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Engine bay clean pics + recommend me a product!
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colganraz
PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:49 am Up
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Whilst checking my oil earlier I was greeted by this mass filth
 



after around 20mins of elbow grease, 4 cloths and some autoglym
 



It's not perfect as it was a quick run through before next time, but I need some heavy duty s**t to get through this heat shield grime, all recommendations welcome, except the silly ones Razz

 

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Antknee
PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:54 am Up
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wire brush and hot soapy water?
 
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L5_UKS
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Wow where you been driving through the sahara desert? ha
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colganraz
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Antknee wrote:
wire brush and hot soapy water?

will give that a whirl, sounds like a cheap option too haha

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colganraz
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lukesaunders91 wrote:
Wow where you been driving through the sahara desert? ha

2 female previous owners, says it all really LOL

I think it's the first time the engine has seen a clean in its 8yr life Laughing

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macca1411
PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:05 am Up
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I took mine off and painted it in satin black high temperature paint when I did my calipers.
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colganraz
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macca1411 wrote:
I took mine off and painted it in satin black high temperature paint when I did my calipers.

sounds tasty! easy job to remove & refit? got any pics laying around?

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macca1411
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There's a photo in my garage but not too clear. Will try and dig another one out if you need one. I should have painted the manifold at the same time, would have been a nicer job

It was only 2 10mm bolts to remove it IIRC

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JR180
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Failing that AutoSol and a polishing cloth gets those up lovely, but requires quite a bit of patience and elbow grease.

You can get a really nice mirror effect on the heat shield again with that.

Bonjour!
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