Cleaning your engine bay?
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Cleaning your engine bay?
what is the best way 2 clean your engine bay? ive seen everything from a powerwasher (bad idea in my opinion) to a good old rag soap and water. any tricks?
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Simple Green and garden hose for me.
BTW, simple search showed some good threads:
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BTW, simple search showed some good threads:
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https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/h...ne-bay-110685/
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I use the garden hose sprayer and just avoid the electronics or places where water will sit and you should be fine. I soak everything down in Gunk's Engine Bright,hose off and then cover the rubber parts and pieces in a quality tire shine and I'm done for a couple of months.
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i disconnect the battery cover up the alternator and the fuse box really good remove the air filter stuff some rags down in the air box then hose it down then spray it really good with castrol super clean scrub it and rinse then take a leaf blower to it
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damn that looks good dude......only issue about using water is that i have had bad issues down the road after spraying down the bay. yes i cover electrics and i even cover the air box(i clean it by hand)... the 2 jeeps i had (save the jokes lol) totally ed up (computer gone and more electrical issues) after spraying down my engine bay.. again i covered up everything that was electrical and then after i was done ran the jeep down the road to heat up the motor and dry the water... i wont do it again.. it
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I either clean mine at the car wash and use the power sprayer but I don't pull the trigger and just use the lighter spray but most of the time I just use a standard hose attachment for a litlte pressure.
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After degreasing, spray down with CD2 engine detailer and all the plastics will come back to life-- my 4Runner's engine bay was coated with red Maui dirt, and a degrease/CD2 spray brought it back. Spray on and leave it, no wiping... you can get CD2 at Autozone or other parts stores (or buy online):
http://www.amazon.com/CD-2-Engine-De.../dp/B0002JMAOS
http://www.amazon.com/CD-2-Engine-De.../dp/B0002JMAOS
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I soak the engine bay in degreaser for a few minutes before blasting with hot water. I connect the garden hose directly to my hot water tank outlet. That cleans it up pretty good - although not quite like that 22RE pic. The Toyota electronics are pretty waterproof for the most part - I don't cover anything up before spraying.