How to clean engine bay?

[rob77]

Anyone got any idea's or thoughts? Just wondering how you get that nice clean engine bay that you so often see in the car mags?

[25GTT]

I had to clean my engine before Auto Salon ..... It was then i realised that in order to get a engine like what you see in the mags it must always be cared for and looked after not just the once over clean!

i did do the ole degreaser and make sure you cover over your air filter and the AFM plus your alarm siren.....

One thing i found out when giving your engine a light spray the boost gauge might be a little funny when the sensor is wet...... had to wait a few hours for it to dry..... if you don't have much polished stuff just get a can of standard degreaser and go from there.... under my bonnet really aint that clean and took sometime...

oh one more thing..... don't do it on your grass..... IT WILL KILL IT...

Especially Greedy and his Immaculate lawn! :bahaha:

[Pva_Glue]

a can of Metalic SILVER spray comes into my mind...

cheers

Joe

[bully]

try to find a producy called simple green its safe for use on most rubber and silcone hoses etc and wipe it down u need to include it as part of your normal washing routine

[ix9]

Originally posted by bully

try to find a producy called simple green  

I got about 5 bottles of this stuff for "evaluation" through a friend....and I can't recommend it enough. It even gets bore water stains out of metal fences!

Completely safe on grass/plants/small mammals

[bully]

toss a bottle my way plzzzzz;)

[ix9]

i got ZIP left hey...

I used/wasted it on my sonata

made the engine bay come up trumps for the [cabin] auto salon tho!

[Pva_Glue]

can we have some names of the bottle please... I'll get my shoperon to buy them on her next visit to shopping centre..:lol:

cheers

Joe

[ix9]

it's called "Simple Green" comes in a small spray bottle... pump-type and believe it or not it's GREEN liquid you spray

havent seen any shops that sell it per-say tho... you dean ?

[bully]

i think marlows may now stock it

http://www.simplegreen.com/global/australia.html this may be where to find out

[bully]

i sent them a email awaiting a responce

[ix9]

Originally posted by bully

i think marlows may now stock it

http://www.simplegreen.com/global/australia.html this may be where to find out

daym. didnt think of that... maybe even http://www.simplegreen.com/wheretobuy/

[Pva_Glue]

Bio Degradeble... wins my vote.. I'll give that a go!

cheers

Joe

[25GTT]

Sweet!

Ok so this is then ok for us to spray on EVRYTHING in our engine bay? obviously except for foam filter?

[ix9]

yes. everything...

hell, i think you can drink* the stuff if you wanted to

yeh, it's great for cleaning all kinds of crap in your engine bay, just gotta leave it to soak for a while...

*no responisbility taken

[bully]

just got this back from simple green hope it helps

- J Blackwood & Son Limited

- Atkins Carlyle

- Bunzl Limited

- Evergreen Marketing

[Guest GR33DyMANGO]

hey just use engine degreaser like i did last weekend:)

imagine 3 cans in a row.. u can see that 2 of them say degreaser and u assume the other one is degreaser aswell.

the first can runs out as its pretty much already empty. i grab the next can and spray it over the filter box. grey???? why is the spray not clear like the last can.. i quickly look at the can and to my retarded shock its a can of grey paint primer! NOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!!!!!!!

i get a rag and try to rub it off to no avail. i run to the bottle off turps.. drench the rag with it the rub it over where ive retardedly sprayed the grey primer. it came off, but after alot of rubbing.

as a minor consulation at least it was the stock standard air filter box which will be coming off soon for the pod filter.

ps. did i mention how retarded i am?

[Pva_Glue]

:lol:

good old elbow grease will turn rust bucket to silver mirror!

cheers

Joe

[25GTT]

:lol: nice one greedy! good that you are getting a new one though! would hate to think you did it to the plenum or the cover:-)

still you could have had a field day with it and painted it lots of pretty colours!!