Engine cleaning

terrywilde07 · Mar 17th, 2011, 20:05

I used engine de-greaser, sprayed it all over the engine bay, I got through about 4 litres, let it soak in for a good 15 mins.. engine cold of course.. then used a cold water pressure washer to give it a good rinse.. blew off the water with an air line (advantage of working at my dads MOT/Service Garage).. it looked loads better at that point...

I then got a can of aerosol Tyre Shine and foamed up the entire engine bay... let it settle for 10 minutes and with a couple of clean rags, spent 10 minutes giving it a wipe over... it was as shiny as any show car I'd seen... I've got a couple of customers who took a look at it who show their custom motors and they were well impressed... all the hoses and plastics looked brand new... the whole engine bay stayed like that for a couple of weeks and it only takes 5 minutes to give it a wipe over to keep it that way...

I just avoided the Alternator by wrapping it in cling film.. never had any problems doing that way in 3 years & I do it twice a year..

Mar 17th, 2011, 20:05	#1
terrywilde07 Senior Member Last Online: Aug 31st, 2015 03:01 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: chesterfield	I used engine de-greaser, sprayed it all over the engine bay, I got through about 4 litres, let it soak in for a good 15 mins.. engine cold of course.. then used a cold water pressure washer to give it a good rinse.. blew off the water with an air line (advantage of working at my dads MOT/Service Garage).. it looked loads better at that point... I then got a can of aerosol Tyre Shine and foamed up the entire engine bay... let it settle for 10 minutes and with a couple of clean rags, spent 10 minutes giving it a wipe over... it was as shiny as any show car I'd seen... I've got a couple of customers who took a look at it who show their custom motors and they were well impressed... all the hoses and plastics looked brand new... the whole engine bay stayed like that for a couple of weeks and it only takes 5 minutes to give it a wipe over to keep it that way... I just avoided the Alternator by wrapping it in cling film.. never had any problems doing that way in 3 years & I do it twice a year.. __________________ Current: 05 Mercedes C55 AMG, 97(R) V40 1.9 TD, 02(51) S40 S Past: 86(C) 360 GLT, 93(K) 940 Wentworth, 95(M) 440 Si, 94(L) 940 Wentworth, 91(J) 460 GLEi Auto, 98(R) S90 Executive II

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