Cleaning the engine bay

Pinewood · Post by **Pinewood** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:30 am

As above, what's the best way to clean this often neglected area and keep it looking great?

Pinewood · Post by **Pinewood** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:11 am

No one bothers to clean the area under the bonnet?

Richard137 · Post by **Richard137** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:44 am

I get mine steam cleaned at local wash shop, but I make sure they're aware how precious the cargo is.

jonsteele · Post by **jonsteele** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:25 am

Whenever I've cleaned the engine and bay I've given it a light spray of degreaser (Gunk etc), a quick brush to loosen up the grime, and then used a pressure washer carefully. I have the engine running whilst using the pressure washer and take care not to get too close to the alternator.

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f4780y · Post by **f4780y** » Sun May 01, 2016 9:01 pm

For me it's a good circus based APC diluted to about 4:1, followed by an application of CarPro PERL.

Pinewood · Post by **Pinewood** » Mon May 02, 2016 11:03 am

So i tried cleaning it by hand which was laborious, but it has come up a treat. Next time i will use a degreaser and carefully hose it down. Just not brave enough to use the karcher on it.

chubbs · Post by **chubbs** » Mon May 02, 2016 11:35 am

[quote="f4780y"]
For me it's a good circus based APC diluted to about 4:1...
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Is that the one with the big top? Just clowning around

I just cleaned mine by hand, with a damp cloth & washing up liquid - it's not hard.

One top tip is that I used Hammerite black paint (hammered finish) on the metalwork that comes into contact with the rubber seal of the bonnet lid and it looks great - cleaned up an area that was looking a bit rusty and matched really well.

MattX · Post by **MattX** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:42 am

I used to clean my e46 330 engine by covering it in engine de greaser (meguires) giving it a good agitation with a detailing brief then hosing off with a pressure washer.
I'd dry it out by running the emgine then dress it with 303 aeorspace protectant

robertsskippyj · Post by **robertsskippyj** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:19 pm

Dodo juice crudzilla is an excellent product for stuff like that.

MattX · Post by **MattX** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:56 am

[quote="robertsskippyj"]
Dodo juice crudzilla is an excellent product for stuff like that.
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I was thinking of getting some of this for pre cleaning the lower half of the car. Any good?

robertsskippyj · Post by **robertsskippyj** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:32 am

[quote="MattX"]
[quote="robertsskippyj"]
Dodo juice crudzilla is an excellent product for stuff like that.
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I was thinking of getting some of this for pre cleaning the lower half of the car. Any good?
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Best stuff I've ever used. Just a warning though unlike most of there products this one will strip your wax finish off as well, but a really good cleaner. I've always been impressed with there products the colour changing alloy wheel cleaner is the best I've ever used to.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:21 pm

I moved away from the high pressure hose years ago with the engines being a little more sensitive to the water nowadays.

After whatever product you put on it, I use a very low pressure spray in a container to get very targeted water jets.

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