Cleaning Engine

[Blk EX Coupe]

ok..its about time I cleaned my engine..soo my question to you guys is what stuff do you recommend I use and what steps should I take?

[91accord4door]

inside or out?

[rebels]

I used to use WD-40 and spray it on all the black and dirty parts then use a rough rag to wipe all the grease and grime off the parts.

Worked wonders until the asshole who painted my car the first time got a bunch of overspray on the parts.

[Blk EX Coupe]

well both I guess...but I was worring bout the outside for now

[thewoahna]

Simple Green, and I also hear that you can get this Honda Cleaner made for the Honda motorcycles, and that works pretty well.

[Blk EX Coupe]

just spray any of this on ? and wipe it off with a rag?

[thewoahna]

The directions should be on the bottle. You should cover your distributor cap with a plastic bag and maybe even your alternator. Spray on the cleaner, let sit, and then rinse down. should help clean your engine bay up nice.

[xplode]

cover the distributor, alternator and plug wires.. you dont want them to get wet and damaged.. after that you can use simple green or some other degreaser. i pressure wash it.. juist careful on what you spray..

[Blk EX Coupe]

So basically cover the Distributor, alternator, plug wires, fuse box? and anything else thats electrical?

ok...thanks you guys i'll try it this weekend and how long am i suppose to leave my engine before i drive it so it can dry off?

[91accord4door]

clean it while its running thats what ido,the hot engine helps get off the caked on grease,just dont hit the electrical,drive it right after and that will dry it.

[mayberry]

cleaning engine

with all my other cars i went to the carwash and left the car running.sprayed the whole engine bay down with degreasing and then sprayed it with a high pressure rinse....never did any harm to anything no matter what i sprayed. idk just my experience.

[accordztech]

i left my car running too...

i dont cover my alternator...

basically cover the distribitor cap and try not to spray too much the valve cover just incase some water gets to the sparks...

i use a pressure washer and simple green. spray freely.

oh dont spray in the alternator...u can go over it real quick though.

if u have a short ram intake take the filter off...get a plastic bag cut a hole on the side, get some rubber band and put it on...the bottom opening will draw in air...make sure the rubberbands are secure...cause sometimes it will suck it up...the rubberbands are your safety.

[xplode]

at idle its not sucking that much air in? i would not reccomend spraying the alternator.. bad idea.

[accordztech]

just go over the alternator. dont let your water sit on it...

if u get degreeser in it then ur going to have to douche it out by pouring water on the alternator

i never had a problem.

[91accord4door]

ya you do not have to cover the alternator,just sweep across it,i used platice bags tocover dist,fuse box,basically all electrical except alt.