Here's where I found this tip. It's not a very good picture but you'll get the idea.

http://www.australiancorvettes.com/d...20cleaning.doc

 

this is the cheap lazy way to do it. spraying a ton of silcone based product on an engine does not clean it, it makes everything look wet and sloppy. do it the right way and clean it, dont cover it up with something that makes everything look wet lol. this is what the hack job detailing shops do!

 

I said it as a quickie clean..........I wasn't promising miracles. I figured the OP might realize this.

Just disregard it then and get your tooth brush and Simple Green and go to it!

 

Thanks for all the ideas and advice everyone!

 

ehhhhh these cars deserve a little more than that. if its worth doing...its worth doing right! i dont use a toothbrush. my engine bay is as clean as they get....once you get it perfect, all it takes is a 5 minute wipedown once a week and it stays that way.

 

Been detailing for 5 years now and what i do is spray some sort of all purpose cleaner on the engine, take a soft wheel brush over everything, and then powerwash it off. Works like a charm. Never hurt the opti. Ive had a few distributor cars not wanna start after accidentally getting the distributor wet. Heres a pic of my 96 Trans Am bay. Hard to believe it had 170k miles on it looking this clean. And another pic as a teaser.

 

^ thats the right way to do it!

 

here is mine she has 14500K on the clock and the previous owner never cleaned the motor I started power washing/wd40 about 4 years ago when I bought the car.

 

Is it bad to get the WD40 on anything? So I know what to avoid. LOL
I'll probably cut up some plastic and cover up the fuse boxes.

Sorry for raising an older thread.

 

Ready for NeWB MisTakE NumBeR 1?!? Yeah I figured since I had about a quarter inch of oil and grime from my manifold leak I would use a heavy duty degreaser..... well bad idea here is before... ---->

And then I noticed it was clean really clean, way way too clean, it pulled the paint! look! ----------->

 

At first I Thought Of It As A "Free Oil Change!"

 

Good god what did you use lol.

 

Boostedpower- I did all my cleaning the same way when i had my car stripped. but after i did that and realized i was actually pretty happy cause i didnt want the engine bay to be teal anyways so after like 10 cans of heavy degreaser i took and put a few decent coats of self etching primer on there ran some 1000 grit across it then 3 or 4 coats of black rattle can and a few coats of clear sanding with 2000 in between coats and it turned out really really good.

 

what is a opti?

 

Optical sensor mounted to distributor system for LT1's. Located on front of the engine under the water pump weep hole.

 

I live like 1 mile from the RM show so I go alot.
Heres with the motor in the car.

 

^ that engine bay is pure sex ac haha. I almost wanna pull all my air condition out to clean it up looks like a lot more room.

When i cleaned my engine bay i just used wd40 and purple power and some rags.
took most of the stuff off but it still doesn't look anything close to as nice as some on here. but i only spent like maybe an hour at best at it.

 

I use a tooth brush and bunch of rags and bucket of water with a little bit of soap

 

lol Thanks

Correct me if Im wrong but doesnt WD40 deteriorate rubber?

 

since ive had my camaro ive always used the armor all wipes, makes it easy