Cleaning Motor

[sexcvn]

quike question bout cleanin my motor

i just brought 2 cans of degreaser ready for motor cleanage.

Do i just spray all the motor an leave for 5 mins an wash with garden hose?

or should i go to car wash an use there hi presure hose

oh an can the motor be hot?

[foammedia]

On this occasion YES use the garden hose , I wash mine with the engine running but not hot so so it keeps going if I get water in something important. I don't wash the V8 because I don't trust water on something so special but the V6 I washed with the hose

[vnberlwagon]

You don't want the engine being hot, a little warm maybe. Don't forget to clean u/neath the car you can quite often find small faults that you weren't aware of eg, torn p/steering boots, oil leaks etc..

[mouce]

High pressure water and an engine bay is just a recipe for disaster. If I ever do degrease the engine at one of those car wash joints, I spray the degreaser on, then switch to high pressure BUT I DON'T PULL THE TRIGGER. Having it on high pressure but not using the high pressure gives a really nice fine mist to rinse it all off with.

[XSS1VE]

i find the cheap spray can stuff is ok i generally have the motor running when i was my v8 at the car wash places

[aokman]

I attack mine with degreaser and high pressure water almost once a fortnight and ive never had an issue, the buicks can pritty much swim lol.

[PaRaDoX]

hell mine threw up on its self... (radiator overflow cap boiled over...)

what about if water shorts two battery terminals??? lol *imagines the arc*

[commy92]

just attack it and stop being a panzy... lol.. sorry. Just get 2 cans of degreaser and if its really baked on a scrubbing brush and attack at it. Then get the high pressure hose and wshhhhhka its alll gone and its sparkling clean. Just make sure you cover your pod filter if you have on and remember cold water on a hot engine = bye bye engine.

[aokman]

Ive always washed mine while its hot, it just evaporates the steam anyway

[fazz1977]

I do mine whenever. A can or 2 of degreaser and I hit it with the high pressure hose at my place, comes up clean as a whistle. If you mop up any spills and marks then she'll stay that way too, mine is spotless.

[FadeToBlack]

What about the engine cleaning setting at the carwash?

[fazz1977]

Never tried it myself. I just grab a can or 2 of that nasty $2 buck degreaser at super cheap, works a charm.