been washing my engine for years with a pressure washer. i just spray it with 2-1 purple power and let soak for a few minutes and blast off all the nastiness. never covered anything and never had any problems .a clean engine is a happy engine.

That pressure washer + compressor cost more than my car

this man just convinced me to buy a power washer and air compressor just to wash my engine bay

You are such a young man. But you know what you are doing, and speak so clearly, without screaming. GREAT WORK!!!😊🎆🎈

Do not do this if you have an exposed alternator!! Pressure washing will force water into areas not meant for water to go into. You will wear down the grease in the coils and eventually start shorting your alternator, your car will not run the same and possibly short our your alternator. Cover your alternator, make sure all your caps are secured tightly and check for exposed wiring and clean your electrical components by hand.

You could spray 303 Protectant over the engine compartment . It will resist plastic and rubber parts / components from drying out and cracking .

Now that's what I call squeaky clean! Thank you for sharing!

Great before and after!

I just did this to my Miata, similar steps. So satisfying to see it so clean when most people don’t clean their bays.

When I clean engines, I use a mixture of Dawn Dish Soap, Super Clean & Purple Power Boat & Vehicle Wash. I only use my garden hose, no power washer. I use my foam gun, let dwell & scrub with my wheel & tire brushes. Rinse, dry with forced air. Then I apply an inexpensive tire foam spray, let air dry. After the product has dried, I will come back & apply protectant and or wax as needed. I never spray the insulation under the hood. The tire foam does an outstanding job. Keep Cleaning!

"How to wash a allready clean engine". I m From Brazil, watch some videos about detaling or regular washing and notice how clean are the cars, its way more easy to keep the car clean in a coutry that have more infrastructure. In my city we have a 4 months of no rain, the dust is like thanos, inevitble

Wow. Just discovered your channel, and I'm really liking how logically and clearly you explain why/why not to do things. Might sound a little weird, but I love your experienced and mature way of speaking, totally keeps my attention and makes me believe you. Anyway, great video, subbed.

Came here from IG.. you are right!! Very informative. THANKS!

Thank you, this video was exactly the video I was looking for. I watched 2 videos before yours and I won’t go watch another. Perfect, I have a newish Jeep Gladiator and as long as I do this often it should never get so bad that it becomes impossible to clean. Also love how clear the audio is and was a very easy video to watch. Thanks man! 👊🏻

On a Honda make sure you have the radio code before you unhook the battery lol.

I don’t even have a car, but it’s satisfying to see this video 😅

Only part of spraying the enginebay you gotta be mindful of is around the spark plug tubes, those are not water tight, they can and do get water in there and cause misfires, I've done it several times, so just take an air gun and blow them out when finished (I haven't finished the video yet)

Nice discussion about engine bay cleaning. I do the same and under the hood so the colors match, clean match😂😂. I use Wd-40 to dress it up and it also insulates any moisture

Bro nice video! Really enjoy’d watching the video thanks!

the 500 Abarth in the background is dope!!!

i have been using chem-x heavy duty, amazing stuff, should try it, works great in foam cannon also or just spray on

Love the video! The engine bay looks clean!

I own a 2015 forester XT and I love doing detailing on the interior and exterior, I jus never had the confidence to detail the engine bay like you did. I’m jus afraid I mess up the electrical. This video gave me a little confidence and I’ll definitely give it a try 😁

This is so helpful. Btw nice integra, so clean!!! I have a 86 civic wagovan 4wd

Suuuuper helpful and coming from someone I trust, I now trust myself to wash my engine bay correctly :)

This is by far the best engine wash vid ive seen. Super under rated.

Hey man love your video's! Could you tell me what material you used to make your diffuser?

I've had electric makita pressure washer for 7-8years and never failed on me, on full power you can remove paint with it soo it's pretty powerful too😃

Nicely done.

Great video and tips for future reference!

Love your vidz man. Gonna wash my nb engine bay after watching this.

I love your camera work and flow of your video, so chill, ❤️ the integra. Subscribed 🤙🏾

Love the vid

When i detail my engine bay i use a water hose can also use a power washer but dont put it to close to the engine spray from feet away scrub with a brush that can go into small tight places i also use a vacuum to dry it off or a leaf blower dont necessarily need a compressor

Steady garage 🤙🏾. Till the wheels fall off 😎

Great work! Is your valve cover painted? If it is, what is the color code or material that was used? Thanks.

Shine and go FTW!

Very helpful this video to my car detailing business!! Satisfying sir thank you for sharing this I’ve learned a lot. Keep it up sir

ive always been afraid of washing the engine bay in my car but this gave me confidence.. since the previous owner used it on a farm, the engine bay is covered in dirt and grime so it needs a good clean

Yoooo he pulled out that SC1 at the end😍😍😍

Bismillah.......thanks its a good video .....!!!!!. The engine looks really clean after the pressure wash.

I been cleaning my engine bay with wet wipes lol. Scared to use jet wash and products.

Simple green biodegradable if it goes down the drain maybe so but the oil that goes in there will pollute

What micro fibers do you use. I don’t know if brand or anything matters but I don’t want to get cheap ones that will damage paint

Ur Definitely the only one id take their word n advice for this job haha. Thx

walter white is cooking in that house in the background in the intro😂😂😂

Since 1991 I been washing all my cars engines and I used to put WD 40 to protect the alternator and I no longer do that for the last 15 year.., my engines (2 Sedans 1 pick up) had no problem at all

I have a fiat, would you recommend I clean it same way you are cleaning in this video?

