Engine bay cleaning

[mech5107]

Hi mates! My engine bay is really filthy so thinking to clean up this weekend.

What you suggest? Methods and products to use?

[H_D]

TRF fluid (truck wash) a few rags and a small handheld steam cleaner.

Try not to get any of the sensors, dizzy, wires or electrics wet.

[StuDoc 72]

Cillit Bang and a pressure washer......bargain busting!

Works just as well as any branded so called degreasers.

Just be careful with the electrics ofcourse but obviously most are sealed with waterproof plugs.

[Danb]

get some plastic bags (shopping bags) cover the important electrical items in the bay - ie fuse box, dizzy, battery etc etc,

some all purpose cleaner - you can buy some from halfords or even get some supermarket stuff (ie tesco daisy) but if supermarket make sure you dilute it around 10-1.

Spray on, aggitate with brush/cloths - rinse off. Pressure washers are good but can get water everywhere, ive got a little hand held pressure spraying bottle (£5 from argos) ideal for small jobs like this.

[sd075]

Not sure if they sell this stuff in the uk, but it works awsome.

It's a degreaser called 'dasty'

It's sold @ the Wibra in The Netherlands which is a low budget cloths store. (dont know if they have Wibra in the uk, if they do I'm guessing they'll sell the stuff there aswell)

Costs about 2 euro per spraybottle and it really cleans everything, spray on, brush in and rinse off.

I also use this for my wheels.

I would advice to clean bit by bit as I don't think it'll be good to have dasty sit on your paint for longer than 3 minutes.