I haven't powerwashed an engine since the days of covering the carb and distributor with aluminum foil. My car came to me very clean on the outside, but the engine is kinda gunky. For those of you who have powerwashed your engine, or emptied a can or 2 of Gunk Engine Brite on it at the coin op car wash, what parts have you covered up? And did the engine start right away when you were done?

Jeff

 

I would not power wash my engine...or put gunk remover on it...I would keep water far from it...but what do I know?

 

water = big enemy of electronic
wash your engine at your Porsche dealer....

 

What do they use? Anyone know?

Jeff

 

I wouldn't touch but you can use Adam's Engine Cleaner.

 

I figured this thread was dead, but here's an engine detailing guide I found:

http://autopia.org/forum/guide-detai...detailing.html

Googling Adam's Engine Cleaner resulted in zero hits, but thanks for trying!

Jeff

 

On my other vehicles I've pressure washed the engine down using de-ionized water from the same system I use to wash the exterior with no ill effects.

De-ionized water does not conduct electricity (at least not as much as normal water) and thus should be safer around electronics - maybe I've been lucky so far with my other vehicles, but I'm a little reluctant to test my theory on my TT.

Any volunteers ? :-)

 

http://www.detailingdynamics.com/carom0412.html

 

More than the guy spraying water on the CGT engine?

Jeff

 

have done mine 2 or 3 times no probs.... however it was not very dirty really a two min deal ....

 

The vast majority of the time you will see no adverse side effects from washing an engine bay...the one time in 100 that you do, it could get expensive.

When I detail a car and the owner requests an engine bay cleaning, I will spray it down with a degreaser, letting that sit for between 10-15 minutes and then will use a gentle shower setting on the hose nozzle to cascade water across the engine bay, paying close attention to either cover or avoid the alternator and fuse box prior to rinsing.

I would NEVER powerwash an engine bay as the pictures above depict...theres always the risk of water getting into that one electronic connection you didnt know was there, etc

 

No problem, been doing it for years!, you should blow dry it with compressed air after the fact., cheers, Sonny.

 

I use straight Simple Green in a pump sprayer on mine all the time. Let it sit 10 and rinse it off with the same sprayer with warm water in it. If you stop every 30 sec. while rinsing you can keep enough pressure in the sprayer to do a really good job without hitting the motor with too much pressure. Plus, you can get the wand right where you want it - and where you don't.

 

I like it! Plus, since my sprayer currently contains bug killer, I'll rid my engine of any crawlies that may be lurking about.

Seriously, the guy that does all my engine balancing work has a mid 80s Toyota pickup with an absolutely immaculate engine bay. When I asked him how he kept it looking better than new, he said he uses WD40 in a pressure washer.

I'll go with the Simple Green in a pump sprayer.

Jeff

 

Jeff,

Try Black Magic engine detail. Its a cleaner/detailer aerosal that requires little water to rinse off. I use the mist setting on my hose to rinse off. I found this product at autozone.

R