Proper Procedure to Clean the Engine?

[SuperG]

I searched, but could not find any procedures...how do you simply wash away the grime in an engine? I don't necessarily want it to be show quality...

I assume the most important item would be to avoid certain areas from water spray...

 

[BlackOnBlackATX]

if you want the intake nice and sparkly i would take it off and do it by hand, aside from that im not too sure of the best way to get it done, hopefully someone will tell us so we both can do it.

 

[Bizzy]

my SHO was filthy when I got it. I spent 3 hours with a vegetable brush, a bottle of simple green, and a spray bottle of plain water. It was sparkling clean when I was done. If you really want the intake to look perfect, you should take it off and clean out the inside of it, then clean off the outside by hand. I would also think that perhaps a coat of car wax would help make dirt not stick as bad in the future. But I'm not sure how it would hold up the heat.

Have fun and don't use toooo much water when you rinse it off. Don't use any High Pressure stuff like at a car wash!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[projectSHO89]

Depends on how clean you want it and what your risk tolerance is.

Very little risk would be to spray it with a cleaner such as Simple Green and hand scrub and wipe everything off. Not very likely anything bad will come of this.

If you are confident of your ability to fix problems, you can have it steam cleaned or you can spray it down with degreaser then pressure wash it at a carwash or in you neighbor's driveway.

Warning: I am not telling you to go the pressure route. If you do, you must be prepared to deal with the inplications of water and solvents getting into anything and everything. Spark plug wells, electrical connections, etc all hate water.

Steve