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Old 24th May 2017, 15:29   #1
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Anyone have any tips on cleaning the engine bay??

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Old 24th May 2017, 15:38   #2
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My approach is to just take one area at a time and focus on that. I use a combination of wire wool, soft cloths, and metal polish, together with a variety of tools, (screw drivers, long nose pliers etc) to get into all the nooks and crannies.

With a bit of time and patience, you'd be surprised what can be achieved:



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Hi all,

Anyone have any tips on cleaning the engine bay??

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Old 24th May 2017, 16:29   #4
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Hi all,

Anyone have any tips on cleaning the engine bay??

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As Cliff (Teflon) advises focus on one area at a time and once completely finished the engine bay is a lot easier to keep clean.

Some tips for very quick results would be thr following:

Buy some stainless steel slam panel fixings to replace the originals.
Polish the air con pipes and engine mount with a Dremel Multi Tool and Autosol Metail Polish.
All the visible paintwork inside the engine bay I use a waterless wash apllied with a microfibre cloth followed by a coat of good quality car wax.
Plastic scuttle panel, battety box, etc I use a good quality plastic cleaner or even Wonder Wheels tyre gel also applied with a microfibre cloth.

Some things that might take a bit longer:

Engine Cover can be spray painted I used a glitter effect spray on my ZTT Engine Cover.
Battery Box lid can also be spray painted.
Fuse Box lid sides can also be spray painted and a stainless steel cover added.

Here are a some photos of the engine bay on my ZTT.







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As others have said, concentrate on one area at a time, and get it to the standard you want, then move onto the next area, and once finished, and after a lot of elbow grease you just need to maintain it, but I would strongly suggest staying clear of alternator with wire wool, use a dremmel and a polishing wheel

there are some members who have outstanding engine bays, in addition to those shown and are better than when they came out of the factory

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.........but I would strongly suggest staying clear of alternator with wire wool, use a dremmel and a polishing wheel .......
very wise advice - probably the best advice so far on this thread. I used wire wool on mine when I first started, and produced a good few sparkes when I got too close to the connector. In the end, I taped up the connector to protect it whilst cleaning, but there are definitely safer ways of doing it as Stu suggests. I was lucky not to cause any damage.


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Thanks all for your reply's they are much appreciated , I will begin work on the engine bay this bank holiday weekend and hopefully post some pics of my progress

Once again thank-you
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Autosmart Finish is a good engine bay plastic dressing.
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