[s-cars] cleaing the engine bay

[Joe Pizzimenti]

I second that. Every once in a while, I'll WD-40 everything and hit it with
compressed air once it's started to dry. Salt/dirt doesn't tend to stick
after you do that. If you really want to get goofy and can stand the
downtime, take the valve cover and intake manifold off and have them bead
blasted and powdercoated silver or black. You can also polish it, but that's
a little too ricey for me.

Joe

On 10/5/05, Matt Molyneux <mmolyneux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a pretty clean engine bay but I didn't use a hose to wash it. I
> tried
> that once before and ended up with a failed POS due to the "steam" that
> came
> off of the engine parts. If you know how much those things cost, you'll
> think twice about spraying water in there.
>
> I first cleaned it using an entire tube of Armor-All cleaning wipes (for
> all
> the metal, hoses, plastic, and rubber), and then made all the plastic look
> like new using a few Armor-All protectant wipes. The hoses all look great
> now and are probably less prone to cracking as a result. It takes an hour
> or
> two to do it all, but after you do it once, you only need to spend about
> 10
> min going over the major stuff every car wash to keep it that way.
>
> On 10/5/05, forrest bradshaw <sola4est at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've seen some clean engine bays from listers and am wondering
> > what are recomndations for cleaning out the engine bay, mine is fairly
> > dirty and I am contemplating power washing it at the car wash. or should
> I
> > use a degriming agent and then carefully rinse it off.
> > got some dirt caked in the lower parts.
> > just want er ta bling inside too
> >
> >
> >
> >
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