engine bay cleaner/pressure washing advice please

[walchy01]

Engine bay cleaner, reccomendations please, looking to degrime all the water pipes, oil pipes everything basically under the bonnet, something easy and straightforward to use would be great, price not too Important.....

[Rhyso]

Not tried it myself but I know a few people use Autoglym Motorcycle cleaner folowed by Autoglym vinyl and bumper care

Here's a pic of the engine bay (Neil aka old_no7)



Spray the cleaner and and leave it for a few minutes, agitate stubborn areas

Pressure wash off (watch the electrics!)

Then spray on the the vinyl care and leave to dry overnight

[Dan J]

g101 or autosmart Active XL

[Guy]

g101 or autosmart Active XL

followed with autosmart finish 

[dragonfly]

Gunk, Megs degreaser or Autosmart Tardis

[kells]

depends what type of engine

one pictured above is too easy, just need bumper care for those types as its all just plastic trims and covers

i did my mk 3 engine and got awesome results using gunk spray, autoglym engine degreaser and WD40, i did also polish a few parts up too

[walchy01]

Its a mk2 16v if that makes it easier to advise on, where are these products available to buy?? Halfords etc???

Thanks

[walchy01]

As Subject heading, can anyone offer any advice before i give it a proper once over , really dont want to knacker up the electrics and cause myself more problems than i already have
Thanks

[tony_ack]

Just try not to directly blast where the HT leads enter the cam cover and you'll be fine. Oh and make sure the green plug on the gearbox is present, or at least that the hole is covered.

[Dan J]

as said above you'll be fine if you dont blast the electrics directly with the lance, a bit of water over everything wont do any harm but direct pressure will, just proceed with caution and all will be good