Pretty easy and straightforward, but I made a video about it anyways (:
Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsA_Q...ffAUAAAAAAAAAA

 

Thank you!!! I have been wondering how to do this lol

 

Great video.

 

Would hoes on the rag eliminate two materials needed

 

Don't do this while the engine is still hot. Common sense, but you never know.

 

Thanks for the video.
??Would think that most guys in this forum would know how to do this?
But,from the posts I've read lately from noobs,there may be problems with some of these guys knowing how to open the hood!
Maybe its just me,but I never let my engine compartment get that dirty to do
a complete wash down.
A audio narrative on what you are doing would be better.The music serves no purpose other than distract from the information in the write up.

 

BRB....going to make a DIY video for this.

 

nice vid. gna do that soon. nice song as well.

 

Good show. My method is similar. Instead of a degreaser I use a 50/50 mix of Mr Clean/water.

 

Reccomend to cover the alternator, had a problem with mine, would not charge after i washed the engine bay. but the day we were taking it out, 5-6 days later it suddenly started charging again.

 

hope u had stock air box and not a pop charger or something.

 

i wouldn't use that black magic two in one. get a nice quality degreaser diluted depending how dirty your car is.

 

Yes pretty much. Cover up the filter with the bag, and seal it with a rubber band. I have the stock air box, so I didn't have to worry about this. Now regarding the alternator, I did not bother to cover it up because of the tight space that it was in and the front of the alternator where the pulley and fan is, is open for ventilation. Water is much more likely to enter there as it faces the front of the car. You'd have to assume its designed to tolerate water. Like the video says, use as little amount of water as possible to wash off the dirt.

 

do you ever use the CD2 shine!?...I used to, but came back to meguairs and black magic sinse they don't make your car look like coated the engine with armor all lol!

 

Nice write up!

 

All purpose cleaners are also good, they don't have that much many chemicals (green ones mostly) used in them and will be safe for most if not all parts in the engine!

I usually:
1. cover necessary parts
2. spray water sparingly in bay
3. spray all purpose cleaner and give it about 10 minutes (make sure it doesn't dry).
......pretty sure you all know how to continue from there.

The only difference I use are smaller brushes instead of one big brush for different areas and an air compressor after I rinse the engine.