The Easiest Way To Clean Your Engine Bay
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2023
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In the mid 90s my car was acting up after pressure washing my engine. Insides of my alternator were glowing like a furnace.
Good thing we aren't in the 90's anymore. You wouldn't have been able to make your cruddy comment 🫢😂☠️
wow
User error mixed with an old design. When pressure washing your engine bay you need to do it from a distance along with being careful of where you’re spraying, don’t drench electrical components in water, and blow off any water leftover with a air hose so you don’t have water in anything when you go to start your engine.
They had pressure washers back then?😮😅
LOL
Feel relieved from this video with everyone else spraying the tf down their engine bay with the pressure washer 😂😂
YASSS! I think it's ridiculous to power washing engine bay absolutely ridiculous
i own a hybrid and would HATE to pay for repairs if the thing burned down from electrical short
Okay but how do I clean 2 gallons of coolant off of my engine when my coolant line blew up going 70 on the highway 🤔
@@cameronhunter3524 damn hand wash that shit with a microfiber towel
Soft brush, wire brush/battery cleaner, spray, trowels, and trim restorer if anything is fading
really appreciate this video cause this is something I was worried about, but I wanted a clean car!
Degreaser, let it sit and then pressure wash. Use plastic bags to cover the alternator and anything else you want to protect from water. Just be careful and mindful of where you spray.
Thanks for teaching me how to spray and wipe ... of it wasn't for you I would never know how to spray and wipe
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I made this video for the dozens of comments I got from people who are scared to touch their engine bay with anything other than a towel. I have full videos explaining an engine detail with a pressure washer and multiple brushes. What is common to you is new to someone else 🤷🏽♂️
@@propercareusa Bro take a chill pill and don’t get mad at these . They do it for fun 😂
@@mcflurryisthicklmao people like you who defend losers in the comment section.
@@propercareusa Appreciate the video man 🤝
Needed this thanks!
I agree. It can get damaged with a water pressure blaster
Perfect! Finally a great way to get it done... Thanks Bud.
I would first do this:
For under hood, use carpet cleaner foam, let sit for 5 minutes or less, then brush with soft brush, then vaccuum or dry with white terry cloth. You want to start there so that you care for that first, then engine compartment.
Do no work on a hot engine, but allow it to be warm enough to work with your cleaner, but not evaporate it.
Use either Computer Duster can spray to blow away dust and dirt first. Then use detailing brushes to brush dirt away further. You can also use an actual duster to get between areas.
After dusting, the liquid you use:
🚱Chemical guys waterless car wash or
🚱Rain X waterless carwash with microfiber towels. There are specialty towels for it!
🚱all purpose or engine cleaning solution should also be either mixed with purple power or Super Clean for a decreaser. Leave it for about a minute or two, then wipe down.
Do the wipe downs about 2 to 4 times until its truly clean. Then go over it with small, controlled amount of graphite coating over all plastic. Spotcheck, then begin.
NOTE: When it comes to oil. It is best to decrease first, then proceed to wash because grease shouldnt be smeared all over the place.
Remember that you can remove the battery to clean it.
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Unc make some UA-cam videos, if that’s your car detailing business. This is knowledge only someone with experience would know.
video gives great reassurance to people
Great video!
Pressure washer shouldn’t even be mentioned. That could really put a hurting on sensors and other electronics that can be costly!
That's not true at all we wash engines daily
I use a mix of onr, simple green, and brake buster for engines
What is onr
@@pgFranciscoit’s a waterless car wash brand.
It’s been three days and I’m STILL SCARED 😭🤣 I’m 22 and i am a girl starting to learn about mechanics because I want to learn how to fix my truck it’s a 95 gmc sierra. Well I got a leak and need my engine to be clean to I can see the uv dye better but I’m so scared to mess up my engine or wires
Simple Green works great
it can speed up the corrosion process, I use the water based orange degreaser from chemical guys and its safe on any material, good stuff!
At the start open hood
With engine cold spray tire cleaner spray can foaming type. On to engine and entire engine compartment. Close hood. Detail rest of car on clean garage. Hours later wipe up excess with clean or semi-clean rags. Use some type of tire cleaner with a protectint in it not necessarily a tire shine. Each time it gets a little easier. Works for me. Doesn't leave that oil and grease film.
I used a water hose before. Bad idea; my alternator pulley seized up and squeaked. I’ll use this method.
