i will probablt be cleaing up my engine bay this weekend, i soaked the whole thing in 100% concentrate simple green, let it sit for a few minutes, then rinsed. It turned out ok.

Now i want to make it look better, by cleaning up grease and stuff and making the hoses shine. What can be used to make the hoses look glossy? or the intake duct work? what else do u recommend to do other parts of the engine and the bay?

 

i used that "Gunk" degreaser that you can buy at walmart.. works really well. i used it on the engine (it is actually an engine degreaser) and on my rims. on the back side of them rims there was like , it seemed, and inch of brake dust caked on. you just spray it on, leave it for 10-15 mins, then spray it off. hose, or pressure washer. obviously pressure will work better, but a hose worked fine.

 

I would try polishing the paint on the inner fender if it is in fairly good condition, maybe move the overflow and window washer canisters to get everything out.

I cleaned alot of crap from down buy that charcoal canister and that seemed to look alot cleaner.

I soaked my engine compartment in cleaner, power washed, dried and then sprayed a 'little' bit of wd-40 on a clean rag to clean up my innerfenders and duct work as well as my hoses and it looked really good!!!
not sure if something like that is safe or recommended but I havent had any problems yet

 

Steam clean it. It works wonders, i did it to my '91 and it look AWESOME. If could load pics i would but im stupid

 

how do you do that? boil a bunch of water under your car?

but seriously...how?

 

bump, i wana know how to do it too... when you said that i thought of that infomercial i saw on TV about the shower cleaner that uses steam...

or did you just drive your car a few hundred miles, pop the hood at the car wash and spray away? hehe

 

Try Grease Lightning... the stuff is amazing. It will cut any grease with one wipe of a rag.

 

ive been intersted in the carwas i go to has engine degreaser and a pressure sprayer...i wanna use it but im not sure with eh fuel injection if its a good idea or not..worked good on my carbed truck..but fuel injection might get water in some of those 1000000000000000 wires..what yall think?

 

I took gloss enamel black paint and painted all the black, or most of it, under the hood. Like the fans, pulleys, strut towers, hoses, etc. It gives it a shiny, just cleaned look. I also did my air dam and am thinkin of doing the wheel wells and some of the exhaust.

 

Im goin clean my enginne bay *** before i do the port and polish this summer. Lets see some pics guys and explain the method. how good does this steam cleaning work? What about just a pressure washer at a vcar wash? any good?

 

Sorry about not replying, anyways the Steam cleaner is just a lil handheld device, ya you've probally seen them on Tv before. Its what alot of detailing shop will use, some not all, It complete cuts away all the grime and sludge and you seriously don't have to touch an thing. And the best part is you can con your spouse or parents into needing it cause you can steam clean furinture or whatever else might have germs or whatever on it. My folks use mine on everything...

 

i used the "Gunk" stuff. I thought it worked great. Took all the great and dirt off....and also left a shine all all my metal parts.

 

well i had my engine out so i just used engine degreaser and cleaned it all up. then some primer and a coat of engine enamel. throw some aluminum polish on this and then and youre done. looks good for me.

hey anyone know how to restore the color of the coolant/washer resevouirs??? mine are all yellow and nasty and it pisses me off!!!

 

best thing to do with the resevoirs is to get new ones. Local Gm dealer. 35 bucks for both of them....and there brand new.

 

i heard of filling them with bleach and sitting over night...i dunno...might work...mine are pretty clean so no need to try it..anyone wanna try and give us answers?

ps: what about the engine degreaser in the pressure sprayer are the car wash, is it ok to spary it down like that? will it hurt my alternator or any of that stuff??

 

Powerwash everything. Then spray wd-40 on all of your plastic, belts, and hoses. Makes everything look good.

 

the water wont hurt anything??

 

nope, unless you get it in your distributor. so dont spray directly at your distributor and you should be fine. I have done it a couple times at the local car wash. i am looking for something that will make it pertier.