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bravehrt17 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:36 Post subject: Cleaning the engine bay tip

Just a quick one, for cleaning the engine bay, without using high pressure water.
(sorry if anyone wrote it, i didnt find anywhere)
As known, High pressure water, can do some damages, suck in the connectors and electrics, in air filter or intercooler...

I am using a small GARDEN SPAYER (one of those you use to spray insectisides on plants)
Its small, you can aim deep points down the engine area, not much pressure to do any damage, but still able to remove all dust, mud etc..

After drying, i use some silicon spray to spray the hoses and plastic parts.
Also some WD40 for metal connections, bolts, nuts springs and other moving objects..
Engine looks shiny, like new!

(In the army, we used to spray with a mixture of diesel and oil, not only in the engine, buy also the outside body of the trucks...! It was something like a quick polish, although the smell of petroil was noticable! But i would not like this on my civilian car Smile

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Danne · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 18:47 Post subject:

I use 5-56 when I clean the engine bay, I do it after every time its out of the garage so it not to much job.

Before clean up:

After:

Now days I use an electrical fan so its don't gets this messy.

DOUG.COM · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 23:26 Post subject:

nice

cinman2003 · ** Joined: 11 Feb 2015 Posts: 63 Location: Southampton

Sorry to sound stupid, but once you've sprayed 5-56 everywhere I'd it merely a case of rubbing it in with a clean cloth or brush, and that's it?

trekker · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 19:37 Post subject:

Sorry to sound stupid, but once you've sprayed 5-56...........

Never mind once you've sprayed it ....................................... What is it, this 5-56 ? Embarassed

peteinchad · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 19:51 Post subject:

Similar to WD40 I think

Simon_W · ******* Joined: 21 May 2013 Posts: 4881 Location: Watford

REVOGEL · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 22:24 Post subject:

Does it not make the 5H1T stick even more.

Minirob · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 23:32 Post subject:

It's sooo good that by 6 oclock everything is sparkling!!! Very Happy

Danne · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 21:40 Post subject:

5-56 dont get sticky, wd-40 does in my experience.

I just spray an area and clean it right after with a t-shirt or something else I have in hand Smile

Then I spray and clean next area and so on.

Done this a few years now and don't have any down side to it yet.

This pic is and hour old Smile

IncredibleMrT · LifeTime Member Joined: 09 Aug 2015 Posts: 59 Location: UK

Ooh i'm gonna have to get me some of this.

My engine bay is in a sorry state at the moment - the previous owners weren't big on clean and shiny!

Just need to grow longer legs so I can reach in easily Wink