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hey, how do you guys clean the engine bay. i saw some pics and the engine bay looks real swwet. how do you do it?
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Re: cleaning engine bay
Welcome to MOL booost! You'll be amazed at the resources here. I've learned so much in a very sort period of time here.
Onto your question: I recently washed my engine bay for the first time. There are differing opinions on whether or not you need to cover some parts from water. A lot of people use plastic wrap or plastic bags to shield the computer module, fuse box, air intake, and alternator from direct contact with water. I covered portions, but if you just avoid a direct stream on those parts you should be okay, but it's up to you how careful you want to be.
Here's a great thread that details one method:
The steps I used were to lightly mist the bay with water, then I simply used some dish soap (for it's detergent qualities) in my wash bucket and an old mitt to lightly scrub it down. I didn't have brushes on hand, but those would definitely help. If your bay is very greasy, you'll probably need some Safe D-greaser to cut through it (some may also use All Purpose Cleaner, someone correct me if I'm wrong on that one). Once it's scrubbed up rinse with a mist again and dry with old MF towels. It helps to have a blower vac to blow out tight crevices, I wish I had one when I did mine as it can be tough to get a lot of the nooks and crannies dry. Follow that with some Hyper Dressing, or M40, or All Season Dressing on the hoses, rubber and vinyl parts. Be careful to avoid getting dressing on the belts, buff the excess dressing off, and you're done. Here are my results with M40:
Before:
Afters:
If you have the time and motivation, it would also be good to additionally apply some cleaner wax to the painted surfaces in the bay.
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Re: cleaning engine bay
looks sweet, real nice job there. im detailnig some of my buddies trucks, so when im done i might post some picsComment
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