Quite possibly the dirtiest engine bay ever...

[Ge0_Ge]

right. just went to see the state of my engine bay, as i havent cleaned it since i had the car.. 1 year ish now thought some hot soapy water might do the job.. was wrong its an absolute mess in there... needs a tidy up...
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/7042/dsc00259ez9.jpg
also can the manifold cover be sanded and painted aswell.. not got a performance one in there yet.
So, What do i buy?
Where do i apply it?
what brushes/clothes shall i use?

[edwcorst]

im sure you can sand it down ye and paint it just not to sure wether u can use normal paint due to the heat tho... might be wrong :)

[Ge0_Ge]

hamerite ive heard is ok... might go whack that off now then.

[Predator_R32]

get yourself some gunk engine degreaser with a range of brushe and get the pressure washer on it

also resize your picture

[hellonpluto]

heat resistant paint would be better

[Ste]

I used a normal halfords spray tin of gloss black. Worked ok.

[Danr]

Have you got a bigger picture mate? Can't quite make it out.

[Mark51]

Have you got a bigger picture mate? Can't quite make it out.

ive had to enlarge the picture so i could see it. :clapping:

tbh mate id just replcae the rocker cover they are like £18 from citroen
as pred has said get some degreaser and ome brushes
i used Auto Glym engine gleaner when i first did mine and soaked the engine in that and brushed away.

im sure theres a guide in the stickys on how to clean your engine bay. If not there is one on the polished bliss website.

once youve washed it get the trim detailer out and get it on everything plastic to give it a clean look.

remember not to get electrical or air intakes wet.

[Ge0_Ge]

comments about the pic... its small on here, its resized automatically... sorry if it dont for u.
thanks for the replys... dont even know where the local cit garage is.. went looking for it and couldnt find it lol

[Adz]

I used a normal halfords spray tin of gloss black. Worked ok.

Same worked alright, been done about 3 weeks now and haven't had any problems yet.

[finegunit]

Sorry to go off course abit, but are rocker covers from citroen that cheap?
If they are im off to order first thing tommorow.

[Spanky]

ahhh that engine bay is lovely and clean man mate!!

Mine was VERY bad when i got my car (pics below) all you need to give her a quick tidy up is a bucket of hot water with LOTS of fairy washing up liquid in, wash all the plastics down etc etc (obviously be carfull for electrics) then dry it all off and dress the plastics with bumper shine and use Megs tyre gel on all the rubber hoses.

as for your rocker cover, either sand it abck to bare metal or jst buy a new one.

heatproof paint IS NOT needed, i just sanded mine back, 3 coats of primer, 3 LIGHT coats of the desired colour and the 3 coats of lacquer, been done for about 4 month now and its perfectly fine.....

If you do decide to sand it back and not get a new one, put a rust proofing on to save it rusting again :y:

Here are the before and after shots of my engine bay, this took 30mins to do, and you thought yours was bad!!!

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/Saxo_89/Dirtyengine.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/Saxo_89/Cleanishengine.jpg

[edwcorst]

nice , i need to do mine still :D

[stompin-sarah]

mines a mess too think i need to give mine a clean :)

[nickgriffsaxofurio]

could do with doin mine good result m8

[miken2k8]

what type of degreaser does everyone use as i dont think just elbowgrease is gonna do the job :fcuk:

[P90PTS]

Did you need to bump a year old thread?

[J222JRA]

Did you need to bump a year old thread?

Tell me about it.