Right I'm a lazy git so want a company in Sussex that can steam clean my engine bay.......gotta know about scoob cos I dont fancy spending a weekend with a feeler gauge sorting out the intercooler.

Anyone got a name and price....

Cheers

Roo

 

Roo

do it yourself! get a pressure washer - some stuff from Halfrauds (cant remember what its called, but its good stuff people say) and then cover the intercooler with cardboard and cover the alarm if its there too.

Steve

 

Do-it-yourself.......are you sure.. Dont tell me you also wash your car...

 

Its CD2 Steve. Halfords sell it for £7.99 IIRC and it does a bloody fantastic job. In fact made my 1997 look brand new with very little work. You get two tins....one degreases and clears all the crap the other is the detailer.

Do a search simon.....plenty of threads before showing before and after pictures. Good luck.

 

yea... the servants work for their money... god....

 

DIY live in a flat so the pressure washers out unless I use one of the useless things on garage forecourts.

How long does it take.

Roo

 

Do not, i repeat Do not use a high pressure washer on your engine.

As already said earlier, CD2 from Halfrauds is fantastic.

Use the cleaning solvent first (leave for about 10 mins) and hose down
with a gentle stream of water, make sure all your electircs are covered!

Start the engine and close the bonnet to allow it to dry off.

After this use the spray detailer, leave the bonnet open for around
5 mins for vapours to escape and then close the bonnet and start the
engine to allow the detailer to set.

Then the best bit, open the bonnet and.........WOW

Rob

 

I use a bottle type thing that you would use to spray weed killer, or spray flowers or something. It holds about 10 litres, and you can ajdust it to fine mist or low pressure jet. Just fill it with water, pump it up and off you go

Saves getting the leccy bits damp and causing bother.

TT

 

Scoobfan as said in original post ain't gonna use pressure washer, seen too many faces when the mist has settled then that's leads to a weekend of reshaping.

Cheers for the advice gonna get me some CD2

Roo

 

Hey anyone got some before and after pics, would be most interested.



Roo

 

This is an after shot of when I did mine. Used some de-greaser and lots of water, making sure we did not get it into any vital components. Then lots of drying with old towels and some plastic brightner on the black bits.

 

Used my pressure washer when cleaning mine, covered the intercooler, alternator and alarm.

Used CD2 de-greaser first, left it on for 15 minutes, carefully pressure jet off using wide spread (not needle jet), avoid spraying near intercooler, electrics, leads).

Start engine up idle for 15 minutes, turn off allow to cool to just warm. Then use CD2 detailer on plastic/metal bits.

40 minutes work and it's gleaming like new and supposedly protected again with the wax in the detailer!

(Disclaimer: My gearbox broke 4 days later - coincidence? You decide

 

Wish people would stop worrying about getting the engine wet...


We've come a long way since the days of Mk2 escorts you know who only needed to sniff a rain drop and they'd conk out.

I've pressure washed with cold water, steam cleaned with 140 deg C hot water, soaked in detergant, soaked in wheel cleaner and soaked in god knows what other solutions I found under the kitchen sink trying to find the best and quickest way of getting it clean and the things never missed a beat.

The best thing I've found so far is DUCK OIL sprayed liberally on a cold engine and allowed to soak in, then start the car and steam clean with on the hottest setting it will go on (usually 140-160 deg c) give it a blast up the road to get all the water droplets off and then apply a second coating of the duck oil for rust protection and water displacement.
Job done and it looks the mutts nuts.




Andy

 

Well, going to clean up my bay at the weekend... bit worried as the red paint on the mani is peeling.... just wondering how much it will flake off when rinsing.... BTW The Halfrauds kit is good but most motor factors do those huge degreasing tins for a fraction of the price then apply some silicon cleaner etc..