Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior cleaning Engine Bay tips

anybody has a picture to show which parts i should cover before i hose down my engine bay?

i want to clean it so bad.

someone said cover the alternator...and something else...but i dont where they are located.

any pics would be appreciated. thanks!

Don't worry about it, just power wash the whole dam thing! I wash mine all the time, its always full of dirt because I like to drive on gravel roads.

Just bag your CAI if you have one.

so i dont have to cover anything?

Even the alternator doesn't mind a bit of water. I don't cover anything. It comes out real nice & pretty!

anyone else?

about cleaning the engine bay but...

here's your alternator.. it's the one with the black pulley next to the AEM pulley



more pics in the engine bay..

I've only done it a couple of times but when I did I didn't cover anything. Not sure if thats good or bad but everything seems fine

Steven? Isaac? Sultan? Evan? Billy? Ricepowered?

any advice from you guys?

yeah bro - when I clean the engine bay I leave the passenger cover piece in place so as not to get the alternator or belt wet... then I just spray everything down with a hose and use the cd2 engine detail kit:

*rinse*
1 - clean and prep
*rinse*
2 - detailer

... the final product looks amazing. The $10 you spend will be well worth it. Here's a link:

www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?1079 [midwayautosupply.com]

Yeah, as long as you have your plastics in pace they will cover up everything that dosen't need to be wet. I do mine all the time, never a problem here.

just make sure to cover the CAI

thx guys. i cleaned mine today.

post pics