To everyone who said/thought I had a dirty engine bay...

[Import_Ant]

I got up early this morning to do some 'spring cleaning'

Simple Green + brillo pad + toothbrush + dozen rags + elbow grease =





Tomorrow's project is to clean the firewall and start on the engine. I'm really impressed with how well the Simple Green ate through the grease. I got it at Walmart for under 4$.


Modified by Import_Ant at 10:21 PM 6/6/2005

[Craving4Boost]

so when are you going to start cleaning?

LOL j/k! looking good man..nothing like some love for their KA-T

you guys are lucky, i don't have a walmart but i heard it's a very neat cool place to go..sells everything?

[Checkered-Member]

No before and after pics?

[Import_Ant]

No before and after pics?

before:



after today:

[Red-KAT]

WOW!

Good thing you did that... Who knows what was living there.

[Import_Ant]

WOW!

Good thing you did that... Who knows what was living there.

maybe Oscar the grouch?

but it's an ongoing project. hopefully i'll be able to eat out of it by the end of the week

[nissanfanatic]

Looks really good. Much better than before.

Another little tip. If you want stuff to shine really good, get some Krylon acrylic clear coat spray paint. When I get a camera, I'll take pics of my engine bay with it. Shines like hell now.

Mothers polish will do wonders as well.

[Checkered-Member]

Wow what a difference...good job

To clean mine I go to those self car washes they have a special setting "engine cleaner" then high pressure rinse...takes 2 min will make your engine bay shine...

Like so...

[Import_Ant]

Wow what a difference...good job

To clean mine I go to those self car washes they have a special setting "engine cleaner" then high pressure rinse...takes 2 min will make your engine bay shine...

Like so...

nice! I'm sure you can empathize; white engine bays take a LOT of devotion. (and I live on a dirt road to make matters worse)

[FliMSiCaL]

heh, if i ever took a pressure washer to my engine bay. i think all my electronics would fry, my wiring harness is 16 years old.

[Bronze MFP]

As long as the dirt stays outside the engine, i dont really care how dirty my bay is. But I would also have to agree with flimsical, i think my wiring harness would suffer the same fate.

[Import_Ant]

so when are you going to start cleaning?

LOL j/k! looking good man..nothing like some love for their KA-T

you guys are lucky, i don't have a walmart but i heard it's a very neat cool place to go..sells everything?

Sorry I didnt reply earlier, they vary in 'coolness' from state to state. in Phoenix, they really do sell everything including liquor. My friend and I go shopping there whenever I visit for my 'neccessities' while I'm in town. In Kansas they don't sell liquor though. You're not really missing anything IMHO. (well maybe cheap DVD's. I got Beverly Hills Cop I,II,and III last night for 6$ apiece

heh, if i ever took a pressure washer to my engine bay. i think all my electronics would fry, my wiring harness is 16 years old.

yeah.. I'm a little leery of this happening too. I'm going to take my power-washer to the side of my block and firewall, as far as the rest of the engine goes I'll just get to get down and dirty with my trusty toothbrush

It WILL look like it came off of the assembly line when I'm done, that much I am sure of. EVEN IF IT TAKES ME DAYS!!!

[Jookmasta]

ive been meaning to clean mine but since im tearing it down in two weeks, it may be a lost cause.........good job on it tho. elbow grease is the magic ingredient

[SlIp'n'sLiDe]

yea, but nothing beats the chemicals i have at my work blue beacon...lol elbow grease needed, the dirt,grease,oil, and whatever esle is there just gets pressure washed away oh by the way i have a 1991 and i have had no problems, just try to avoid the electronics as much as possible, and thats all u have to worry about