Best way to clean engine bay
07-26-2006, 09:10 PM
#11
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 9,421
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Garden hose, Gunk, Simple Green, Vinylex, Worth Rubber treatment if you want to wash.
I vacummed up some fine sand from under my top engine cover (spark plugs, injectors) this weekend just because I was there for another job.
People like to talk about how complicated the electronics are, etc. Sorry to say my car car sits and drives in the rain, snow and high humidity all the time. The electronics are designed to survive high humidity, wet environments. My car is not a home computer. I would not hose down my home computer. Assumming you have an Audi it can take a little water on the engine.
Just hose it down, don't be too crazy, don't crap your pants in the rare case it needs to dry out for a bit.
People like to talk about how complicated the electronics are, etc. Sorry to say my car car sits and drives in the rain, snow and high humidity all the time. The electronics are designed to survive high humidity, wet environments. My car is not a home computer. I would not hose down my home computer. Assumming you have an Audi it can take a little water on the engine.
Just hose it down, don't be too crazy, don't crap your pants in the rare case it needs to dry out for a bit.
07-27-2006, 06:07 AM
#13
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,341
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Last time I used GUNK, the warning label was enough to scare off James Watt...
It's really nasty stuff that you should NOT let run off into your lawn/drain. There are a TON of products out there that are MUCH friendlier to the environment. www.properautocare.com lists a bunch.
If you get your drinking water from a well, just remember that anything you wash off your car is going to percolate through the soil. Care for a jigger of benzyne and naptha?
If you get your drinking water from a well, just remember that anything you wash off your car is going to percolate through the soil. Care for a jigger of benzyne and naptha?
07-27-2006, 06:08 AM
#14
AudiWorld Uber User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 66,965
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yes
Use some common sense. Electricity and water don't mix, so wipe down the battery, and try not to flood it with water. Same for the alternator. The rest of the electronics are reasonable well sealed...enough to withstand a quick rinse.
07-27-2006, 03:57 PM
#16
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,180
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
This is the exact method I use when the engine needs a cleaning. I ALWAYS wait until the morning
after the engine has had time to cool. Then I back it into the driveway and give the engine bay a good Simple Green bath. Let that sit for 10 minutes or so then start the car up. As it is running I hose the engine bay off just enough to get any dirt or cleaner out and then take it for a spin to dry it out completely.
Been using this method for years and never had a problem.
Been using this method for years and never had a problem.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
aluminumpork
Audi 90 / 80 / Coupe quattro / Cabriolet
7
03-21-2007 05:11 PM
quattropunk
Auto Detailing Discussion
6
01-03-2002 03:12 PM
