Engine Detailing

[mikeru]

I've used dish soap to,the downside to doing it that way with scrub brushes is you'll never get all the nooks and crannies of an engine as clean as you will using a high pressure wand at the local carwash,but it's a good substitute though, alibit it involves a bit more elbow grease and time to get a dirty/crusty used engine cleaned up

For sure, if you're trying to clean a really dirty crusty engine more aggressive measures are needed. I thought we were talking about keeping a newer or well maintained engine bay clean.

 

[Wild one]

For sure, if you're trying to clean a really dirty crusty engine more aggressive measures are needed. I thought we were talking about keeping a newer or well maintained engine bay clean.

Have you seen some of the late model engine bay pics guys have posted on here Mike,they need all the help they can get,lol

 

[Treburkulosis]

I take my ramps and coveralls over to the local coin-op carwash every couple months,and get things up in the air high enough i can crawl under them and wash the hell out of the bottom side ,as i hate working on dirty vehicles,lol. I'm not really a believer in trying to keep things clean using spray on crap and a garden hose,i prefer to wash the engine/transmission/rearend etc. with high pressure soap ,then i'll even use the carwashes spray on wax after washing.Also gives me a chance to look things over for leaks while i'm under it washing it. Probably not for everybody,but i'm a touch a n a l when it comes to keeping my vehicles spotless top and bottom,lol.

I get I do too. They are saying and I have it but I haven’t tried it yet. Koch Chemie PW Protector Wax is a great on engines as well. I have an attachment that allows me to use my pressure washer to get the underside clean without having to get under it.

 

[Wild one]

I get I do too. They are saying and I have it but I haven’t tried it yet. Koch Chemie PW Protector Wax is a great on engines as well. I have an attachment that allows me to use my pressure washer to get the underside clean without having to get under it.

There's a carwash about an hour north of me with a tilting ramp you can drive on,and man it's the cats ass for washing the underside of a vehicle.When i'm up in it's vicinity i'll use it ,as it makes washing the underside a piece of cake.

 

[markabby]

Save money! Use regular Oven cleaner. It is the same thing, but much cheaper in the grocery store.

oven cleaner....years ago i bought an Astro van that was custom pained with murals on it. Wife wanted to use it for her floral shop delivery. I brought it to a paint shop to see how much to paint over it. The guy told me to spray it with oven cleaner, let it soak, then rinse it off. He said if that didn't work, he'd paint it for free.

The oven cleaner took all the paint off down to the factory white and it came out nice. the oven cleaner doesn't remove factory paint. The painted murals just washed right off.

 

[mikeru]

There's a carwash about an hour north of me with a tilting ramp you can drive on,and man it's the cats ass for washing the underside of a vehicle.When i'm up in it's vicinity i'll use it ,as it makes washing the underside a piece of cake.

Rick, can you post a pic of that? I'd use the heck out of that if we had one around here. I've taken my own ramp to the car wash for that when I was planning to do work under a vehicle. I hate it when crud drops down into my eyes when I'm working on an exhaust or suspension. So I like to get the loose stuff off first.

 

[Wild one]

Rick, can you post a pic of that? I'd use the heck out of that if we had one around here. I've taken my own ramp to the car wash for that when I was planning to do work under a vehicle. I hate it when crud drops down into my eyes when I'm working on an exhaust or suspension. So I like to get the loose stuff off first.

I probably won't be up that way till next spring again Mike,as it's in another city a good hour north of me.

 

[mikeru]

No worries Rick. Just thought I'd ask

 

[One Mile Up]

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