I do mine once a month, cause its sooo easy to clean. 
Anyone ever used this for cleaning the engine bay?
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Anyone ever used this for cleaning the engine bay? My engine bay was looking like crap warmed over, so I decided I would try to find something that actually worked without six hours of scrubbing, and I think I did:
Foamy Engine Brite:
I sprayed this stuff everywhere (used the whole can), all over everything. I let it sit for about 5 minutes, and sprayed it off with water. All that was left was a shiny amuminium block, and squeeky-clean everything else. Lots of grease and grime that I had tried with no luck before to remove ran off with just water. Pretty awesome stuff, with no work.
Then, I followed up with this stuff:
CD-2 Engine Detailer
Its like an armor-all that isn't a huge greasy dust magnet. Just sprayed it on EVERYTHING I could spray, and shut the hood and started it up, and turned on the AC (to make the fans stay on longer). After about 10-15 minutes or so, I opened it up, wiped off the areas that were still wet (crevices that the stuff ran into mostly), and I cant believe my eyes, its like it just came off the assembly line.
All for about 5 bucks.
Foamy Engine Brite:
I sprayed this stuff everywhere (used the whole can), all over everything. I let it sit for about 5 minutes, and sprayed it off with water. All that was left was a shiny amuminium block, and squeeky-clean everything else. Lots of grease and grime that I had tried with no luck before to remove ran off with just water. Pretty awesome stuff, with no work.
Then, I followed up with this stuff:
CD-2 Engine Detailer
Its like an armor-all that isn't a huge greasy dust magnet. Just sprayed it on EVERYTHING I could spray, and shut the hood and started it up, and turned on the AC (to make the fans stay on longer). After about 10-15 minutes or so, I opened it up, wiped off the areas that were still wet (crevices that the stuff ran into mostly), and I cant believe my eyes, its like it just came off the assembly line.
All for about 5 bucks.
All this sounds great. My question is a little less specific to the cleaning goods. More the cleaning process. How do you avoid getting water/cleaner on your electrical components(coil packs/plug wires etc.)? This concern of mine is the main reason why I haven't really taken the time to shine mine up. I tried detailing the engine bay of my last car and ended up having some slight ignition problems afterwards, and I was very cautious.
Justin
Justin
I use the "gunk" all the time. You can spray EVERYTHING in the engine compartment on our cars- the only thing I avoid is the computer.
This is the process I use- works awesome-
1. Make sure engine is cool.
2. Spray everything in the engine bay with the engine cleaner- put a towel or rag over the computer (I don't put a towel- I just avoid dousing the computer)
3. Let it sit for about 10 minutes- you can scrub really grimy areas with a brush/toothbrush.
4. Hose everything off
5. Start the car and do a quick drive around the block (this burns off the water and the driving dissipates any big puddles of water on the engine)
6. Dry off any remaining water with a towel.
7. Spray the **** out of the engine bay with WD40.- (prevents grime from sticking in the future, makes all the plastic pieces look new, protects alum & steel from corrosion)
8- Apply some armor all to the hoses
9- wipe off any excess
10- enjoy!
This is the process I use- works awesome-
1. Make sure engine is cool.
2. Spray everything in the engine bay with the engine cleaner- put a towel or rag over the computer (I don't put a towel- I just avoid dousing the computer)
3. Let it sit for about 10 minutes- you can scrub really grimy areas with a brush/toothbrush.
4. Hose everything off
5. Start the car and do a quick drive around the block (this burns off the water and the driving dissipates any big puddles of water on the engine)
6. Dry off any remaining water with a towel.
7. Spray the **** out of the engine bay with WD40.- (prevents grime from sticking in the future, makes all the plastic pieces look new, protects alum & steel from corrosion)
8- Apply some armor all to the hoses
9- wipe off any excess
10- enjoy!
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Ok I just went and bought a can of the engine cleaner. Ill try it this weekend and see how I like it. My engine really needs to be cleaned up.
Just a question about the WD-40. wouldnt it make the dirt stick more? Im sure it would wash off faster but I would think it would attract the dirt
Just a question about the WD-40. wouldnt it make the dirt stick more? Im sure it would wash off faster but I would think it would attract the dirt
Dirt will stick to a motor covered with WD-40 better than one without. But when it comes time to wash the dirt off next time, the dirt will come off of the motor sprayed with WD-40 a lot easier.
Gunk also makes Citrus Engine Brite that works like the CD2. It will both clean/degrease and give that shiney new wet look without attracting dirt. Just a heads up since CD2 can be hard to find in some areas.
Originally Posted by glitch77
My engine bay was looking like crap warmed over, so I decided I would try to find something that actually worked without six hours of scrubbing, and I think I did:
Foamy Engine Brite:
I sprayed this stuff everywhere (used the whole can), all over everything. I let it sit for about 5 minutes, and sprayed it off with water. All that was left was a shiny amuminium block, and squeeky-clean everything else. Lots of grease and grime that I had tried with no luck before to remove ran off with just water. Pretty awesome stuff, with no work.
Then, I followed up with this stuff:
CD-2 Engine Detailer
Its like an armor-all that isn't a huge greasy dust magnet. Just sprayed it on EVERYTHING I could spray, and shut the hood and started it up, and turned on the AC (to make the fans stay on longer). After about 10-15 minutes or so, I opened it up, wiped off the areas that were still wet (crevices that the stuff ran into mostly), and I cant believe my eyes, its like it just came off the assembly line.
All for about 5 bucks.
Foamy Engine Brite:
I sprayed this stuff everywhere (used the whole can), all over everything. I let it sit for about 5 minutes, and sprayed it off with water. All that was left was a shiny amuminium block, and squeeky-clean everything else. Lots of grease and grime that I had tried with no luck before to remove ran off with just water. Pretty awesome stuff, with no work.
Then, I followed up with this stuff:
CD-2 Engine Detailer
Its like an armor-all that isn't a huge greasy dust magnet. Just sprayed it on EVERYTHING I could spray, and shut the hood and started it up, and turned on the AC (to make the fans stay on longer). After about 10-15 minutes or so, I opened it up, wiped off the areas that were still wet (crevices that the stuff ran into mostly), and I cant believe my eyes, its like it just came off the assembly line.
All for about 5 bucks.
Check out this thred.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/295708-cleaned-engine-bay-finally.html
This is my post with before and after pics from last year when I used the same two products. Awesome stuff.
Originally Posted by GM Muscle
Gunk also makes Citrus Engine Brite that works like the CD2. It will both clean/degrease and give that shiney new wet look without attracting dirt. Just a heads up since CD2 can be hard to find in some areas.
and holy fkk this thread is almost 2 years old!