MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: WILLZIE on August 07, 2011, 03:44:54 pm

Title: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: WILLZIE on August 07, 2011, 03:44:54 pm: Can anyone reccommend a degreaser, cleaner for the engine bay please? (its started to get a bit grimmie and am not goina leave it that way). :happy2:
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: h4rdy on August 07, 2011, 04:45:12 pm: +1 and the best way to go about it?
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: vRS Carl on August 07, 2011, 06:19:19 pm: Poorboys engine bay cleaner is what i use.

Very good just spray on and work in with a paint brush. Then carefully rinse off with a pressure washer.

Edit - This stuff

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/poorboys-bio-degradable-all-purpose-cleaner-and-degreaser.php?cPath=48
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: Nickyboy on August 07, 2011, 06:31:33 pm: Autoglym stuff here. Not that there's much to look at in my engine bay, mostly plastic.
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: gobbleplease on August 08, 2011, 01:46:30 pm: I usually give the engine a good blast with an airline, this gets rid of all the loose debris. Then some Meguires apc worked in with a brush once its pretty clean i mop all that up with a clean rag then give the engine bay plastics a coat of autoglym vinyl and rubber protector or 303 and buff it off i then coat the metal work with a friendly silicone spray and re wipe, Job done

It usually takes me 4 ish hours on the first engine bay clean, but on its yearly top up clean it will probably on take 1 hour
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: WILLZIE on August 13, 2011, 04:07:40 pm: Anyone used this stuff before...GUNK!!??

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_700554_langId_-1_categoryId_165713#dtab

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_161497_langId_-1_categoryId_165713
Title: Re: Engine bay cleaner?
Post by: SteveP on August 13, 2011, 04:47:46 pm: Used Gunk (the original orange can one) when restoring my Mk2 and it did a pretty good job at lifting the grease and oil :happy2: