How do you clean your engine bay!
Thread Starter
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (4)
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 507
Likes: 0
From: Moore, Oklahoma
How do you clean your engine bay! I want to see other peoples methods of cleaning the engine and engine bay while the engine is in the car. mine is pretty filthy so i want to hear from the chaps that have the skills of cleaning theirs 
mine has 114k on it and you can only imagine the caked up goop thats in there from my oil leak and my coolent leaking from the pump i plan on cleaning when ever i get my new water pump and cam install.
Pics would be greatly appriciated
mine has 114k on it and you can only imagine the caked up goop thats in there from my oil leak and my coolent leaking from the pump i plan on cleaning when ever i get my new water pump and cam install.Pics would be greatly appriciated
spray the entire thing with a good degreaser (i use Mequiars APC), agitate the bad spots with a brush, pressure wash clean, let the car idle for 10 minutes or so, drink a beer.
Thread Starter
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (4)
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 507
Likes: 0
From: Moore, Oklahoma
See i have read about preasure washing it, but i was told that it can damage the weather packs and i also have heard that our alterantors dont like to be bathed a whole lot lol
I've read those same things, but it's always seemed like more of a theoretical problem. I've done the degreaser/scrub/spray thing lots of times without any problems. Can you screw something up? Theoretically, yes. But I'm going to speculate that the odds are pretty small.
dont focus direct water spray on alt for a long period of time and you are fine. this is how i have been detailing cars for the past 2 years. usually doing 1-2 cars/trucks per day
i dont pressure wash, i just get a good bucket of dish soapy water
with a good scrub brush and hose the engine down and whatever else
you want cleaning, scrub it all down, and hose it off... can even use
"gunk" engine cleaner, dont focus the water spray on the fuse boxes
or pcm area...or cover them up with plastic bags.
with a good scrub brush and hose the engine down and whatever else
you want cleaning, scrub it all down, and hose it off... can even use
"gunk" engine cleaner, dont focus the water spray on the fuse boxes
or pcm area...or cover them up with plastic bags.
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
Seems like every time I would clean my engine bay, my alt would get wet and overcharge... peg out the voltage gauge. Ended up blowing both headlights once, setting off dash lights and all kinds of crap. After a couple days it'd dry and be fine again..
Since then I've gotten a new alt, but haven't tried it again yet. Just about scared to lol.
Since then I've gotten a new alt, but haven't tried it again yet. Just about scared to lol.
