No offense to anyone, but the only thing that bothers me, is when people have some awesome mods done to their truck and they show the engine bay, and it is filthy. I recently degreased my engine, and dressed everything. It looked clean before now. But now I dont see how a 7 year old engine could look any better. Tell me what yall think.

 

 

lol, you would HATE my truck! i have acccumulated so much white dirt in the engine bay from off-roading that ive tried cleaning it but it just seems to ccome back. by the way, the engine bay looks great! i'd pay you to do mine if you lived around here.

 

Pay, Id rather just spend a day picking your brain about what your gonna do to that truck. NO MORE OFFROADING once you get that engine built up!!

 

i have a question how did you degrease your engine i have a fear i degreased my engine in my S.H.O. and my ABS light and my check e. light came on and stayed on for a couple of days how did you do it and did you dress it with engine dressing or armorall

 

I degrease the engine using Pro Wax Acid Degreaser. I spray it all over everything except the distributor, intake, and alternator. I wait 3 minutes, then come back with the hose on a shower setting and hit everything, except the above mentioned. The distributor cap did get wet, but very little. I then crank up the truck and let it run for 10-15 min. The radiator fan will dry everything. I dressed it using Pro Wax's Premium Blue solvent base. And a foam paint brush and rag.

 

I always kept my engine compartment spotless in my cars, but my truck see's too much dirt, too often, to make it worthwhile.

As far as "how?", I often have to clean up a customers engine compartment before I can work on it, and I always use the same method:

I get 5 or 6 cans of GUNK engine degreaser, and a $10 roll of quarters, and go to the local do-it-yourself carwash. In all fairness, I also bring with me a roll of idustrial grade cling wrap that I got from a buddy at Uniten Van Lines, and a couple moving blankets (one to lay down on, and one to drape over the car to protect from overspray).

I park it in the car wash, pull off the distributor cap and plug wires, wrap the distributor in cling wrap, and spend about 15 minutes spraying 3 cans everywhere, let it soak in for 10 minutes, and then use the hot, high pressure water to clean it off. If it's carburetted, I wrap the carb, too.

Then I look for spots I missed, and use the last two cans to get them, and spray it off again.

Let it dry for a few minutes, then remove the cling wrap, reinstall the cap and wires, and startit up and let it idle for 5 minutes. This usually evaporates off any remaining water puddles.

The only thing you really have to watch for is vacuum hoses. They become brittle with age, and the high pressure water can cause damage.

The best part is I don't have any clean up to do, and the water is recycled, so I'm not polluting.

Take care,
~Chris