I was poking around the engine bay and noticed it was getting a little dirty. A bunch of road salt from winter is all over the place. Is their a safe way to clean her up?

Thanks

 

Have you searched the forum yet? There must be 47398263 threads on this already.

 

did a second search and finally found what I was looking for. Looks like a 2:1 simple green solution and water is the way to go.

 

Be careful - it's very easy to zap the cops.

 

i don't have COPs to worry about, but i am still very careful about cleaning the engine. the engine is designed to be able to get some water on it, how do you think all that dirt/mud/etc. got there in the first place? but you still need to be very very very careful with getting cleaner/water around electrical connections, COPs, open air filter elements, ALTERNATOR!! (that's a big one).

i usually spray the whole engine bay down with simple green full strength (2:1 just doesn't seem to do it for me) being careful around connectors, etc and i skip the alternator altogether. the alternator can take some water, but the simple green will eat away at the internal components with repeated use. get a good stiff brush to scrub the really dirty spots (you won't be using any water pressure so don't rely on that to get rid of the grime). and then rinse everything with the garden hose. i have really low water pressure at my house so i can go full blast but if you have normal or high water pressure you might wanna go half strength on the hose. again watch for the COPs, air filter, electrical connectors etc.

i've never had an issue doing it this way and i usually do this 2-3 times a year. like i said i don't have COPs to worry about but i've heard that they can be a pain in the *** if you get too much water on them. so use common sense and be very careful with those.

 

Forgive me for asking, but what is a COP???:o

 

I try to zap the cops every chance I get....

 

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