Do I need to unplug battery
I've done it for years, very safe around computers and fuse boxes.
Get a bottle that has stream and spray option. Warm water with dollar store degreeser will suit you well, also get brushes and rags. Once dry buff it with dashboard solution.
Also dilute the products some can be way to strong
What is dashboard solution
@@pgFrancisco meguiars rubber and vinyl cleaner/protectant
Wooow spray and wipe
I would also add some trim restore product, and it will look great, especially a car where the whole engine bay is a plastic cover haha
great i could get my wife to start wiping down my engine bay now... thanks proper care 👍
so spray a wipe ?
5.4 Triton Engine Bay gonna look good
Nice to see a 5.4 Triton guy in here
Literally the worst engine in existence. Northstar has a better design
I love using tire shine on all the black hoses shit be shinning
This is the way
Ok but do I needed to do it twice using water the second time to remove the cleaner? What do you recommend at the end? I remember my early years cleaning my I-Mark 89’ adding WD-40 to make it shine. Not sure if that still a good thing. 😂
I imagine i could also use a proper de reaser and special engine bay soap along with the APC. Buying color coded brushes used only for the EB would help really get in between areas and a PH balanced or distilled water or a spray pump (gardening or such) can spray soap down. Then blow dry areas and finalize it with grafite (spelled wrong) to bring all rubber and plastics back to life!
What do you think?
Yes? No?
Even better is APC mixed with some water based dressing it will leave the black plastic looking better
This only works until you have to clean hoses and lines under the covers
Do u have an easier way i dont wanna mess up the wiping
“This is the easiest way”
“It takes longer, it’s more difficult and you don’t get as good of results”
Lmao all jokes aside I love the vids
When you pretend to listen.
@@TubeWatcher talking about yourself bud? Literally watch the video
@@younghiroshima1383.🥱 He NEVER says it's more difficult, because it's not. _Taking longer_ does not translate to being difficult.
@@younghiroshima1383 🥱 _takes longer_ doesn't translate to _more difficult._ If you know how to actually clean, a spray bottle, towel and a brush does wonders.
What washless cleaner are you using? I have a later C4 corvette and want to avoid having to replace the Optispark, so I'm looking for a dry cleaner.
For anyone detailing an engine bay and they are using a pressure washer it’s always best to cover up some things with some towels or a plastic bag, especially any aftermarket intakes and etc.
Yeah u gotta know somethings before spraying in with a power washer , make mode condition of car but I am still gona stick with using my power washer I have never had a isssue with it easier too
bottle dilution?
best way is to foam with power clean, use a wheel brush, and rinse with garden hose.
Would you just look at it!
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I do with dish wash soap and brush and I wipe and then I fallow it with coconut milk cot and I wipe it off it is the best for leather so it’ll never harm any rubber or plastic and it looks amazing
What the fuck
Cot?
How are you going to get deep down into the engine bay or areas that can't be reached by hand? This would not slide when I'm charging $65 LOL
This video is for the DIYer that's scared to use water but wants to clean the engine.. This is not intended for business applications
Rinceless, detailer or APC...NO! This why we use a DEGREASER for the engine bay and a hand sprayer to rinse off to be absolutely safe. Top off with a spritz of motorplast for a little shine
Brot te felicito
Yes, probably is good the way you do it but don’t take forever and if the customer wanna pay for that time
is important to keep clean the engine, but wipe the plastics doesn't matter. you need to wash directly, included alternator, i wash my car usually cause in the past had leaks, my alternator wash dirt of oil and when i wash it, now run bette, the engine to, cause disipattes hot better
What about hard to reach spots? I spilled some antifreeze on the engine changing a module. I used a reach tool and sopped it up with paper towel, but it still smells like burt antifreeze. I need to clean it. I have a Ryobi EZClean. Do you think its okay to spray the hard-to-reach spots with the Ryobi? Or do you have any other advice? Thank you!
Sell the vehicle.
Its called wiping
Use a brush too
I wish I could work for you
I usually drop the engine amd soak it in oxy clean overnight then reinstall and tow car to my mechanic.
You forgot the wax
What do you do with the used towels
you can wash it with detergent, dry and reuse it again!
That appears to be a 5.4 3v
Just use a damp cloth.
In my time as a tech, the cars with clean engines are always the worst maintained.
My brother and friends used a pressure washer and had nothing but electrical issues
Do I pressure wash with motor on or off?
