best engine bay clean method. both with water and without.
#11
Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner, spray it down on a cold engine and lightly rinse. Waterless after it is clean I use Meguiar's Detailer mist and 2 rags. If it is dirtier than Meguiars I use the rag I wipe the wheels of with first and the the Detailers mist.
Wax it with Turtle Wax Ice, makes it a lot easier to clean the next time.
Wax it with Turtle Wax Ice, makes it a lot easier to clean the next time.
Haha but seriously it does help a substantial amount and makes the car beautiful in the process
#12
I took a spray bottle and filled it with 1 part simple green and 3 parts water. I wrapped and bagged up the alternator, air filter, fuse box, and battery ( u may not have to but i DO). i then set the garden hose nozzle on shower and gave the engine a couple shorts squirts. i then sprayed everything down with my simple green mixture and let sit for about 10 min. then lightly rinsed and dried.
also, i heard it helps to have ur engine a little warm ( NOT A HOT ENGINE) due to the idea of spraying the mixture on the engine and closing the hood, allowing the spray to "cook" in there. then rinse and dry.
also, i heard it helps to have ur engine a little warm ( NOT A HOT ENGINE) due to the idea of spraying the mixture on the engine and closing the hood, allowing the spray to "cook" in there. then rinse and dry.
#15
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I've used my pressure washer gingerly with only water but then again, my engines haven't been so bad that I've had to use anything stronger. When I was a kid and the typical domestic engine was hidden under a 1/2" thick layer of grime, people swore by a kerosene bath. My pressure washer allows me to induce a cleaner of some type and I'd consider that or some other type of degreaser that's more environmentally friendly than kerosene.
#17
Simple Green is corrosive and will react with bare aluminium causing hydrogen embrittlement...don't do it. They do make an aircraft cleaner, that is safe to use on engines!
http://industrial.simplegreen.com/in...ts_extreme.php
I use Orange clean, works just as well....
http://industrial.simplegreen.com/in...ts_extreme.php
I use Orange clean, works just as well....
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