cleaning the engine bay, how do you guys clean yours?
i got my car used... and you can tell. its also a northern engine. two strikes against me right there...
i keep the plastic parts clean, but im trying to get the original clean that the engine came with...
i have:
black magic engine cleaner
plastic bristle cleaning brush
copper cleaning brush
stainless steel sleaning brush
lots of rags
a few MF for clinging to the dirt...
how do you guys clean your engine? i know there has to be a more effective way to clean an engine and not spend 3 days.
tips/ tricks?
you can hose down your engine? everybody i know has always said keep water off your engine... i guess that kind of makes sense, because when it rains your engine would get wet... hmmm i guess cover up anything electrical first
C'mon shifted, I know this has been asked before but give the kid some direction before he fouls something up!
Listen, if you really wanna clean the engine you take that engine cleaner or some sort of engine degreaser and spray down the motor with it, all over, wherever you want. Be careful around things like your alternator, anything that you can't see clearly (under IDI cover), and wiring harnesses.
Let it sit and take off the grease, then start the car, or you can start the car before your spray it down with the degreaser if you are nervous about screwing something up.
Spray it down with the hose, if the car starts buckin or idling funny, stop. Hang out for a sec, let it recover and continue.
I wouldn't suggest turning the car off until you take it for a short drive.
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I've pressure-washed the engine with no problems, without covering the alternator. Everything under there is designed to be able to get wet, your car doesn't stop running in a hard rain...
The instructions are on the simple green bottle, spray, wait, rinse, can't get a whole lot easier. The only word of advice you can't get from the bottle is not to wash the engine when its hot, since the water is usually cold, it *could* create some issues.
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AMEN BROTHA! I totally agree with you, I pressure wash mine as well, never any issues. There was this one car tho.... I pressure washed the engine without it running, that was a nightmare cause I fouled the plugs out.... damn MOPAR junk!
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im going to be using the black magic two in one engine shine... it doesnt need any water and its not flammable... thanks for all the tips. ill post some pics when its all done
I saw a guy put that 2n1 stuff on his airbox on a dodge ram....thing looked sick...was like a black hole...no light escaped from it...
Saw a lady do the same thing on her old Nissan Sentra's bumpers and trip...also looked bad ass...went from black plastic to a nice deep glossy black...
Shifted wrote:Simple green and a hose
then I use some strong arse critus acid stuff i got from when i use to detail at the dealership... it jsut melts and grime off then i go back in with tire dressing and hit the plastic peices.
RaGiN Z (the fake 05) wrote:AMEN BROTHA! I totally agree with you, I pressure wash mine as well, never any issues. There was this one car tho.... I pressure washed the engine without it running, that was a nightmare cause I fouled the plugs out.... damn MOPAR junk!
^^ i learend that the hard way with my GSX :/
b00sTeD4FuN wrote:Shifted wrote:Simple green and a hose
then I use some strong arse critus acid stuff i got from when i use to detail at the dealership... it jsut melts and grime off then i go back in with tire dressing and hit the plastic peices.
whats that citric acid stuff called?
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um to be honset i dunno I get it of the detail guy lol.. art atrari or something like that.... it is professional grade stuff.. i will putt around and see what i can dig up on it
Hope this helps--enjoy
How To Make Your Engine Glisten
by: Chris Lannie
Items needed:
-(1) bottle of Simple Green
-standard garden hose with nozzle
-*scrub brush (for excessively dirty/old engines)
-(1) bottle of regular Armorall spray
Instructions:
Start off with a cold/warm engine and pop the hood. The only things you need to cover with plastic are exposed filters such as the breather and cone. Take your bottle of Simple Green and very liberally spray every single thing under the hood, including radiator cover, windshield wiper cowl, metal, plastic and rubber pieces--EVERYTHING. Let the Simple Green sit for about 5-10 minutes; at that point, I usually give a brief 2nd spray. At the end of this process, you should have used about half the bottle. If your engine is excessively dirty, you can use a scrub brush on the tough areas.
Take your garden hose and start washing off all the places you sprayed. You will know when to stop when you no longer see white suds coming off the engine—rather, you will only see clean water.
As soon as you set the garden hose down, immediately take your bottle of Amorall and begin spraying all the same parts you hit earlier (with the Simple Green). Again, be extremely liberal in your application and make sure you get all parts--including the metal ones--but especially the plastic and rubber.
When you’re done spraying, you may see “puddles” of Armorall in various places on the engine—that’s totally fine. The next time you drive your car (preferably in no less that a couple hours) it will all drain off. If you heat the engine up before then, you will most likely just steam off the Armorall before it can do its job.
***A lot of people seem to think if you don’t cover your alternator, fuse box, etc., etc., you will damage your engine. Well, I don’t agree with that at all and if you don’t believe me, this’ a list of cars which I’ve used this process on without covering a single thing:
-1993 VW Corrado
-2000 Sunfire SE
-1996 (?) Chevy Corsica
-1996 Grand Am GT (3100)
-2004 Honda Accord 2.4 EX
-2000 Pontiac Grand Am GT
-1996 Monte Carlo Z34
-2001 Chevy Xtreme
-1995 Ford Tauras SHO
-2003 Hyundai Tiburon (4-cyl.)
-1998 Chevy S-10 (2.2L)
Simple green, brush and toothbrush, and some agua...
The Engine had 180,200 something miles on it
NICE JOB CHRIS!!!! that looks good!
i did mine on monday night. i just used castrol super clean (degreaser) and let it sit. i coverd up my fuse box, alternator and my fuse for amp power wire. i then sprayed at low levels with a power washer. next i waited a few minutes then spakred the car up. i let everything dry and it came out pretty good.
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just want to point out for the 2.4's the way the sparkplugs are be verry carefull not to spray too much directly ontop of the motor. water will run under the cover and mess up the plugs.
I've used a few different things before, including Simple Green, Mother's Car Wash Soap, Engine Bright De-Greaser, etc.
They all work pretty good.
I DO sometimes cover the alternator if I'm going to saturate it., but most of the time I don't cover anything but the Air Intake Filter.
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I personally use scrubbing bubbles. it you do get it on the paint it doesn't hurt it at all. i've never covered anything up and have never had a problem with it. I just don't spray directly onto the air filter. I started using scrubbing bubbles because of my dad, it was a old hot rodding tip that he picked up at a car show. i was my entire motorcycle with it. just make it look like a giant snowball then spray it off.
ive pressure washed and used degreaser, i wish i had before and after pics
......man i need to clean my engine again soon
