My neighbor told me that before he usually works on one of his cars, he will drive it up to our local auto wash, one of those ones where you put quarters into the machine and do it yourself. He said that you can use the tire cleaner ( i dont know what it is exaclty but its green) then just rinse it all off and it will be clean. Im thinknig about taking a trip over there tomorrow....but is it safe anyone ever hear this before...i dont want strange green stuff in my engine bay if its going to mess something up.

 

I think your engine bay should be cold before you let water hit it, therefore, driving up there and doing it right away would be bad.

 

if you are planning on powerwashing your engine bay, make sure you cover up your alternator with something to try and keep it from getting soaked. if you hit it with high pressure water, you will fry it. i did that on my old corolla and no more than a day later the alternator crapped out on me.

 

i will never wash the engine bay of any car with any type of hose. use a rag, its easy to screw stuff up with alot of water, especially coming from a pressure washer.

 

I powerwashed mine and it was fine. I just covered up the battery with a plastic bag.

 

the 'green' degresser doesn't spray at high pressure so it shouldn't mess anything up. spray it on, then rinse it off with the LOW pressure rinse. make sure your engine is cold before doing so!

 

hey any of you guys seen a powerwasher with a heater for whatever, yeah they have those in the shop.

 

what does the alternator look like -_- .... sorry im only 18

 

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its on the left of the motor and somewhat down... its this big thing with a pulley on it. you cant miss it.

 

Was thinking about doing this too. Bought an engine degreaser, and the rest is nothing dishsoap and a little water can't handle.

Then I'll just polish the metal parts in there...

 

what of those steam cleaners??? i have heared good and bad things so im not so sure about buying one.

 

two words: simple green