Take the engine out first dude...
@@xlrators5378 And run it through a large commercial washing machine. 😅
What about mud
Honestly you can use a hose to spray it off, you just have to wrap the electric components. The car is meant to get wet, if it wasn’t the car would not run in the rain …
Or just steam it
Would one of those battery powered pressure washers be okay to hit the engine?.. less power 💪
NO DO NOT DO THAT Just use a hose and cover haft of the hole with your hand so the water pressure isn’t that much and it goes everywhere is the engine
@@the_chary_on_top3072 okay thanks 👍 for the Info
Or you could of use a steamer
most people are not going to have a steamer on-hand
Ive been fixing cars for 8 years. Not once has me gently rinsing off a cold, stationary engine with lukewarm water done anything. Its simply an old wive's tale.
It's not a wive's tale since no one has ever said to do that.
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Salenas bumper 😂
You’re just gonna go through a lot of rags, but it’s safer!
Or just spray the whole thing with all purpose cleaner & power wash it lmao
There is a Chris Fix excellent in detail video for a like new look. He is a pro! He covers electrical parts with plastic bag.
No need to pressure wash why not use gunk degreaser .Before that take battery out and get 3 plastic bags , cover the alternator , distributor and the terminals you disconnected from battery then wash . Then again if you have a leak and bad idle then that's definitely a bad idea haha 😂
My headlights run of ballast if I pressure washed the engine bay my ballast would die
Never use pressure washer under the hood
Well NO SHIT!!!!
Yo yo chill
This comment has me dead😭💀💀
mans is pressed
This was definitely a 60 seconds in Africa moment
The only thing that gave away the Mexican in you was “Detailar”
The easiest way to clean the engine bay is PAY SOMEONE ELSE TOO! Come on man
The only engine bay that I’m scared washing is a ford.
Dude come on😂
Disclaimer: if you purchased a used car from a dealer, they pressure washed the engine bay. Every dealer I worked at insisted on this and warranty it anyway.
Out of the 10,000 cars I’ve done, a handful of older ones have had issues. That’s it.
It’s the whole Covid logic. Only 0.05% are affected. Don’t worry about it.
I’ll wait for someone to tell me I’m wrong, but the numbers speak for themselves, so I’ll just laugh.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Leave your vehicle running and wash the engine bay that's the easiest way
Do NOT put degreaser on any plastic parts!
Buy and engine cleaner by Meguiars engine cleaner.
So we doing common sense videos now?
Nowdays a lot of people are lacking common sense-so this is for them and those of us who aren't mechanics and aren't sure what an get wet and what shouldn't get wet under the hood.
this is what ill do. & pressure water gun it
Thank You Dr. Obvious
you would think that
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Is this serious it's common sense it's basically how you clean everything
Your crazy!😂
Yeah after about a dozen or more rags lol
come on now ... Spray every thing with L.A. Awesome ... wait 5 to 10 minutes and hose it off ! If it didn't get everything clean - do it again and use a rag or brush to scrub off the bad spots ... let it dry then apply Armor All or another product to the rubber and plastic parts to make them SHINE !
You’re kidding right?😆
Engine bays not sealed, how much water you think goes in there at 70 in rain, thats how the dirt gets there, as long as youre not jamming washer into intake it will all be fine. For people who are scared, you don't need that, presumably expensive, shit soap and waters fine
Degreaser and a pressure washer would of had the engine bay cleaned before this video even would finish
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That’s too long I just go to a self car wash and power wash the engine bay quit being scared u only gonna blow a fuse or 2 lol
How do you clean your engine bay? Well you simply clean your engine bay..
You could just wipe the engine bay down twice a month, when you wax the car.
Definitely not the easiest way! More like the slowest & hardest way.
This in response to the people that are scared/hesitant to use any kind of water on their engine bay. There's always a method for everyone. As long as you get the job done. We have a $500 engine cleaning job coming in next week. No water with that one either but a lot of polishing
Nothing will happen…..unless the car is a basket case with issues galore spray away……
Nothing will happen to the car if you use water
Is this a joke ?😂
Disagree!
All purpose cleaner pressure washer and some kind of blower or compressed air 👌
But 💯 of the time in all your videos I seen you scrub the crap out of the engine and pressure wash it ?
I teach for all levels of detailing. This video are for those that don't have all the tools and products and are nervous about cleaning their engine bay