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Any help for cleaning the engine bay, for a nice kid?

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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 10:42 PM
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Default Any help for cleaning the engine bay, for a nice kid?

I am new to detailing cars . I haven't even bought any true car care products yet for my car (no wax, no polishing, nothing fancy). Well, I want to detail the engine bay of the Xfire. I want to powerspray the engine bay, but I don't know what to cover(worried about spraying water on the wrong things). If anyone has pics of a Crossfire engine bay, can anyone point out, by circling the areas, what I should cover, and how (words won't help, I need to see things, sorry guys)? Thanks alot, and I hope to get cleaning the engine bay as soon as I get some pointers for cleaning my Crossfire
 
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 10:55 PM
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Since your car is almost new just use mild cleaner and alot of rags ,i use meguirs quick clean and old towels!then i just wipe with water never put a hose on my car if i can help it!
 
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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 01:46 AM
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If you wipe down the inside of your engine compartment with a damp cloth or sponge every time you wash your car, you won't get a buildup of dirt or oil. I do that with my '01 Sebring and the engine and engine compartment are as clean as when I drove the car out of the showroom 3 1/2 years ago.
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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See the NEW article I just posted for you about cleaning your engine bay area.

Your friend,
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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Default Re: Any help for cleaning the engine bay, for a nice kid?

Originally Posted by golfdude
I am new to detailing cars . I haven't even bought any true car care products yet for my car (no wax, no polishing, nothing fancy). Well, I want to detail the engine bay of the Xfire. I want to powerspray the engine bay, but I don't know what to cover(worried about spraying water on the wrong things). If anyone has pics of a Crossfire engine bay, can anyone point out, by circling the areas, what I should cover, and how (words won't help, I need to see things, sorry guys)? Thanks alot, and I hope to get cleaning the engine bay as soon as I get some pointers for cleaning my Crossfire
head to the diy .25 carwash and select soap then rinse...no need for chemicals or degreasers. you do "not" need to cover a thing in the crossfire's engine compartment. i clean all my newer cars engines this way.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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I was thinking of using steam cleaning for the engine bay...somebody posted about steam cleaning the engine bay a few months ago
 
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