swooshonln

Ok so I have a "small" oil leak, and it slowly dirtys up my entire eingine. Its not that its bad, but I think some gets collected on the belt and it throws oil all over my car...

Anyways, what is the proper way to "clean" under there? I want to take a pressure washer to the whole damn thing (although I KNOW that you cant do that). I know that I will need to cover up some things (intake, fuse box, etx) but what are the proper steps?

The local car wash has a "engine cleaner" as one of the options (you know one of those car washes u put quarters in and u get the *** with like 8 options). Is that going to be for the ACTUAL engine?

Thanks for you help. Sorry for the boring question.

Shelbyville

Do a search on engine cleaning on this board. There are a lot of threads about this. More than you could ever want. Personally, I use Simple Green diluted with 50% water and CD2 engine detailer.

I cover everything I don't want to get wet with plastic wrap and with the engine cold, spray on the Simple Green. Let it soak for about 5 minutes then lightly hose it off. When dry, I spray on CD2 engine detailer following the directions on the can. Hope this helps.

mvr

if you spray the engine bay MAKE SURE YOU LET IT DRY PROPERLY BEFORE YOU TRY TO START IT

meechuacon

I myself was thinking about pressure washing the engine bay. I would do it with the engine cold and unhook the negative battery cable and cover all electronics with some sort of plastic just in case.

AJ06GT

Cover your alternator, air filter and coil packs and then go to town. You don't need a pressure washer, just some degreaser and some good hard work. I took a 77k engine bay that had never once been cleaned and had that old brown engine look and made it look just about as new as possible with a good hour or two of work. Plan on using a rag and a toothbrush to clean off all the dirt if you want it to look really good.

Stang SS

go buy some degreaser for 4 dollars and cover up air take battery and fuse box. spray degreaser on let it sit for 10 mins , lighty hose off. wait bout 2 hours to start up and you should be good.

Cornbread01

i just use simple green and a towel no hose for me.... takes some time but it is peace of mind i did hose it once and water get in the coil packs not good. you can let it dry but i pestonally dont like the fact of all that water on my pretty engine.. so simple green and some towels take the time....

BlackMage

step one- pull engine
step two- tear down engine
step three - clean engine
step four - find out there is a better way after you just did all that work

03GTGreen

I just did mine today, all I did was spray Simple Green Degreaser let it sit for 10 minutes then misted it down (after covering filter and fuse box) and dryed it up, looks much better

swooshonln

ok thanks alot guys. I tried the green stuff and all I can say is... wow...

I sware I just feel back in love w/ my car

Thank alot for your help.