Go to a car wash, disconnect the battery, spray it down with the "tire cleaner" option. Let it dry for 20 mins, go eat lunch or something. $2.00 plus lunch. Better than $80.

 

Two summers ago, done by a detailer for $25.00. He covered ignitors, alternator, and stuffed the air intake. Light spray with Simple Green equivalent, wash, rinse, blow dry and used 303 Protectant on the hoses. Near perfect. Took about 40 minutes.

Started right up and ran perfect.

 

simple green worked great for me on my other cars. gona try to clean my rx7 soon since previous owner let the engine bay get dirty

 

Ok, I see. Cheap detailer or DIY with dish detergent + garden hose, covering sensitive parts.

 

I did it about ten minutes after asking the question and when I started the car there was a mushroom cloud and a bright flash... J/K... It started right up, fishtailed out of the parking lot and ran like it loved me just a little bit more...

 

yea, because water will short something out, but tin foil won't?

you crackhead!

 

While the car is off, neither will. But foil is easier to remove.

 

Told ya so

 

ok, go probling around with a conductive material even when the car is off and tell me how much welding you do.

 

as long as you cut your tin foil into pieces and cover things seperately, it won't short out anything

 

maybe you should have said a trash bag... less welding involved.

but today's cars with dis are damn near waterproof, so the whole point of covering things up is moot.

 

I pressure wash my engine bay, just cover the alternator and your ok. Works everytime!

 

^ shake and bake!

 

Dont forget the matching tin foil hat!

 

Just as a follow up to this thread. I just took my car to the car wash and did the high press. soap and rinse inder the hood. I avoided some of the odvious sensetive parts but blasted it really good. I let it drip dry for about 10 mins and it started as usuall. I did'nt cover anything btw

 

You can use armol to dress up the engine bay a bit, it makes it look nicer and shiney.

 

^ Armor All you mean?...

 

I cover all the bling with oven bags and use simple green some old tooth brushes and alot of elbow grease.

I would be carefull using a power wash on you motor. If yours was like mine was prior to the replacement of the stock wire harness you should use caution.

Other then the typical..dont hose down your altenator advice , tuff oil stains come off easy with a little denatured alcohol. I use simple green wipes for the hoses and Amor All wipes to treat the hoses.

My motor is clean enough to eat off , and it didnt happen in one cleaning . Takes a few times to get it right, but now its just easy mantience keeping it looking new.