engine cleaning - jetwash or not....

[dabill]

i've been told that if i buy some gunk remover and scrub my engine with that, then cover up few electrical bit and jet wash she sh*t off, that wud be ok... really confused cos i've also been told under no circumstances do i jet was my engine...ever. but that was with my ford so im guessin thats cos the engine would fall out.

so is it ok to jet was a digifant, providing i'm careful?

rob

[tom26]

i had my engine steam cleaned by John from John Mitchell racing and it looks amazing for it! just make sure you dress the engine bay after with a suitable spray to protect it.

[cняis]

just make sure you dress the engine bay after with a suitable spay to protect it.

WD40 does a good job of this

[...joe]

yeah jetwash it! leave the engine running and don't spray directly on spark plugs etc, i do it all the time. the heat of the engine will evaporate it quickly and when running it'll be hard to make it stall. just take it easy.

[dabill]

hen you say spray then engine bay? do you mean conponents or the actual framework...or both? sorry, never done this before 

[...joe]

both spray it all over the shop! if you go to a garage with a hot jetwash then it'll come up even better on all the crappy wax, which has done a greta job of protecting things so far, but looks grimey!

[dabill]

sweet, i'll take it to local morrisons then an have a blast heh! saves making ma front drive all black cs there is a hell of a lot of sh*t under zie bonnet

[...joe]

it'll be fine but don't blame me if you f**k your engine up!!! just a bit of insurance for myself there! i've done it loads of times, just keep the engine running and it should be ok.