Going to do it myself, I think. Anyone have any dos & donts?(cover this dont get that wet?)
Thanks

 

Don't use a car wash 30 bazillion PSI pressure washer.

 

Make sure the eng. is cool(I do it after it has sat all night.). I then spray Eagle One Tire Cleaner over everything but my 'open' air filters--everthing. Be careful and do not get it on the exterior paint. I let it soak for a few minutes and then spray it off with the garden hose.

Then I drive it with the hood cracked open for 15-20 mintues to let it dry off.

Then I spray Eagle One Tire Protectant on everything(but the filters). You should let this soak for at least an hour. I try to leave it on overnight. You can drive it while it soaks but it's best to let it sit. The Tire Cleaner dissolves grease, oil, and dirt. The Tire Protectant will protect the rubber parts. It driys 'shiny'. After it's dry-n-shiny, take a soft towel(diaper) and wipe down everything. You will then have a soft(not shiny), glow on everything--aluminum, nylon, rubber, steel, etc. Truly gorgeous .

I learned about this 10 years ago from a sports car 'zine. Those two products may be hard to find but they're worth the hunt.

Dan

 

I spray mine down with simple green and let it soak for a couple of minutes.. Spray it off, won't hurt the paint........Just make sure the motor is cool.. Use the electric blower to get water standing
in cracks and stuff.. Learned this from cleaning my bikes......JR

 

i do about the same as both.

with the motor cool, i spray everything with foamy engine brite, i use engine "steam" if anything is caked up. let sit, wash down, only thing i have seen that will make the truck run like crap after it gets wet is the maf connector, washed truck all last summer getting everything wet and didnt have a problem, just make sure u either take the connector off and blow it out or cover it up, as for the alt, plugs, coils, injectors, never do anything with them, after all is clean i take an air conpressor to the intake by the coil packs and standind water, when dry all black stuff gets tire dressing, then i take a hose to it again so the dressing isnt all caked up and it also helps with it attracting dirt.....

 

I used CD2 engine detailing kit. It did a great job. I purchased it at a local Discount Auto for around 7.00. Has enough to do two engine bays. Hope this helps

 

I use S-100 Motorcycle Cleaner. Safe on paints & aluminum & chrome, doesn't leave waterspots.

Spray it on Cool, hose it of a few minutes later, no scrubbing, no muss no fuss.

Even gets rid of crappy undercoating if you spray it a few times.

Best part is the metal parts look newer with each cleaning!!

Available at least down here at HARLEY Davidson Shops. Like Hog Heaven, have not seen it at the import bike shops.

If you can find it, harley Bike shops can get it, best stuff ever, I've been using it on my Mustangs for Shows since 1990!!

Check this link out, this guy describes it pretty well:
http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/engine_cleaning.html


a link to a place that sells it:
http://store.yahoo.com/classic-motor...otcycclea.html


Shop around, you can probably find it cheaper locally!!
Nick

 

I use tha CD-2 stuff as well. Looks pretty good after you do the 2nd can. And it lasts for a while too!!

 

lightningrod I could only find eagle one tire shine? Is it the same as tire protectant?

 

It seems I owe you an apology. I went to the eagle one site and apparently, they no longer make the protectant. I bot a case of it a few years ago and am about to run out. It is a milky, coconut-smelling liquid. The one you found is clear and I'm not familiar with it. Btw, Masterloggie uses the solvent spray at the car wash to clean his eng.---with the eng. running. He then sprays WD40 on everything but the filters. Looks pretty good too.

Dan

 

Hey dan do you think the tire shine will be ok? You best guess will be fine.

 

Since it's described as a 'tire(rubber) shine' product, I'd try it. The main thing I liked about the 'old' stuff was it wiped off and was not too shiny--no 'lacquered'(used car lots) look.

Dan

 

Here's my engine cleaning method:

*Drive to the local high-pressure spray car wash
*Turn the engine off and pop the hood
*Buy one of those $0.75 "truck towels" they sell
*Cover my open element air filter with the truck towel
*Spray the (warm/hot) engine with pre-soak
*Spray the (still warm/hot) engine with engine degreaser
*Let it sit for about five minutes or so (the timer will run out)
*Reload with another $2 or whatever they charge
*Rinse the delicate/electrical parts with the low pressure setting
*Spray the non-electrical/less delicate parts with high pressure

Thats it- you're done. Well, not "done" enough for a car show, but done enough to drive to some dusty *** motocross track to practice and have the whole thing get dirty again...which is why I only do this like four times a year.

(Disclaimer: I also have 52,500 miles in just over 16 months)

Use your best judgement to pick your own method.

Later...

GK

 

My method is almost the same as MXRacers, except I only use the presoak and not the degreaser. I usually rinse off the rest of my truck with spot free while the engine is soaking. I rinse the engine with high pressure and then follow up with the low pressure, spot free rinse. that's it. I have been doing this every week or so since I got my truck a year and 12,000 miles ago, and it looks as good as it did the day I bought it.