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Engine cleaning?

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Engine cleaning?

Post by Agent Boost » April 02, 2007

Anyone got a good PROVEN method to degrease/clean your engine bay? ive heard soooo many different ways to do it.
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Post by JDMJedi » April 02, 2007

Simple Green. cuts through all the grease and gunk. spray it on, leave it a few minutes. wash it off. you may have to scrub a little in places, bu works well
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Post by tenchu » April 02, 2007

Simple Green.

And don't fuckin dilute it, lol.
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Post by boostjunkie95 » April 02, 2007

Simple Green does work well, some of the other stuff thats a little stronger like that purple cleaner really fucks your paint and anything that is polished if you get it on it. I just spray alot of SG on the engine and get out a few different sizes brushes and scrub away. Somehow the inside of the distributor always gets wet when i hose the engine down, i have to take the cover off and use a hair dryer on it for a few minutes to dry it out. Other then that everything goes smoothly.
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Post by Secret Squirrel » April 02, 2007

boostjunkie95 wrote:Simple Green does work well, some of the other stuff thats a little stronger like that purple cleaner really fucks your paint and anything that is polished if you get it on it. I just spray alot of SG on the engine and get out a few different sizes brushes and scrub away. Somehow the inside of the distributor always gets wet when i hose the engine down, i have to take the cover off and use a hair dryer on it for a few minutes to dry it out. Other then that everything goes smoothly.

yea just make sure u cover any important fuse boxes or electrical things with plastic bags and tape. I had this stuff i yanked from a dealership....ill see if i can find out what its called. Worked 3 times better then simple green




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Post by tenchu » April 02, 2007

Yup, Jeff said what I was gonna say. Tricks you learn from detailing cars, or from being a dealership bitch, lol. Cover your shit with bags, the dizzy you can cover with a bag and a right rubber band so water doesnt get in the cap
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Post by munster » April 02, 2007

I use Gunk degreaser and some crazy engine detailer that looks like you dipped the engine bay in clearcoat. I think it's called like CD2 or something.
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Post by Mugen Ferio » April 02, 2007

WD40 works well for me.
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Post by kotomile » April 02, 2007

I do SG, let soak for 5-10, then low pressure rinse, scrub any really dirty areas, rinse again, and then armorall tire foam on the bay. Let it sit until the foam dissolves and wipe off any excess. Gets all the black plastic looking nice.
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Post by Sean @ NDF » April 03, 2007

gunk, simple green and some elbow grease.
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