davekelly

Had the bonnet up at the weekend and its looking a little dirty esp the big red engine.

what do you lot use on where? esp what you guys use on the nice red engine to get it bright red

cheers

Ultra_Nexus

Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner No, i'm not joking either

davekelly

lol the oven cleaner or just a general cleaner?

sneakfish

The general wouldn't get involved in such a lowly task!

I use the halfords own engine cleaner. It does smell suspiciously like Mr.Muscle mind...

GoldLude

I Use Autoglym PM3 (Traffic Film Remover) spray on leave and then rinse.. followed by plastic and rubber cleaner..

Works a treat and looks just like new.

takes about 5-10 minutes

Riccardo

Do you cover up any key parts? Wouldn't want a nice shiny engine with water pouring into the electrics and killing it...

GrittyShaker

Need to do mine at some point soon, after driving 150 miles with the oil cap left off.

Amazing that someone stupid enough to do that is willing to attempt so many DIY maintenance jobs under no supervision.

mattg4321

some autoglym stuff, think its called engine degreaser maybe???

any degreaser will do the job though!

Bassoctopus

on Autoglym

Spray and brush on and use a normal hose to clean. Cover the battery and fuse boxes and don't be tempted to use a pressure washer to clean off - just normal hose pressure should be fine.

Before (and with unpainted rad mounts)


After (with removed rad mounts being primed for painting)

chilled

Buy a new car always works for me.