Washed my engine with a water hose today and guess what.
09-09-2009, 08:12 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
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Washed my engine with a water hose today and guess what.
I have a clean engine.
I've been driving the car almost daily. It was about time for a good cleaning.
I Removed the fuel rail covers and stuffed a small piece of cloth in the gap under the intake to prevent water from getting to the knock sensors. Started the engine and let it run for about a minute, turned it off and installed the Ritz-Carlton shower cap over the alternator. The rag and the shower cap are probably not necessary but I do it anyway.
Sprayed everything in sight with Simple Green diluted to about 2 parts water 1 part green.
Hosed it down everywhere with a nice little sprayer I bought at Slowe's Hardware. It's adjustable for all kinds of patterns. For the places on the frame and such you can spray it hard and other places like around the coils you can adjust it like a shower.
I have a wet or dry vac that i rigged up with a small nozzle to vac the puddles out of all the crevices around the injectors and coils. The top comes off the vacuum to use as a blower/inflator and I use it to blow the rest of the water away while the engine is running.
If you are worried about water around the knock sensors under the intake, then let the engine run long enough to evaporate the moisture.
The pics are links to larger pics if you want to see more detail.
Click on the pics of before and after fuel rail to see the most dramatic difference.
Q-Tips are for ears, not for cleaning engines.
Stuffed Rag
Ritz-Carlton Showercap
Before fuel rail
After fuel rail
Before throttle body
After throttle body
Before
After
Water water everywhere, the horror of it all.
All cleaned up.
Spiffed up.
Shined up.
and covered up.
Have a nice day dammit.
I've been driving the car almost daily. It was about time for a good cleaning.
I Removed the fuel rail covers and stuffed a small piece of cloth in the gap under the intake to prevent water from getting to the knock sensors. Started the engine and let it run for about a minute, turned it off and installed the Ritz-Carlton shower cap over the alternator. The rag and the shower cap are probably not necessary but I do it anyway.
Sprayed everything in sight with Simple Green diluted to about 2 parts water 1 part green.
Hosed it down everywhere with a nice little sprayer I bought at Slowe's Hardware. It's adjustable for all kinds of patterns. For the places on the frame and such you can spray it hard and other places like around the coils you can adjust it like a shower.
I have a wet or dry vac that i rigged up with a small nozzle to vac the puddles out of all the crevices around the injectors and coils. The top comes off the vacuum to use as a blower/inflator and I use it to blow the rest of the water away while the engine is running.
If you are worried about water around the knock sensors under the intake, then let the engine run long enough to evaporate the moisture.
The pics are links to larger pics if you want to see more detail.
Click on the pics of before and after fuel rail to see the most dramatic difference.
Q-Tips are for ears, not for cleaning engines.
Stuffed Rag
Ritz-Carlton Showercap
Before fuel rail
After fuel rail
Before throttle body
After throttle body
Before
After
Water water everywhere, the horror of it all.
All cleaned up.
Spiffed up.
Shined up.
and covered up.
Have a nice day dammit.
Last edited by dndrsn; 09-27-2011 at 12:48 AM.
09-09-2009, 08:20 PM
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Le Mans Master
Great job! 
09-09-2009, 08:21 PM
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wow this is amazing, good job. How exactly did you spray on the simple green/water mixture? Did you have some sort of detergent tank hooked up to your garden hose?
09-09-2009, 08:23 PM
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Melting Slicks
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No, I just mix it up in a generic spray bottle. Spray it on the warm engine, let it set awhile, and rinse it off before it dries.
09-09-2009, 09:09 PM
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09-09-2009, 09:20 PM
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I've wanted to do this to my ordered and bought new '02 vert, (nobody there but me) but never had the nads to take the hose to the electricals. Looks great!! Maybe with some extra Paxil. 
