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    Cleaning engine bay

    Whats the best way to clean engine bay when engines out.

    I cant move the car as its on axle stands and no legs on it

    Bit acky after a few oil leaks and road grime and spiders webs/general crap

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    i would use a steam cleaner first. then wash it with normal car shampoo but use old sponges and rags.
    0-60 in........about a minute!

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    my option would be 5 litres of brake and clutch cleaner cover the floor in newspaper and get a spray pump for spraying the cleaner on and it will wash it off

    this will be a messy job whatever way you choose to do it

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    cover all your electrics and sensors with tin foil or cling wrap or somthing like that and then spray the whole engine bay with gunk or brake cleaner and rinses of with a hose, then finish up after its dryed with autoglym rubber and vinyl care on the blacks or use instant tyre dressing by autoglym on the plastics/blacks

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    Because I'm a complete nutter I would stand there with the pressure washer on dirt blast lmao lmao
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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    GUNK

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    Gunks is sh*te, get a good de-greaser brush it all over neat.

    Then use a jet wash to wash it all off, then normal shampoo after.
    I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    If it is really bad an initial brushing with paraffin (before the degreaser) letting it soak in can help loosen the thick bits.

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    Quote Originally Posted by daveb948576 View Post
    Because I'm a complete nutter I would stand there with the pressure washer on dirt blast lmao lmao
    I'm with you on that, soo many times I've driven my car away with steam piling out sounding like an impreza YEAAAAAHHH!!!

    my 2p? I like gunk engine degreaser but it's pricey, you can buy huge containers of real cheap nasty degreaser from the likes of wilkinsons and other cheap hardware shops ( the type you wouldn't find yourself normally entering)

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    Oh yeah a drop of water around the spark plugs leads dizzy or coil pack never hurt anyone lmao lmao
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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    in my corsa i used elbow grease spray from pound land lol sounds like a no hoper but worked extremly well

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    Re: Cleaning engine bay

    then steam cleaned off after leaving for 3-4 mins

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