Detailing - cleaning under the hood

my '95 ex has some high mileage 165k (actully thats low for a civic haha) and its old obviously and its pretty ditry and grimy under the hood. i was wondering if u guys could give me some cleaning tips and maybe tell me about some materials that may help lift off that dirt and grime so my engine will look a little more presentable.

Thanks!

Just use some engine degreaser (no-name works ok for this), and cover any sensitive parts (like air filter) with plastic if it's sticking out (like a SRI or CAI). Spray your warm engine with the degreaser, then after 15-20 minutes, hose it off (car wash sprayer works well here).

i would use a engine degreeser and a powerfull hose then use rags and armeral to touch it up, make sure you cover up everything that shouldent get wet such as your alternator,fuse box, sparkplug...ect, or what you could do, is just get out some rags, armeral, and a brush and some degreeser and put the degreeser on and then brush, then wipe off and use some elbow greese if you dont want to use a hose, ether way works good...i clean without the hose

you could always just take it somewhere to get it steam cleaned if its really filthy.

cleaning ur engine bay is a messy job. DONT do it in ur driveway. Go to a self serve carwash. Make sure u bring about 2 cans of engine degreaser.....ive found that the "Citrus" one works best. Cover any wires u can see, cover the battery too. Make sure u cover the dizzy real tight. Spray that stuff on........and i mean lots of it. Let it sit for about 10 minutes, then use the high pressure rinse and powerwash the crap outta ur motor........when ur done.........do it again with the other can..........then start the car up and let it idle for a bit so it can dry. This is how i clean my motor..........and lemme tell u.......u could eat off of it. lol. Good luck

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Make sure you cover the distrubutor up. I did it in my old Si once and then we left the car wash and the car died and wouldnt restart. Had to buy a lighter from the convenience store and use it to dry the dist.


Ive also heard that some degreasers will cause white spots on aluminuim(sp?) which is pretty much your engine so be careful.

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Armor-All!

So thats where those white spots on my engine came from! Drats!!
So which degreaser should I use?

Engine Bright

Come on guys, this is getting kinda out of hand. Post in the right forum.

wouldnt use armor all is if it gets in any under hood electronic connections will cause serious problems. Try simple green and be sure to cover improtant electronics and valve cover with alluminum foil around spark plug boot. Check out the folowing web address below which has good information on car detailing tips for this instance. Enjoy.


http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-engine.html

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Armor-All!


OIC, lol, thats funny