What is your mixture rate for simple green to purple power? for instance if I have a spray bottle, is it like 20% purple power, or is it 10%? Thanks for the great video.

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Thx now having timing chain problems

Just to help people feel better about it. I have no lower engine cover and drive my 3 low daily (2.5" all the way around as of the past 2 years. 4 years prior, 3.5"). I run through huge puddles on the highway (my city's drains can clog in heavy storms which is often in summer) and water legit splashes up my engine bay. So far, no damage from it. It's not sitting on top of my valve cover, in the ignition seat, in the injector seat, nor is it getting in my intake. As long as that water keeps it moving, it's all good. My alternator gets splashed especially because it's so low in my engine bay. All these years, never had a problem with it due to getting wet. As long as you cover what's needed (when I clean my bay, I cover the valve cover as i clean it separately, i cover over the injectors, and that's it. sometimes I take the battery out to clean the battery box) and dry it properly, you're all good.

Wouldn't a scrub brush (like for bottles) work better on the engine bay, over using a cloth?

What about all the electrical connectors and stuff?

I just did this on my 02 WRX, granted she's down right now as she sounded awful from the engine bay, turned out my uppipe literally blew out underneath the turbo. So she's down right now, I'm replacing uppipe, gonna go ahead and pull the oil pan, and check the bearings, and oil pump etc. It was crazy just how gnarly my engine bay was, it still definitely needs another wash with more agitation as you showed with the microfiber.

Just make sure you dry it very well. I would do it on a cold engine and use air and heat do get any water pooled and then give it an hour to air dry before cranking.

When washing your engine do you have to cover the alternator so it doesn’t get soaked

Had a rad hose pop off the other day a spray coolant all over my engine :( definitely gunna give this a try and see how it does!

Dude, if I were a mechanic, I'd be so excited to work on your car.

How often should I wash my enginge bay? once every 6 months? I live in a sandy/dusty area of Argentina, and my car tends to get very dirty in one week.

Do you not have issues with water damaging your electronics or metal connections?

the engine is already clean, lol. Good video though. Thanks for sharing !

The Honda dealer ship I work at when the costumer wants the engine bay washed they give us d4 degreaser and a small can of waxoyl. Also there is a "high performance air blow gun that will dry the air quick and almost leave you deaf if your not careful.

Noice!!!👍👍👍

Try a wheel brush and detail buddy brush...

Steady garage shirt 🙌 he’s probably a stunt rider😎

I love this this was amazing content brother man

Did you remove the negative connector on your battery?

Make sure your ignition cables don't have small breather holes where they connect to the valve cover, you don't want water down there....

So the water wouldnt get into the spark plugs either? Cause I just have a d16 and im wondering if water can get into the sparks

Anybody ever used one of those handheld steamers with a hose to get around nuts both a little areas that are hard to reach? I'm thinking spray the cleaner on first, then use the tip of the steamer around those hard to get areas.

The house across the road is where E.T is being held in quarantine 🤣

That engine was already pretty clean. Some I do are filthy. I rinse, then spray with degreaser, agitate with a brush, snow foam and rinse. Then dry and detail black plastics rubbers pipes etc with trim and bumper liquid. Buff off to a nice matt finish or shiny if you like. Bada bing Bada bong.

Don't you lose your radio pre-sets when you disconnect the battery?

can you give me a link to that pressure washer wand and hose

Love from India ...,,

I have a 2001 Acura Integra ls automatic. I’ve been checking out a lot of site for an issues with my car. It has two issues first it runs but every couple of days of running it it will stop and turn over but not start. Second issues which just happened it will not go passed 5000 rpms. And now I have a cel for the cat. I removed the cat same issue. Any ideas?

Sheesh 80 bucks for that foam cannon I got one for $14 on Amazon that looks the same but a little less cheap looking lol

Old spice works too?

If you buy Maguire's water base dressing and dilute it 50/50 with water after you wash your engine while it's still wet spray that engine with that Maguire's dressing that you diluted and then air pressure the heavy water off let it sit for 30 minutes bam looks like a brand new engine

Want to see it START after the rinse.

Gas powdered pressure washer of course is more powerful than an electric one . An electric one where you want less pressure so as to not damage certain items .

Heisenberg and Jesse are cooking across the street.

I wouldn’t mix simple and purple. Could make a chemical reaction or something that might damage or discolor? I dunno

I was always nervous to wash my engine bay after seeing so many conflicting points. Hopefully I can get my 91 NA looking that clean

Use "The Original" it's a spray that's a water less wash and wax. Safe on everything. Even glass

Great video….But what’s up with the house in the back? lol

Great video as usual. Gonna go get that foam gun now to replace my ebay special

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Where can I get that washer gun?

Can u type the spray can name please for the shine

Nice video. I have yet to have a dealership say "it's okay to wash your engine" and would love to find one. Why not just wipe it down after each wash with a shammy and a little glass cleaner.

What’s with the circus tent behind you? Is Joe Dirt in there?

Ive always been told that the alternator is an issue. I have an 01 Eclipse GT and the alternator is quite exposed, not sure what to do.

Consuela: we need more lemon pledge 🤣

Should install a kill switch to your battery so you just flip a switch and no more power. Love your channel.

Do a wheel cleaning video next.

I use WD-40 for shining

You dont cover the alternator?

Does disconnecting the battery reset all the nav and infotainment settings?