So the 3.0 was getting really dirty, the previous owner had it since new (1999) and never got an engine shampoo or anything
I don't have any before pictures :(

anyways I coated it with some heavy duty foaming degreaser, scrubbed a bit, pressure washed and BAM!


-I also dropped in new k&n and did the airbox mod

 

I'm sure that looks much better! We should an engine bay pic thread

 

great idea :P
start it up!

 

Very nice!

 

very clean now

 

Looks good!!

 

I really need to clean mine. What degreaser did you use?

 

Shiney looks nice i need to do mine now

 

I wash mine everytime I wash the exterior. I changed spark plugs and didn't get dirty.

 

thanks guys,
pretty much any f0aming engine degreaser will w0rk if y0u d0 it c0rrectly.
my 0 is screwed L0L

 

Very clean, nice o's by the way. l0l.

 

I am so afraid to pressure wash my engine but yours looks absolutely fantastic!

 

Dont pressure wash it. I just use my garden hose at my house. It works great.

 

I've tried that like you say, but I never get results like his....

 

Alright here's a couple things I did while doing it.
-keep a bucket of water w/dishsoap, and with rag/cloth polish the black parts and the wires wires.
-do the actually foaming degrease 2x
-light pressure wash and make sure COVER ALL VITALS WITH TINFOIL!
:)

 

Or plastic bags and old shirts :-D


I think.. yeah, Im going to do this tomorrow to my own engine bay - my truck is dirty as heck from this dry weather, lots of bugs - and me forgoeing on my cleaning for the last month and a half

 

Hmm...never tried tin foil, great idea.

I need to do this next time I wash my car, getting a little crusty in there as I have not been to many shows this year.

 

I agree with you. His engine does look pretty nice.

 

ya, tinfoil works the best because you can wrap it around everything because it molds nicely

 

What do you actually need to wrap? I can't think of a single thing in the engine bay that is going to get messed up by water. I say this because whenever i clean the engine bay i cover nothing and give it an hour to dry. If you get an engine detail I heard it's just degreaser and a hot water pressure washer.

 

I used to detail cars and I just sprayed degreaser, let it soke, and spray it off with cold pressure washer. The only car I ever had trouble with was a Volvo wagon. But just let it sit overnight and it started right back up.

 

looks great! a clean motor is a happy motor! i degrease mine every wash with some simple green and a hose.

 

yeah i've heard of this simple green.
i think that now its clean, im just gonna use simple green and a hose every wash, i mean it takes 5 mins.. why not :P

 

you want to protect seals, not so much other parts... pressure washing can ruin seals

 

I pressure wash everything, there is only a few seals on the front that you can't hit with the high psi water directly anyway