Dodge 02 ES engine cleaning...help

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:50 pm

Im thinking of cleaning my engine area, I know there is alot of electronics under the hood that should not get wet,, So how do you go about cleaning the engine.... What parts need to be covered up???

thanks

DjTransifi · Post by **DjTransifi** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:06 pm

Just make sure it is not hot when you do it. You can use any auto engine degreaser and spray it on, leave on for the allot time and use low pressure when you clean it off. Its high pressure you want to stay away from. The engine compartment can get wet but when you use high pressure then it will get into place where it shouldn't be. I clean off my engine when I clean my car and I use a normal hose with low pressure. Haven't run into problems yet..

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:10 pm

ahhh ok, sounds good ill prob do that later today when engine cools down. i was worried that the alternator or fuse box or something well get damage when wet....

xenonneon · Post by **xenonneon** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:34 pm

I clean mine thoroghly before every show (6-8 times a year). The only problem that I have ever run into was getting water on my alarm speaker. It's nothing serious, it just makes the chirp higher pitched for a few days until it dries on the inside of the speaker.

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:17 am

did you use high presure or regular hose?

Casketbearer · Post by **Casketbearer** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:03 pm

I learned something from another post- clean the major gunk off, then spray eagle 1 tire wet (spray bottle not aeresol) on everything, let dry, then run your engine for 15min or so. Everything will look BRAND NEW

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:56 pm

wow! does that really work? do you was it off after the 15min.....

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:09 am

yep just no high pressure dont wash when hot and never start it when its still wet.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:36 am

I use a Citrous based degreaser, ive had bad experiences with keroscene based degreaser. At work, after I spray everything with WellWorth Citrous degreaser(called oilguzzler) I use VERY hot water to rinse everything off. Then I grab the air hose to dry as much as possible, then I spray the whole engine compartment with a NON-silicone based tire shine. I start the car after that(with hood closed) let it run until upto operating temperature. Once there I shut the car off and take a rack to wipe the compartment dont to get the built up residue off. looks l;ike new when done.

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:51 am

Its pretty nice out today, ill wash it up today, see what happens THANKS

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:52 am

Casketbearer wrote:I learned something from another post- clean the major gunk off, then spray eagle 1 tire wet (spray bottle not aeresol) on everything, let dry, then run your engine for 15min or so. Everything will look BRAND NEW

A buddy of mine does this all the time, but he also uses aerosol!

He did it to my Thunderbird the first time I took it to a local car show we went to. He popped his hood to show off and I was like, "Uhhh, dude... Mine ain't that much to show off." And he's like, "It's the 4.6L V8 right?" And I said yes. He told me to pop my hood, so I did. He sprayed the hell out of everything under my hood and man, did it look awesome. Stayed looking brand new for about 4 months, too! It was some cheap tire shine crap he got for about $2 a can.

05srt4clone · Post by **05srt4clone** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:59 pm

03sxt wrote:
Casketbearer wrote:I learned something from another post- clean the major gunk off, then spray eagle 1 tire wet (spray bottle not aeresol) on everything, let dry, then run your engine for 15min or so. Everything will look BRAND NEW
A buddy of mine does this all the time, but he also uses aerosol! He did it to my Thunderbird the first time I took it to a local car show we went to. He popped his hood to show off and I was like, "Uhhh, dude... Mine ain't that much to show off." And he's like, "It's the 4.6L V8 right?" And I said yes. He told me to pop my hood, so I did. He sprayed the hell out of everything under my hood and man, did it look awesome. Stayed looking brand new for about 4 months, too! It was some cheap tire shine crap he got for about $2 a can.

He just sprayed it down without cleaning anything off of it first?

Casketbearer · Post by **Casketbearer** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:13 pm

If you don't clean off the large buildup of crud, it'll still be shiny, but the crud will still be there.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:56 pm

Baal wrote:yep just no high pressure dont wash when hot and never start it when its still wet.

i was told to start it up right after you start rincing the degreaser off, and then let it run for 15minutes or so to burn the water off, just to avoid the battery and the fuse box

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:06 pm

scneonchic501 wrote:
Baal wrote:yep just no high pressure dont wash when hot and never start it when its still wet.
i was told to start it up right after you start rincing the degreaser off, and then let it run for 15minutes or so to burn the water off, just to avoid the battery and the fuse box

why start it? it makes no sense to me.

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:41 pm

GOOD topic, my engine bay is fuckn horrid, and it needs to be cleaned

05srt4clone · Post by **05srt4clone** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:05 pm

So what tire cleaner do you use?
Foam or spray?
Brand?
Just spray it or wipe it on?
What parts do you not use it on?

Thanks

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:42 am

the reason for running it is to dry the compartment....
read the suggestion I posted above....

DjTransifi · Post by **DjTransifi** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:22 am

I found this site out while I was researching this subject. I have read a few of them and this one made the most sense to me...

http://www.autoswalk.com/cleanen.html

hope that helps solve the debate..

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:51 pm

05srt4clone wrote:He just sprayed it down without cleaning anything off of it first?

No, I had already cleaned it before I went. Duh - I was going to a car show.

05srt4clone · Post by **05srt4clone** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:29 pm

Great find DjTransifi!!!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri May 20, 2005 12:48 am

im going to clean mine that way tomorrow...ill let you guys know how it turns out

DjTransifi · Post by **DjTransifi** » Fri May 20, 2005 4:50 pm

No prob guys.. Nice to help out when I can..

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:04 pm

Here's mine.....with pics. Pics are not my car, but a 95 neon with 200,000+ miles......not too shabby. I did the cleaning on that car.....

http://www.xtremeneons.com/how-tos/enginecleaning.html

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:46 pm

i just hosed mine off with the garden hose + jet spray attachment thingy (jet for corners, shower for overall coverage) then hit it with that eagle 1 tire black stuff

i didnt take a before picture, but lets just say i was ashamed to pop my hood..

http://photos.biocandy.com/2002%20RT/DSCN0578.JPG

and thats my powdercoated magnum intake manifold ;D

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri May 20, 2005 7:21 pm

i was gonna ask has anyone used that engine cleaner at the car wash...but i see that someone has

05srt4clone · Post by **05srt4clone** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:53 pm

That engine looks awesome, both of you.

eclass82 · Post by **eclass82** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:02 am

I was gonna clean mine yesterday to bad it started raining pretty hard, ill try tommarow...

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sat May 21, 2005 9:05 am

samw here, the morning started out perfect...then there was 2 minutes of down poor...now the lawn is soaked...everything is drenched, and now its clear again...go fiure...

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:51 am

it rained pretty good here yesterday too. the odd thing is, i was at the car wash while it was raining. it was hailing in other parts of town and i dotn have a garage so i had to run to a car wash....how ghetto is that. but i plan on doing mine today or tomorrow, as long as the weather holds up