simple. 50/50 simple green/water mix. wet fenders, hood, and front bumper first with water. spray your mixture everywhere in engine compartment. use a power washer and powerwash engine. no need to cover anything, i've never had a problem and have done hundreds of cars. some people like to cover the alternator, plug wires, and dist. cap, but i don't. let dry. fastest way to dry is start engine and let run. once dry and engine cool, spray a vinyl dressing on. don't use tire shine as it attracts dirt. close hood. DONE

 

I use a professional product from ADS.



Ask anyone that's ever seen my engine bay.

 

i wait until it rains go down my road where it floods. Hit that doin like 50. Let my truck stay running for approx 10 mins. Pick all the pine needles and leaves out. give it a quik rinse with the hose if needed. and it looks brand new. haha some decent engine degreeser and and a little handle scrub brush.and a few rags also windex works great on the plastic soak it down let it sit and wipe it off and if you want any thing shiny go over it with armor all. i do stuff this everyday

 

1. Cover ALT.....Why?
reason why I now cover up my alt is because the last time I cleaned the engine bay the thing stopped working and it set me back $200 dollards. I know cover anything that is electrical up.

2. Cover Valve cover.....WHY?

Water will eventually end up in the spark plug gallery causing your car to miss fire. Ask me how I know.


I would recommend to take every precausion when wetting your engine bay. There are a lot of electrical components that can short out. I used to do the samething "cbucgo" posted, but after spending $200+ to get my car running right again I wouldnt risk it.

 

Thanks for the info guys. I've been needing to do mine really bad lately.

 

Nope.

Post a bay shot. I may be able to do it for close to free. It's something I do on the side.

 

Noobs.....

 

This thread pisses me off because it reminds me of this...

The second to last time (August) I was home in Michigan, I was feeling ambitious and pulled the valve cover off my CRX to repaint it. I had it looking perfect and was proud of how it looked. Anyways, fast forward to this winter (February). I returned to Michigan again, only this time there is a foot of snow on the ground and two foot of salt compliments of MDOT. The salt spray covered the engine bay and made it look like shit. So... upon my return to Virginia, I sprayed Simple Green on my engine compartment and washed it with a pressure washer, only for the Simple Green to strip all the paint off.

Moral of the story: Be careful with Simple Green.

 

watched plenty of people do it and no negatives yet

 

Please don't do that. That stuff is horrible at protecting. Yeah, it's going to 'bling' everything up, but in the long run, it will dry most stuff out.