Engine bay "dress up"

[Jrgunn5150]

I have a bottle of that stuff... last time I did it... it didn't really work and made my car smell weird for a while haha

what all would I wrap again?
Alt, coils, cia filter, battery, fuse box.... anything else?

Lol, I wrap... The filter, everything else get's the degreaser, the hose, and then after running it for 20 minutes or so to cook the water off, Armor All.

Latemodelresto does have alot of stuff, but there's really nothing you NEED, unless you just like to spend money. I do see why you wanted a new overflow tank now though, lol.

Other than that tank, everything under there just looks like it needs to be cleaned to me.

 

[Brian95SVT]

the whole thing needs to be cleaned. I want to pull my motor and have the engine bay painted the same color as the car and while the motor is out, give it a full cleaning....

 

[Brian95SVT]

So I'm thinking about doing that engine bay cleaning today for a little bit before work...
So should I try and wrap the electrical stuff and soak it in engine cleaner then spary it off and wait? Last time it wouldn't start up after I did it but I think that's cuz I got something wet I shouldn't have. I did it and it was late at night so I just left it overnight and in the morning it ran fine.

 

[AaRoN]

Go for it :thumb:

The most important part of any job is PREPERATION!

 

[Brian95SVT]

clarify, go into more detail

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I only wrap the filter.

 

[Brian95SVT]

and it started up no problem?

 

[AaRoN]

I'd also suggest wrapping the coil packs and alternator unless you plan on drying really well.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Yep, always. Sometimes I leave the engine running for a quick job, but I always start it immediately and lower to hood to cook all the water off.

 

[Brian95SVT]

ok that's what ima do.
plastic bags FTW haha

 

[AaRoN]

One time I cleaned my engine bay, I didn't dry well enough and ended up with water down by the spark plugs... :tickedoff:

 

[Brian95SVT]

yeah see that's why I don't wanna have to sit there and dry it all so much.... I don't have all that time... not today
I had water near my spark plugs as well

 

[AaRoN]

Try to use as little water as possible to rinse.

 

[Brian95SVT]

Well at the time the hose didn't have a nosel ahhaha sooo hahah
kinda had to work with what I had..

 

[AaRoN]

Just take your time and you should be fine. Last time I did it, I was in too much of a hurry.

 

[Brian95SVT]

Might take another day to do it
Just do a little cleaning today.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Just Armor All wipes will go a long ways, it just takes alot more effort, lol

 

[AaRoN]

Like J.R. said, armor-all works good under the hood.

 

[Brian95SVT]

hrm never thought of those... i tired some wipes before but they sucked. guess i can step it up to some armor alls haha

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Just get the big giant one, that way whenever you are sitting in the car you can wipe the dusty ass dash off too. I never understood why it was so good at collection dust there.