cleaning the engine

joeyz · Post by **joeyz** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:56 pm

hey so I bought some engine cleaner and I want to get to it before putting in strut bar and cold air intake. What needs to be covered up as I spray it?

-coilpack

what else? I have an HID kit I assume that needs to be covered, thanks in advance

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:10 pm

Engine degreaser? I didn't cover anything except the CAI. I heard that alternator better to be covered. And you should prevent water entering the spark plug tube. Be careful not to spray those things onto plastic surfaces, if it happens, wash it with mild soap and water immediately. Otherwise it will leave permanent stain on plastic.

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:21 pm

Nothing.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu May 06, 2010 1:50 am

I've never covered anything up on any engine I've ever cleaned (and I clean mine A LOT) and I've never had one issue because of it.

trojmn · Post by **trojmn** » Fri May 07, 2010 12:44 am

joeyz wrote:hey so I bought some engine cleaner and I want to get to it before putting in strut bar and cold air intake. What needs to be covered up as I spray it?

engine degreasers is mostly pressurized kerosene. It wont hurt much. Good for getting road oil off also. Sure the foamy can is convenient but if you buy it a lot save your money and buy a GAL of kerosene and a spray bottle.

troj

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Fri May 07, 2010 1:22 am

Simple green and a toothbrush. Don't really need to cover up anything.. Maybe the air intake filter if you have an aftermarket short ram intake.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri May 07, 2010 8:48 am

Haganracing wrote:Simple green and a toothbrush. Don't really need to cover up anything.. Maybe the air intake filter if you have an aftermarket short ram intake.

Go to car wash, spray down with Simple green, or other soap based degreaser, and blast it. Just don't hit the sparkplug wires too much. The car wash is not the place to test their water resistance.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:30 am

Steps to clean engine...

-remove engine from engine bay
-remove all electrical parts from engine
-spray engine with simple green and pressure wash

-remove electrical items from engine bay
-spray engine bay with simple green
-pressure wash engine bay

-optional... paint engine and engine bay

-reinstall engine

That is the long difficult process.

lolz

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:39 am

Paul, if you want you can come down to Maryland and do this simple process for me

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:16 pm

For Paul's process, why not just swap a new V8 back in? lol

OB · Post by OB » Thu May 13, 2010 1:52 pm

I personally clean my engine bay by hand, no hose water. Well, maybe on the tranny and steering gear, since they're low and tend to get greasy no matter what you do. I've kept up on it since it was new, so I can spend an hour or two on it and it looks like it just came off the lot.

I use glass cleaner for dirt, oven degreaser for hard parts, armor all on plastics and rubber once cleaned, and polish where applicable.

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