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Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:56 pm
by Lorchy
Hey Guys,

I'm looking to give the engine bay are goooood clean. I've never really had to do this before..well OK I have, but now it's well overdue! Any general pointers/products that you recommend to get the job done?

Cheers
Anth

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:59 pm
by Sahin
A sh*t load of cheap as degreaser do what you can with that and then go down to the local car wash and open your bonnet and use the engine degreaser it should be green and then use high pressure spray... Make sure to bag your pod though and try not get that wet if it's not in a box...

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:00 pm
by Daniel2019
Also try to steer clear of your alarm/immobilizer unit

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:02 pm
by Vectose
Daniel2019 wrote:Also try to steer clear of your alarm/immobilizer unit
You mean siren? :lol:

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:03 pm
by Sahin
And remember to turn the car off before... Hahaha

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:48 pm
by silverGPX
No don't get sh*tty cans of degreaser, it smells like sh*t for weeks and isn't all effective.

Get "Shift it" from Autobarn, you mixed it up with water in a spray bottle and is more powerful compared to spray cans.

Sahin you can vouch for it cos you've seen the 121 engine bay, I used it on that.

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:50 pm
by silverGPX
Looks like this, the amount of all those cans of degreaser can buy you this bottle and have some left over, it does not smell at all.

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Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:20 pm
by Lorchy
Awesome, thanks guys - that's this weekends project!

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:32 pm
by ObsidianRadio
With these engines, do we have to watch how much water gets around the spark plug covers? Did this to a Celica a few weeks back and had water leak inside and f**k the plugs :lol:

Re: Engine Bay Clean

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:10 pm
by payaya
I have a car wash next to my workshop and probably once or twice a week they come to us for help with a car they just cleaned the engine.