Today I high pressure washed my engine bay. all the grime off the oil tank. all teh dirt build up off every hose. I pulled apart my intake and cleaned that in and out. all spark plugs wires battery taken otu and cleaned terminals and rings. When it was all put back together I just sat and stared at my engine. I fell in love with my car again. Just one of those blissful car moments. Then I started my car let the intake filter dry out. and heard her pur like a kitten. She even had a little more grunt now that the intake was cleaned all out. Will take pictures tomorrow. Just thought I'd share.

-B

 

You fell in love with a VG? Isn't that equivalent to being gay?

heh, just kidding I cleaned my engine bay too. That was at least 2 years ago and it still looks a lot cleaner than never washed late 90's/early 2000 cars.

I'm suprised more people don't clean their engine bays when selling cars, it makes it look so much more valuable.

 

wait...so your filter was wet and you ran the motor to dry it out....u realize that you're supposed to avoid getting water in the engine right?

 

No to try it out I took filter off and hair dried it:-p. getting flammed by a newbie. woot.

 

so you're either lying or your command of the english language leaves much to be desired....if u were literate enough to read my sig you'd realize i'm not exactly a newbie

 

Wow. ok. sorry i miss typed. it was 9 at night and was beat from working all morning. but thanx.

 

 

No pics, no care.

 

Does it look this good?

 

^ That would look better without the brown hoses.

 

Yes. but my hoses i took off and wiped individually and wiped em down. but my sticker on the manifold is peeling. wlill take pics later.

 

But they are clean brown hoses..

 

Nice engine bay

 

A small amount of mist/moisture from sucking air through the filter is nothing. it's like driving on a high humidity or rainy day. it will do nothing to the engine. think about all the air in the water while you're driving through the fog or a heavy rain.

In fact, many shops will do just that in order to clean the intake manifold and blow the carbon out of the exhaust. spray a light mist of water into the intake while it's running around 3000rpm and it basically steam cleans the inside of the engine. deposits break up and are burned in the cylinders..

driving your car through a 3ft deep puddle and sucking gallons of water into the engine is what's bad for the engine.

 

Even better?

 

not fair i got a VG:-p

 

Pics of this clean engine you speak of please..

 

Hey Green my VG engine is cleaner !! Still working on posting pics though !

Off to get the proof!!!!

 

give me a couple of weeks and I will post an engine bay pic .

I just bought a bunch of stainless screws today to go with my paint work.

Of course Dan could post one of his for all of us to drool over.

 

I look forward to seeing the pics..

 

Even Better?

Pictures Takin With My Razor FTW!

 

My engine bay looks just like yours, right down to the Die Hard Gold Battery!

I still have the red plastic cap that goes over the positive battery terminal, though.

 

Clean VG:


Clean VE:


Will eventually get around to powdercoating the valve cover as well.....

 

Is his brake fluid that black?

 

How clean are your engines while be worked on?

 

(ot-ish) Since we're doing clean engines...

Super clean VG30DETT (local guy I know)

 

I'm waiting for teh wifey to change it...

waiting...........waiting........waiting........:s lant:

Don't tell shawn..

 

DAMN!DAMN!DAMN! Does it double as a mirror?

 

me like alot. is that a z31 engine?

 

Are you serious. vg30dett is z32 chassis. B E A U tiful.

 

no pics installed in a maxima no care

 

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Geez Dan, you and Wayne founding members of the dirty brake fluid club?

 

Nice engine bay matt however ve FTFL!!!

 

ATE super blue...it's not dirty...that's the normal color.

 

all that $ and work and he went out and got a knock off Nismo oil cap?

 

Yeah mine too..

 

 

:ahem: he said INSTALLED.