What kinds of stuff do you guys use when cleaning the engine up. Mine's getting pretty dirty and wanted to know what you guys usually do and use to keep your's lookin' good.

 

I get some degreser I usually get a spray bottle with an engine on it, its an orange and white bottle, cant remember what ther name of it is but you can get it at any auto store. well any way i spray the whole bottle on the engine wait 20 minutes and spray it off with a hose, then i armour all it all. works great and looks awesome

 

Gunk Engine brite/degreaser! Works great.

I got some stuff that works better than anything you can find at the stores.....I get it from work. It's some industrial cleaner/degreaser, we get in in 100gal tanks. I spray it on the insides of my rims where all the brake dust is and wash it off with water and it's like new again, same with the engine. This stuff is soo potent you've gotta delut it with water prior to using, otherwise it will eat through almost any spray bottle!!

 

Whatever you use, dont use a power washer and use as little water as possible. Dry it off fast using a leaf blower.

 

I was hoping someone would say they use an industrial degreaser because my work does the same thing and buy massive amounts of it and I can just get that **** for free. And ofcourse I've got some armour all, who the f--- doesn't? ha

 

I used Black Magic's Engine Degreaser. Worked very well and it was a LARGE spray foam can. It cleaned well but isn't a "shine" product at all. For that i used "All Around" from work. Basically a spray bottle similar to armor all. I just sprayed that all in the engine bay.

 

Slick, I'm using the industrial cleaner tommorow on my boy's 300zx engine bay, i'll take pics before and after to show the results lol......it's a mess too. Oh yea be sure not to apply it with out deluting it a little bit!!!

 

That'd be awesome. Yea I know about deluting it. We have to do a 50/50 mix with water in each spray botttle. That **** it crazy.

 

Here are some before and after pictures of when I did my dads car.

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101916.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101917.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101918.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101919.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101920.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101921.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101922.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101923.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101924.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/5913/101925.jpg

 

heres a few pics of before, during the process and the results! in person it's 10x better then before!
I didnt delut the mixture very much, one part of the engine bay was soo nasty will oil and grease buildup i just sprayed the cleaner raw on it. The rest was mixed 1 part cleaner/5 parts water. This stuff it pretty crucial.

 

i still think my buddy did the best engine job i have ever seen

 

Damn those look good. I'll be getting to mine soon.

 

the audi looks bangin'

 

I didn't realize my dad had some of that Gunk brand cleaner so I used that and that baby is sparklin'. I'd take pics but I have no idea where the digital is at.

 

Thanks man.

 

only because it was allowed to get that dirty. i would never let my engine look like that lol

 

for you guys who plan to use industrial strength degreaser... be carefull using that. I stained my throttle body/plenum using "DC-99". We get it by the drums and i figured Ill use that... lol. It stains paint if left on too long as well. you guys are better off using an actual engine degreaser which isnt as harsh.