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After the recent Skidpan day my entire engine bay is covered in just... crap basically, and since my radiator went on the weekend I wanna also get rid of any coolant stains that may be on the belts.

Are the engine bay cleaners at places like Carlovers any good? I certainly dont want to do it with elbow grease cause it would take for ever?

Covering the air filter and AFM is a good idea, any other sensitive electrics that need covering up?

Thanks

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covering electrics is optional as long as you leave the bonnet open for a good few hours afterwards to dry out fully. There isn't too much that water can do to get in, unless you just stand there in the same spot with the hose.

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im a car detailer... just take it to car lovers use the degreaser provided aswell as 1 can of $2 stuff for grimy areas and leave for a few mins the just attack it with the hi pressure soap for a sec which neutralises the de greaser then rince it well with water making sure to get it all off..... dont cover electrics at all and dont worry about leaving bonnet open just take it for a 15 min drive afterwards and that will disipate all the water enough.... just watch the degreaser on the paintwork on the outside of the car cause it will mark it if left on (the engine bay paint doesnt really matter cause it is a matt finish most times anyway) if you do mark the paint just attack it with a cream polish till its gone.... if you have any other detailing woes feel free to ask me cause ive done it for years....

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I have been cleaning mine gradually since the skidpan day. Made quite a mess. I have alway been hesitant to hose under the bonnet with all the electrics and all, but it doesn't sound too bad, but wait the disclaimer.

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If you can get your hands on a product called Shift-It made by Kenco, I think this stuff is magic. the only things in your engine bay to be careful of are the pod filter if fitted, and the alarm siren, Happy cleaning! :P

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im a car detailer... just take it to car lovers use the degreaser provided aswell as 1 can of $2 stuff for grimy areas and leave for a few mins the just attack it with the hi pressure soap for a sec which neutralises the de greaser then rince it well with water making sure to get it all off..... dont cover electrics at all and dont worry about leaving bonnet open just take it for a 15 min drive afterwards and that will disipate all the water enough.... just watch the degreaser on the paintwork on the outside of the car cause it will mark it if left on (the engine bay paint doesnt really matter cause it is a matt finish most times anyway) if you do mark the paint just attack it with a cream polish till its gone.... if you have any other detailing woes feel free to ask me cause ive done it for years....

what about steam cleaning the engine bay?

i was told if i steam cleaned it all the hoses and wires would become brittle and start to crack and squeek after a few months. Is this true?

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when i worked at toyota we steam cleaned every car like mad even the new ones so no harm can be done... the worst thing can be water in electrical connectors which cause an intermittant miss for a short time..... goes away after half hour driving...

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depends what it is that u wanna get off... if its the grimy grey stuff on the paint thats hard to shift... i have a chemical here i made that gets that off but if u wanna clean engine just go and buy a concentrated orange oil cleaner like made from citric acid etc thats usually good and mix it a little more powerfull than they reccomend but just watch the paint on the top of ur guards... what i do is wet the outside paint on guards bumper etc first then chemicals wont be so likely to attack the paint on contact....

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