clean engine bay?, dirty bay Options

[96stgreendemon]

ok my engine bay is filthy and i want to clean it, i bought some meguiars engine cleaner and shine but im hesitant to use it, i have a short ram intake and i was wondering how to go about doing all this. can anyone help me out here?

[95CelicaST]

Or if you just want to clean it all up, invest in a pressure washer.


But really, take a plastic bag and tape it over your intake, and tape one over the alternator. If you're super paranoid you can even cover your distributor. Then spray your cleaner on (personally I use Simple Green dilluted in water) and let it sit. Come back in 15-30 minutes and spray everything down with a hose. Now apply some plastic shine crap and you're done.

Go search around on detailersdomain.com. They talk about the correct way to wash the engine bay.

[TinoCel]

(personally I use Simple Green dilluted in water)

Argh, I used that for 6 years when i detailed, great stuff, but REALLY harsh on your lungs/skin. Buy a squirt-bottle of it and go to town on your engine at your nearest car wash, let it soak in for a couple minutes . But like 95Celi said, cover up those 3 with a walmart bag or something and youll be good! There's also a spray called "purple stuff" that makes your tires/rims/wheel-wells look brand new (stock/REAL chrome rims; pep boys chrome brushed alum and and powdercoated will stain so not for those).

Cheers