engine bay clean
 

I wanted to know if there is anyway i can steam clean my saxo's engine bay?? its not dirty or covered in oil,pretty clean infact, i just wanna clean it up before i start upgrading hose's and air filters,i wanna polish my rocker cover,and dont want that to be the onlthing that stands out
HELP! :panic:

Cleaning forum... would be good place to look :P

Yeah Probally,thanks

umm yeah, buy a steam cleaner. Halfords sell them, make sure to cover up electrical areas though.

scott

yeah, they are about £20 in halfords, was tempted to buy one today, but then decided not to.

yeh steam cleaner and if you have loads of dirt in your engine bay get a compressor and use the dust gun ;).

gets rid of all sorts when u use one of those.

Personally I just use liquid degreaser and an old paint brush, then rinse down with ultra fine spray with the hose. Works a treat everytime

You will probally be better off with a de-greaser man and a bit of time, the reward will be much better.

http://www.cleanandshiny.co.uk/index...d&productId=13 - This is the product i've been using on mine recentlly and I can't fault it. Spray it on, leave for 5-15 minutes and wash off. Brings all sorts up, repeat the process a couple of times and your engine bay will look allot better.

Before

After


Obviousley once it's cleaned you will need to go over any black parts with an oily substance, I use autoglym bumper care and it's worked great. I also heard that WD40 does a good job because of the oils it contains.

Hey Thanks Guys, Its Not Very Dirty And After I Change Some Things Under There I Will Get To Work,
Maybe A Vilida Super Mop Is In Order, Just To Get Int All The Nooks And Crannies,lol

If were doin before and after, i dont mind if i do...





never used steam clean or pressure washer on mine or a hose

VERY NICE FINISH. you sure you did't just pop down ya saxo dealer and snap a brand new engine bay,lol

lol probly because uve replaced half of the covers or sprayed them :P

thats a sh*t hot engine bay there yates:y:

yer i used a steam cleaner on mine mate, and it came up really nice :y:

or i just cleaned them....

Yates that is fooking gorgeous! That one of those new OMP braces? Or sprayed?

been sprayed, omp copied me on the colour tbh iirc imo lol lmao ftw

Shit hot lads, il post mine up soon before and after stylee

Use 'GUNK' for all the oil and, er, gunk that accumulates, and Autosol for the shiny stuff. Here's mine:

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/b...=VTSengine.jpg

Very tidee Peedee,

What paint did you use for that eg special engine high temp paint?

To be honest mate, I coulden't tell you. It was all done before I got the car (apart from a couple of bits). I bought the car from stevenet15. Give him a pm and he'll be able to tell ya! All I know is that its poseidon blue.

Stevenet's a quality fella

Got a fair idea what paint he used anyways thanks :)

All lovely engine bays, mine will eventually be like that.

Any snaps of yours then fella?

nicep ic there peedeee.

Just use some degreaser mate thats your best bit.

That is one of the cleanest saxo engine bays i have seen there yates.

cloud, did you dilute that stuff you use?

do you spray it all over or do you have to taken care on certain bits?

have to dilute it mate. cover most of the electrical bits up.

Its all about the yellow FTW:

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After:

top job cleaning your engine mate:) what stuff did you use?

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What would i need to cover up mines is the saem no ecu cover atm :(
Ecu, battery anything else?

[QUOTE=Clone;1640920]foil or plastic bags mate to cover all the electrics up.

I would use frezzor bags, but what do i cover anything else apart from ecu and the battery?

read this mate http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...es_engine.html this should help.

thanks mate. Will not let me rep.

Just realised how cleaning your bay in some of the pics can reveal a new manifold, ECU and other colours and a brace :p

That guide is ledgendary as this gets covered a lot

I personally would steam clean as i find that you still have to dry and wipe everything down after with products and you get the same if not a better job with WD40, strong degreaser such as CG Orange Citrus degreaser just sprayed on left and then wiped down

tidy vtr engine bay

I use Gunk and I autosol the rocker cover to keep it looking better, could do with spraying it but I havn't got round to it:y:

I dono what your talking about:innocent:

What type of a gay posts a picture of my engine bay without a recent one of it looking nice..