Hawkeye engine bay cleaning help
 

Having owned MY07 RB320 from new, it still has the green protective wax covering the engine & parts!

This obviously has attracted loads of road grime, bugs & dust over the 38k miles i've covered (daily drive :D)

I'm considering giving it an engine bay clean with http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...ash-cat19.html

The dress/protecting the whole engine bay with http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...ant-cat19.html

Oh and i'll be getting a set of these to assist with the cleaning http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...MasterRGBS0000

What i'm looking for is a Hawkeye engine bay pic, with everything wrapped/covered in aluminium foil, that needs to be..... so I know what to protect :thumb:

any engine degreaser will do,prob better with a few cans of the cheaper stuff if it still has the original crpa on it,

aerospace 303 is superb,

the brushes,u can get the same ones in b@q and x s tock for £1 each, but u will need a few harder ones like old toothbrushes or harder bristles,.

will dig out a few pics when i did mine to show u what to cover
,batt,alternator,tmic,and a few others,

Thanks!

Good choice of products, however as above, there are cheaper degreasers which are effective. I've used the Comma one in the past. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product...yperclean.html
Wilkinsons pastry brushes have long bristles and are great for tight places 40p each and disposable.

Theses are useful for bigger jobs
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/babyway...8ebqbF3w%3D%3D

As a generasl rule of thumb think of anything that's electrical that wouldn't normally get wet through driving is what you want to cover.....this is what I do for the cars I detail - better to be safe than sorry...

With respect to a degreaser, the r222 is a good bit of kit, but if you can get your hands on some g101 by Autosmart you'll never look back - can be mixed at any ratio and works so so well.... :)

Aerospace is pure quality and I use this all the time - lasts for ages...remember to spray it on and then leave it - go abck to it after 10mins+ and with a microfibre cloth wipe away the residue...

Oh and always carry a toothbrush with my kit....it's an essential......ha ha

Hi Guys I cleaned mine with one £0.99 brush from EBay and some all purpose cleaner, No flash stuff needed (oh and a jet washer)

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/DSCF1088.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...y/DSCF1089.jpg

Looks a cracking job GG!

Any pics of what you covered & links to what you used?
How long did it take?

There no secret trick to cleaning a engine mate its so easy. I only used an APC (G101) and a cheap brush. Any degreaser from Halfords will do.
Cover anything that looks like water will damage, I only covered the alternator and a few electrical plugs then sprayed a strong mix of apc then worked in with a brush rinsed with a pressure washer repeated and dried. You can use a engine dress after to make it sparkle :D

Took a couple of hours if that.

I purchased some http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product...6VQ=FG&Range=1
But it didn't touch the OE green wax protector, that's applied all over the engine, pipes & plastics!

So i've just been on Polished Bliss and got some http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...101-cat19.html

Hopefully this should get the OE green protector wax off!

What APC did you use, was it Megs, Auto Glym?

Great job by the way.

Chris

Never had any bother covering up items,,,,,,,,,,,,,

My old XT as new..........

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulle...gain-nov02.jpg

Nearly 8 years and 110K miles later........

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulle...ain-sept09.jpg

Have always used these instructions.............

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulle...wwengclean.jpg


Current engine bay.........

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/donald....nderbonnet.JPG

http://www.surreyscoobies.co.uk/foru...1&d=1327149891

This is something I need to get round to doing!