Cleaning my engine bay...

[aliitp]

Just wanted to share with you my engine bay detailing experience last week, after a very dusty weather over here in the UAE I decided to give it a try and clean it (usually cleaned only when serviced the car at the dealer) so it was very dusty and since I got my hands on a pressure washer, snow foam lance (both from karcher and both are absolutely GREAT) I decided to clean my engine myself for once and see how it goes !...

I took precautions cleaning the engine, but I found most of the parts protected and in separate plastic compartments so I didn't bother covering separate parts as advised by many, also I couldn't find an engine degreaser or multipurpose cleaners for that matter in such a short notice, so i simply snow foamed the entire engine bay (briefly), scrubbed with a speedmaster wheel brush (does miracles for all sorts of tight places and its large enough to cover most of the engine parts/areas) and that helped to remove all the filth and dust, then I applied water pressure from high distance (approx 1m away+ between the pressure washer nozzle and engine bay) *you don't want to get too close or high pressure to your engine bay* so mostly it was low pressure water hitting the entire bay and vapor, after that I simply wiped off with a dry THICK microfiber, well, the result speaks for itself...
http://i67.tinypic.com/rm5x5w.jpg

hope you like !..

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Nice work, great write up and excellent results!

[asap2stacks]

Is it safe to put dressing on engine bay covers?

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Is it safe to put dressing on engine bay covers?

I use BLACKFIRE All In One Tire & Trim
BLACKFIRE All-In-One Trim & Tire Protectant, tire dressing, tire protectant, whitewall tire cleaner

And McKee's Trim Detailer
McKee's 37 Trim Detailer, exterior trim spray, black plastic trim spray, molding spray

See Nick's engine bay cleaning article:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...fessional.html