Engine Cleaning / Detailing
04-18-2006, 10:10 AM
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Engine Cleaning / Detailing
Do any of you regularly clean/detail the engine? any advice or things to avoid? do i need to cover any electrical parts before doing this? recommend any specific brand? i thought about simple green or some auto parts shelf brand. any tricks of the trade would help greatly. my engine compartment is pretty dirty!
04-18-2006, 10:17 AM
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I would cover the electrical parts with plastic bags with rubber bands, take all the beauty covers off(they easily snap off), blow the whole engine especially dirtiest tiny spots with pressured air (if you have it), Gunk the excess oil(if there is any), wait for 5 min, and rinse very carefully with water. After that I usually WD40 the mostly moving parts (including door hinges and stuff). I did not have any problems so far with other cars, although I did not do this with my C43, cause engine is very clean already.
I hope this helps sir.
I hope this helps sir.
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Do any of you regularly clean/detail the engine? any advice or things to avoid? do i need to cover any electrical parts before doing this? recommend any specific brand? i thought about simple green or some auto parts shelf brand. any tricks of the trade would help greatly. my engine compartment is pretty dirty!
04-18-2006, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by azimibaha1
Do any of you regularly clean/detail the engine? any advice or things to avoid? do i need to cover any electrical parts before doing this? recommend any specific brand? i thought about simple green or some auto parts shelf brand. any tricks of the trade would help greatly. my engine compartment is pretty dirty!
