or something?

 

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- battery
- distributor
- alternator?
- intake ? (I have aem)

so do i cover this **** with what, grocery bags or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>
plastic paperbags...or whatever is waterproof. secure/seal the edges with tape if you must.

 

engine is taking a bath in simple green as i post

 

Gunk..is the shiznit

 

what about steam cleaning the motor? anyone had any experiences with that?

 

ok so i gave it a try and my gay *** mother F'ing arospeed plug wires leaked water into where my spark plugs sit and my car wouldn't run! i hope this isn't damaging to my engine, i let it sit and run longer and it seams fine now, im about to change my spark plug wires back to stock. other than that i can smell burning simple green and my engine is sparking!