Engine Bay Cleaning

[GR8XR6]

Ok I wanna give the engine bay a spruce up! What products do you recommend for cleaning the engine bay? For example what would you use to clean the engine, piping, paint work, etc etc

[South]

WD40 on everything under the hood, then wipe it with a cloth, don't leave pools of WD40 around.

Will look all shiny and new again.

[JETURBO]

head down to your laser wash and give it a blast with the rinse cycle on the high press hose just make sure u dont blast the coil cover for to long cause the water sometimes gets in and u gotta rip the plugs out and wire brush em and blow em out and stay away from the fuse box the rest is fine I do it all the time

I like to wait 20-30 min with the bonnet up to let the heat get out so that's why I go at night

[dalts]

I use degreaser,then hose it off just dont get it down the coil packs car will run like a pig until it dries out!!

cheers lee

[MiKa]

I go to the car wash, and select the setting with the engine bay cleaner picture.. Some sort of degreaser comes out, spray all over the bay, then close the bonnet, wash the car normally then pop the bonnet and rinse off the crap in the bay at the end.. Comes out looking shmick!

[ebxmple]

I hate washing under the bonnet as water and electonics dont mix. If you do need to wash it cos its never been done before,do it once then maintain it with WD 40 as said earlier everytime you wash the car,or just wipe the main areas with a damp cloth. The main connectors behind the passenger headlight are known for holding moisture and causing all soughts of dramas so spray them out with WD40 after washing engine bay.

[GMKILLER]

Just use throttle body cleaner or go down to the car wash place it cost liek $$2 for 3.30 min and give it ago.. just make sure your motor is warm because then the water will dry up if it is in any critical places.. did this for BPT and got told thanx because he didnt need to wash his hands.. haha

[Pete A]

If it's really bad - kero with a brush is about the best. Nasty and dirty work but works a treat on really dirty engines. Leave it on for about 15-20 mins and hose it off with a pressure hose or wipe it with rags. Careful of the electrics! If it's not that bad any of the suggestions before will probably work OK. Cheers

[MRDOSE]

good bit of reading, my engine bay is covered in coolant from a bad leak, put some of these suggestions into play

[Busson]

Just curious, I've heard some products like WD-40 cause plastics to dry out and fade. True or False?

There's a lot of plastic on these cars