I was just wondering what everyone uses to clean there engine bay with? I was just going to pick up some engine bright and use a pressure washer but want to see what everone else uses.

 

Simple Green & a bunch of paper towels.

Works really good. Surprisingly effective

 

Here's a decent thread on engine bay cleaning:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=84187

 

I find that Simple Green and a rag works well also.

The hard part for me is keeping it clean afterwards.

 

Well, I can recommend that you NOT use the Black Magic Engine Cleaner. It does clean really well but it fckn stinks. After a week of using it I can still smell it. For the first couple of days after using it, my wife and I could smell it inside our house when the car was parked in the garage. Almost made us both puke. And YES, I thoroughly washed the engine with water after using the stuff but it was apparently pooling in places on top of the engine. Again, don't recommend using Black Magic. I have used the FOAMY Gunk engine cleaner in the past with great success. The non foamy one is about 1/10 as good as the foamy one IMO.

 

wow, thanks for the heads up

 

s-100 motorcyle cleaner if its not too bad, and purple power degreaser if its a mess. Make sure you rinse well to get it all off though. Best to follow up with a soft long bristle paint brush to get it all rinsed off

 

If I have an oily mess Castrol Super Clean and a scrub brush. I use carb cleaner to get greasy fingerprints off the cast aluminum parts and for general underhood cleaning and touch up I use wheel cleaner that is safe for all surfaces.

 

What about degreaser?

 

That castrol super clean is a very good degreaser. They make an off brand that looks identical to the Castrol stuff it just doesn't say Castrol. That is what I used and it works wonders. Try Mean Green if you can, that works awesome too. I do recommend the Castrol stuff. It comes in a purple bottle. The off brand stuff is a little cheaper and works just as good.

 

Amsoil power foam works great!