Engine Cleaning!
 

yea so its been like 3 years. and engine has never seen a cleaning.
anyone have any good tips on cleaning?

I plan to just spray it all down with SIMPLE GREEN degreaser...and then spray it off with a garden hose, and dry it all out with a leaf blower. good plan?
i will cover the battery, altenator, and air filter, fuse box from getting wet.

will all other parts be ok?

Get it a little wet and soak it down with a degreaser. You dont have to cover anything, just try not to have the alternator floating in water. Let it sit in degreaser and use a PRESSURE WASHER to spray it off. You dont have to cover anything...

lol your an idiot.

Im a detailer...
so now whos the idiot?
lol :rolleyes:

I would also like to add that its "you're" not "your", dumbass.
:D :p

you use a PRESSURE WASHER when cleaing the engine? :eek: wtf? 100% of people said to use lite spray......


I dont know if u was kidding or not now..lol

No, im serious using a pressure washer. Obviously you dont use a straight nozzle, you use a wider spray nozzle. It gets the thick grime from the years of neglect out....

How often would recommend an engine cleaning? Every 2 or 3 months "just for the average stock engine cleaning with a garden hose"?

Mines a 99 and its never been cleaned. That is all. Oh yea, Im going to do it sometime this weekend maybe...

Whenever you feel its dirty enough to clean. Ive only done mine about 4 times but im more of a clean nut.

so wait u can just spray it with a garden hose to get it a little cleaner and your engine will be ok

It might not get anything off, but sure.

aight
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Youre an idiot....I go to the carwash and wash my engine twice a month...I spray on degreaser...let it soak for a minute or two and then use high pressure water to rinse it off and don't cover anything..just dont aim at the alternator.... :rolleyes:..get a clue before you insult anyone.. :)

i noticed with the garden hose that everything comes off if you let the degreaser do its job. whether it be simple green, spray nine, or greased lightning. if you want it to get really clean you can get a steam cleaner and do it that way. wash your engine before you wash your car.

your an idiot...

Still don't know proper english do we? :rolleyes: .... :D

I could care less how my spelling is on a internet forum....

I touch up my engine at each washing... then every so often I'll detail it. I use some degreaser, a couple brushes to get into the tight spots. I also plastic wrap the fuse box and alternator. <- clean them by hand later. I do not pressure wash anything, I have flooded a car doing this in the past (got water around the spark plugs)... so I opt'ed for the slower manual job from then on. I will use the high stream pressure that I get from my standard hose sprayer.

Here is a good link for detailing your engine... for additional posts, check the first link in this forum group.

http://store.yahoo.com/autopia/inf-engine.html

Shaker

Just drive the car around for an hour, then head home and have a 5 gallon bucket of icewater ready, pop the hood and dump it in, not all at once, and get as much on the block as possible.

ignore any cracking noises, hisses, snaps, bursts, or groaning. it is perfectly normal and safe.
:D

Really? I guess that makes sense to drive it around first and then Wash it right after, as the grease will come off easier? imma try that.
thanks.

hahaha what a re-re

i think your serious about this so ill give a lil more advice. let your engine cool off for about 30 minutes before you put the water to it. dont use a pressure washer i had bad experience with those things as well. im talking about those self car wash places that has the engine cleaner setting yes that thing fugged up my ford aspire.

let it cool off? Id rather clean it while its hot so the grease comes off easier..?

BTW....how did u get a pick of my Girl Friend as your avator..damn you!

I hope your kidding :confused:

[QUOTE=purpledoggy]I hope your kidding :confused:[/QUwas i suppose to be kidding? its wierd cause I cleaned it today after driving around for about 25 minutes. And I heard a really loud knocking noise...my engine wont run now. was I suppose to let it cool???????????

Lol, how many answers do you need on how to clean your engine. Your engine is all messed up for listening to all these other people who have no idea what they are doing... now what do you think.
rofl

:confused:

Yor engine probably needs about 12 hours to dry itself out and it should be alright. Did you check on it yet?
:p

I use to work at a Used Car dealer, and when they would get new cars they would always clean everything including the engine, And what I always use to see them do was Cover up the battery, fuse box, and any electrical parts with garbage bags and put masking tape around it to hold the bags, then they would spray it down with a Preassure cleaner for a couple of minutes to take all like the big blogs of mud and nasty ness, and then they would spray degreaser all over the engine and let it sit there for like 10-15 minutes and after that they would use the preassure cleaner again

haha..
My engine is clean now..I steamed cleaned it and then sprayed it with engine detailer..looks like new :D