hi people, im very noob to cars, i was planning on giving my cars engine a good clean shine but im not sure about what i should cover. I've seen people mentioning to cover the sparkplugs,dizzy cap, fuses or whatever. But i have no clue what these things look like. Now, i took a picture of my engine, but i have no idea how to upload it onto here. I duno, if someone wants to help me out.. i can send them a picture of my engine and maybe you can just help me figure out what some of this stuff is?

 

Welcome to HT

try here

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=785224

 

hmm, yes. I did find that post before, my question was more along the lines that i dont know what those parts look like, i dont know what to cover. I know the parts names and all, just not what they look like.

 

ah i see....one sec I'll get VRDrvr to post you some pics of what to look for..

 

thanks alot

 

my engine:

can you use this to point out what i should cover in this picture?

 

i would say cover the lower right part(altenator) left side and uper left side there should be a big plastic box and a small plastic box with writeings in it. cover them too.

 

ok thanks, the box on the right is the airfilter right? and the only other box is the battery. should those plugs on the engine be covered?

 

go to an autozone or someplace like it......then get a Haynes manual for YOUR year and model car......read it cover to cover and ull be 5000x smarter

 

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Alright going from the bottom right around counter-clockwise...

Alternator right next to the thing that says HOT
Power Steering pump
At the top of the valve cover (the thing that says honduh) intake manifold
The black tube coming out of the intake manifold your intake tubing and filter
To the left of the valve cover is your distributor cap and spark plug wires
Below the valve cover is your heat shield and header.

what else do you need to know other than everything Go and buy yourself a haynes or Chiltons it will educate yourself about every screw crack and seal in your car

 

Above the top-right corner (out of picture) is your brake fluid reservoir, plus clutch reservoir if you've got a manual tranny. Cover those so you don't get water into the brake fluid. There's air vents on the lids.

I've never bothered to cover the alternator or power steering pump. They've never given me trouble. I just don't spray directly into the air slots of the alternator.

 

i didnt cover anythig......i got kinda fuct cause my plug wires old (they still work fine) but the #2 wire wasnt sealing properly so i got water down into my sparkplug houseing......car wouldnt start and i was FREAKING OUT cause me and a buddy couldnt figure out what it was (this was back when i knew NOTHING about cars).....
eventually some electrical cleaner we sprayed in there after realzing what was wrong evaporated the water away in an instant....only problem that resulted was that my car reaked of de-greaser and wire cleaner for 4 months.....