How To: Engine Detailing with Video

[MDetail]

The last month I have been reviving my 2006 Acura TSX and I was looking to do a video. I decided that I should take care of the engine bay since I haven't done that yet. The engine bay was really in good condition I just wanted to make a video about engine detailing. You don't have to use the same exact products I use, just use something similar.

Time: 45 minutes

Tools
Pump Sprayer (Lowes $7)
Generic Fender Brush
EZ Detail Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Costco Microfiber Towels




Directions
1. If your car has a hood liner, start cleaning that by grabbing an upholstery cleaner, then giving it a quick scrub. This will help loosen any dirt that might be embedded within the liner.

2. Rinse the hood liner. Might need to run over it twice just to make sure you got the majority of the dirt out.

3. Degrease your engine bay. I work in 1/4 sections of the bay.

4. Agitate the area you are working on. Really take your time here, you want this engine looking fresh.

5. Rinse the area you just cleaned. I do not use water from a hose. All of my rinse water comes from a pump sprayer so that the water is more controlled.

Repeat steps 3-5 on the remaining sections.

6. Blow dry engine. If you don't have access to forced air, move on to step 7.

7. Hand dry the engine bay. The forced air won't get the bay 100% dry, so go in and dry the rest with a microfiber towel.

8. Liberally spray dressing in the engine compartment. Let the dressing sit, we will come back to this.

9. Clean, Polish & Wax painted areas under hood.

10. Remove any excess dressing in the engine bay. With this step, take your time, this is the other step that by taking your time, you will really bring the engine compartment back to the day it came off the factory lines. Wipe down every hose, and get to those hard to reach areas.

11. Clean & Treat all rubber seals.

Enjoy your fresh engine bay!

Here are a few pictures of various engine bay that I have detailed using this exact method.

[gibbsj87]

Nice!

[kronos]

Cool video! Love the music too. Very helpful and simple to understand. Eventually I'm going to grow a pair big enough to detail my car's engine bay (it's a bmw).

[Bunky]

Can't figure out to edit the thread, so for now here is the vid.

You need to ask the one of mods to add it since they lock it fairly quickly.

[DRT BRD]

Great video! WHat sprayer and blower is that?

[Garry Dean]

Nice video, but I didnt love the music.

[shrtbull]

Very Very nice!! Yeah, what kind of blower is that.

[maximus20895]

Metro Blaster SideKick

[shrtbull]

Thanks

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Nice job, but you should slow the vid down a tad.