the bast way to clean your engine?

SanjayR · Post by **SanjayR** » February 19th, 2003, 7:25 pm

what do you all use to clean your engines and what should and should you not spray. I was thinking of that simple green stuff, but theres a lot of crap out there. What do you all do?

dtzvtec · Post by **dtzvtec** » February 19th, 2003, 11:19 pm

whatever you do leave the car running when you spray the motor with anything and give it time to dry running.

Cosworth · Post by **Cosworth** » February 20th, 2003, 12:07 am

I would cover the following for sure:

1. Distributor
2. Battery

Post by **Trey** » February 20th, 2003, 8:41 am

dtzvtec wrote:whatever you do leave the car running when you spray the motor with anything and give it time to dry running.

THis works for me. I used a pressure washer. Don't spray at the distrbutor either.

joe s · Post by **joe s** » February 20th, 2003, 6:55 pm

I use Griots Garage Engine Cleaner - it's easy to use and very effective. I really like their products; use the cleaners, waxes, etc. and have been extremely satisfied with everything. Their interior cleaner and wheel cleaner are also excellent.

kabob · Post by **kabob** » February 23rd, 2003, 7:08 pm

Cover your battery (ESPECIALLY the terminals) and your distributor, spray the bay down with some Simple Green and use a low-pressure spray to finish.

MixMasterMike · Post by **MixMasterMike** » February 24th, 2003, 5:31 am

hey what about taking it to get it steam cleaned??? do people still do that?

kabob · Post by **kabob** » February 26th, 2003, 12:04 am

Waste of time/money if you're keeping your engine running and the block is warmed up, IMO.

Erik B · Post by **Erik B** » February 26th, 2003, 11:52 am

well what I use is some good cloth gloves..that way you can get you hands way down there vs a reg that doesn't fit in them hard to get places....

Aj · Post by Aj » February 26th, 2003, 1:12 pm

To clean your valve cover the best thing is silicon spray, it works wonders, it's what the acura dealer local to me uses...

As far as spraying it down with water, you should also, in addition to all the stuff the guys already said cover your map sensor, and make sure you don't get water in your spark plug holes if you can.

I'd go with trey's idea of pressure washer, just be careful that you don't break anything, as they are pretty powerful ussualy.

Good luck,
Aj

ITR862 · Post by **ITR862** » February 27th, 2003, 2:08 am

I just go to the carwash and leave my car running. I first spray it with the spot free since it is lightly sprayed. Then I just use the engine degreaser at the car wash and rince with spot free rinse. I only do it on most of the engine. On the battery and distributer I just wipe them down with a wet rag and that works fine for me.

kabob · Post by **kabob** » February 27th, 2003, 7:42 pm

Just don't touch the black connector and the red connector at the same time

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » March 3rd, 2003, 8:07 pm

Simple and easy to keep the engine bay clean. Just spray simple green all over and brush the stubborn areas then rinse well. I do this every other time I wash the car. and people think I detail my motor...

TypeR00_0371 · Post by **TypeR00_0371** » March 5th, 2003, 4:23 pm

just pop the hood everytime you wash your car, and shammy everything down.... Not trying to brag, but I need to post pics of my engine bay.... Preventive Cleaning Rules...

ITR #454 2001 · Post by **ITR #454 2001** » March 7th, 2003, 1:11 am

anyone know what gets oil and other crap off the valve cover??? I tried to polish up the vtec and dohc area and the metal polish got on the valve cover. made it look kind of off. Was wondering if simple green works. and as for that silicon stuff mentioned above...does anyone know a brand name and where to get it from??

TypeR00_0371 · Post by **TypeR00_0371** » March 8th, 2003, 3:16 pm

409 works pretty good

nanertyper · Post by **nanertyper** » March 10th, 2003, 11:59 pm

gunk works