Everytime after I go offroading my engine bay is covered in mud. I know I can clean it out after but thats a pain in the a.. and can lead to other problems. All this mudd getting up into the engine bay cannot be good over time to the eletrical connections alternator and so on. I wish Ford made some design to prevent everything flying up into the engine bay and leaving a blanket of mudd over the engine including the underside of the hood occasinally. Has anyone made any modifications to protect their engine bay even for the salt on the roads getting up in there for that matter?

 

Yeah stay on the road! LOL

 

I would imagine you would need to make some mud guards out of that thick material you find often in the wheel wells/on either side of the radiator. I'm sure someone will chime in with the technical name for it. You could cut several pieces to shape and then use zip ties to keep them in place pretty easily. I would be careful around the exhaust manifolds/piping as that would get ugly real quick!

 

Wait for rain then take a drive...8-)

 

Had the same thing happen, I think the mud hitting the fan and being thrown around the engine bay is the biggest problem. So lifting would be the only solution.

 

yeah i never understood why ford didnt make inner fender liners that covered the bay. some sort of mock fender liner, and e fan will surely help.

 

Ha I can't help but going off road every once in awhile. Ive tried the rain driving doesn't work. Im not sure its the fan causeing the mudd to fly everywhere I think its the front wheels spinning and shooting all the mud into the engine bay sometimes you can see streaks of mudd under the hood where the tire spun the mudd up. I will have to go take a look an see about adding lining. Dnt know how much I could add cause tire might rubb or it might melt since headers are right on the inside of the wheel well.

 

There's no way around it. If you go off road in the mud or even down a dirt road on a regular basis (I do both), you're gonna get mud under the hood. I go to the coin operated car wash about once a month and use the engine cleaner. Be sure NOT to use high pressure to rinse off the solution.
I've done this on every vehicle I've owned and I have not had any problems in the last 20 years.
It even helps to spot leaks before they get out of hand. It also allows you to work on your vehicle and not get dirty hands...

 

Do you try and avoid certain areas like spark plug wells and eletrical areas? I heard a few stories on this forum that spray their engine bay and 10 mintues later its running rough or wont start.

 

Read.

- NCSU

 

Yea I know not to use high pressure that wasn't my question. My question was which areas should I aviod if any. READ.

 

I keep my engine running while I wash it. That way if the wires are bad you won't have starting issues. It may stumble a little until things dry out, but then that will also let you know if you have bad wires.

 

 

Thanks, I know alot of people have different methods but after 20years of doing it this way ill give it a shot once the weather warms up a bit.

 

This method.....https://www.f150online.com/forums/ge...-run-wild.html ....gave me some protection from mud slinging all over the engine bay.