What's a good engine cleaner

[Big E]

Well the battery just died and I was taking it out and I notice how fucking dirty my engine bay was, So I thought since in have 28 days still to left my car sit in the garage I will keep the engine. So does anyone know what is a good cleaner?

[ImCrazy]

your left and right hand and some shitty old rags then some simple green.

I don't trust the stuff that you hose down last time I did that my zx2 quit running for like a day cause of wet electrical connections.

WD-40 works well for restoring some plastics.

[Big E]

Alright so simple green will work on the plastic and rubber shit

[pdwighty]

there is a solution that we use at the car detailing shop called Purple Power. If you can find it anywhere it work wonders. Expecailly with greese/sap/engines or plastic
Looks like the stuff on right side of photo (purple and white)
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n251/PDWighty/Purple_Power.jpg

[00zx2s/r]

yes. Purple Power FTW!!! bought some at wal-mart for like 3 bucks. Works Amazing!! I have a good set of directions for usign that stuff if you want!

[ImCrazy]

Alright so simple green will work on the plastic and rubber shit

I don't see why not its just a simple degrease. ive heard of detailers using it to clean exteriors of cars so id imagine it would work great.

[Boss122]

What I usually do is cover up all the electrical stuff with plastic bags and some tape or rubber bands. Then take the battery out and put the terminals in plastic bags with rubber bands.

Next I spray everything with simple green and let it sit for a few minutes. I use a scrub brush with a long handle to scrub the dirty areas. Then I let it sit a little while longer before hosing everything off. After hosing everything off, you may find some areas that need more simple green and scrubbing. Then when that's done, I dry everything off.

After drying off the plastic bits, I put the battery back in and take off the plastic covering the electrical bits and let the car idle for a few minutes to get rid of the excess water. Then I spray Meguiars vinyl and rubber cleaner over all the plastic and rubber stuff and rub it with a cotton towell. After that, I close the hood and let it sit for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, I open the hood and the vinyl and rubber cleaner made everything shiny and the rest of my engine is clean and dry. You may need to touch up some of the plastic and rubber stuff with the vinyl and rubber cleaner if you missed a spot.

[celery952]

i work at a ford dealership and every used car that runs through gets the engine bay washed out

I use foamy engine brite, works wonders, and its not all greasy and nasty when your done, just clean

[Big E]

can I get it from any auto shop like autozone or kragen?

[zbban1]

I'm pretty sure I've seen it at Autozone.......

[Canuck]

Foamy Engine Brite should be available at pretty much any auto store. But I use any ol cleaner such as simple green. What I do:

1) Start with cold engine - don't do this right after you've been driving and it's hot.

2) Cover battery, fuse box, air filter, ignition coil with plastic.

3) Spray down with cleaner of choice, let sit a couple minutes.

4) Hose down.

5) Done!

[Philgag]

I have used Super Clean ... it's a purple spray bottle and works wonder on grease and general engine dirtyness... Check it out (http://www.superclean.com/)

good luck

[OGreaTFuzzY1]

you dont wash fords, they will never run again!! lol j/k

~Fuzzy

[zx2 rida]

Foamy Engine Brite should be available at pretty much any auto store. But I use any ol cleaner such as simple green. What I do:

1) Start with cold engine - don't do this right after you've been driving and it's hot.

2) Cover battery, fuse box, air filter, ignition coil with plastic.

3) Spray down with cleaner of choice, let sit a couple minutes.

4) Hose down.

5) Done!

On 2) is that all you have to cover with plastic?

[Canuck]

Yep.

[zx2 rida]

ok thanks ima go clean my dump.....i mean engine bay now lol

[silent_1999]

well, any good degreaser will work, like purple power or even the araesol cans like gunk. For the finishing touch use CD2's engine detailer, it's a silver and black can, awesome stuff, makes everything look wet.

[FiReTRuCK_ZX2]

well, any good degreaser will work, like purple power or even the araesol cans like gunk. For the finishing touch use CD2's engine detailer, it's a silver and black can, awesome stuff, makes everything look wet.

wd-40 has the same effect, it just doesn't last as long, and that will actually make the engine get dirty 10 times faster, because road dust clings to it.

[Loser47]

i use a pressure washer and a can of brake cleaner to clean mine. brake cleaner's good stuff

[Kilroy]

I've sprayed out my engine bay like 6 different times and each time i tried covering all the electrical stuff, and low and behold, each time i did it my car ran sooooooo terrible for like 1-2 days... I've been using the wet towel method recently... I love purple power, but it smells terrible, simply green is easier to use cause it smells good while your working. =P