Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior can you hose down ur engine?

ok, i saw people hose down their engine (washed)..is that safe?? i mean ofcourse the battery had to be remove first..but can we just take a hose and spray the entire engine with water??..if it's safe then i'm gonna do it to my gf's car, it's a 92 corolla but the engine is dirty as hell... so let me hear it..

thanks

Try it!

yeah it's pretty safe

try a watter bottle / degreaser and wipe it down better then hosing it down , yah get to get it all out other then hosing it.. but if you lazy hose it i did it many times.

awesome..i'll do that..the thing is my bro have this power spray thing with like 180psi or something like that, since the engine had builded up with grease and junk so bad i decided just to spray decreaser all over it and just it the fuck down..too thick for a small spray bottle..

thanks for all the input..

The bad thing about HOSING DOWN your engine is that you may be left with water spots all over the place if you do not followup with a wipe-down

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Basically, the only thing that you should be concerned about getting water into under your hood is your Intake/air-filter.

Although the following items are already waterproof, you should check the tightness of the oil filler cap, the power steering filler cap, windshield washer fluid cap, oil dip stick, battery filler caps and all other engine compartment opening caps.

everything else should be fine... there really isn't much under your hood that isn't already water proof.

Thanks Isaac..it's good to know all this b4 attempting anything that deal with water and engine...

merci beaucoup!!

you can use the hose and don't have to remove anything..just make sure you dry it or it's not going to look any different, if not worse.

just get some simple green and a rag... that's all i use.. if it's really bad.. get more rags.

^^^hehehe..if i'm doing it on my celi then i'm gonna use a rags but i'm not, it's my gf's car and the build up are terrible..dirt everywhere and grease, that's y i said i want to use the hose..i'm gonna do that maybe sunday..

I hosed mine down twice - once after a degreaser and a second time after an engine detailer...

also, I read that you should cover the alternator...

ok..any more info would b greatly appreciated...what engine detailer did you use Sultan??

^^^
CD-2 engine detail kit... it worked awesome. check out my engine bay and you'll see what I mean

i think i saw it a few days ago..it hella clean bro..how much for that kit.???

it was cheap - maybe like $15 shipped

this is what i do..about every other wash

DO NOT PUT DEGREASE ON HOSES THEY WILL leak... almost forgot that.

ok..i'll keep that in mind..i only plan on putting decreaser on the cylinder cover and around it..but good to know.

thanks

Make sure that when you do it, the engine is NOT hot. Adding cold water to a hot engine will cause a sudden temperature change which could cause cracking, not only on metal, but on other parts in the engine bay.

^^^yea good point. that didn't even cross my mind..thanks Slidr