Cleaning Your Engine... With Armorall Tyre Foam? The Cheap & Easy Way! 🇦🇺

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Looking for a cheap & easy way to clean up your engine bay? How about using Tyre Foam? Check out this video to learn more about this cheap and easy method. #MOTORINGBOX
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@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

I was sceptical too, but the Armorall Tyre Foam worked incredibly well. If you've cleaned your engine with it, let me know your thoughts?

@barra245t2 3 жыл бұрын

Hot water and baking soda work really well on the corrosion around battery terminals

@marvinmartinsYT 3 жыл бұрын

barra 245t I just hit with a brass brush and throw a bit of motor oil or grease on the terminals.

@marvinmartinsYT 3 жыл бұрын

MotoringBox The alternator should be fine getting wet. As they actually can suck rain water through themselves in normal operation.

@DiscoFang 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff. Told ya so. It dries to a smooth satin finish and not at all greasy. I've found the best finish is not to rinse, but to wipe with a rag. Yep, alternators can be soaked in water just like any 12V circuit - apart from electronics that is! 12V DC won't short in water, the resistance is too high. With older cars that don't rely on CAN-BUS and modules for comms and switching, your headlights and electric windows will even continue to work underwater.

@danielbass09 3 жыл бұрын

MotoringBox thoughts*

@jetzgaming8890 3 жыл бұрын

You are literally the channel everybody wanted but never got. Extremely impressed with the effort to result ratio here. Super easy and cheap with extremely nice results! My FPV bay is clean but definitely gotta give this a go with the ol 94 Triton! Never stop making videos. A breath of fresh air in the times of all these clickbaiters and clout lords (cough zacbrandy)

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks mate!

@fiouable 3 ай бұрын

Congratulations. This is the very first engine cleaning video that smartly talks about the battery and cleaning the tray.

@Dropbear237 3 жыл бұрын

Just letting you know that every time you change the engine oil on BA and BF turbo cars you should check your exhaust manifold bolts they have a bad habit of coming loose.

@michaeljones7497 3 жыл бұрын

Put a bit of mid strength thread locker on the threads and one that tolerates heat. That will fix that problem

@xr88yu 3 жыл бұрын

Nordlock washers

@Dropbear237 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was just a problem with the factory manifold bolts on the turbo engine they are the same bolts used on the naturally aspirated engine.

@sunnybhardwaj5762 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd have seen this comment earlier this week and would have saved 60 bucks, but I'm still happy as he checked the car over all. So my BF was running really rough and was losing power when accelerate also engine light was on, Went to mechanic he said it sound like an exhaust leak or manifold gasket, but he found that was manifold nuts were loose, he could have lied to me and charged more if wanted to. He's washed and cleaned the entire engine, checked all over and charged me $60 for that.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the money shot starting at 5:04 when I sprayed the dirty intake manifold (on the right side of the engine). All the crud on the intake runners simply slid straight off.

@TomTom-lr9ys 3 жыл бұрын

I had a look at the ingredients of tyre foam.........essentially a cleaner with a conditioner, so it makes sense and the foam probably helps remove the gunk........

@orangejuicepony6881 3 жыл бұрын

Got to love the yellow overflow bottle that hasn’t changed since 1986 in the XF

@raceprep 3 жыл бұрын

Next week: cleaning tyres with engine oil.

@garymarquett2866 3 жыл бұрын

Brake fluid for shiny tyres...an old Bathurst 1000 trick😃

@jamestorrens645 3 жыл бұрын

The week after next week: Polishing the paint with antifreeze.

@jazzmangocats 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the videos mate - doing a great job, so well presented

@mikebarbee2217 4 ай бұрын

I just did this last night for the first time after a KZfaq video popped up randomly. I just bought a 98 Durango with 114,000 miles. Ran to the store and got some foam. Sprayed it on and let it soak overnight. This morning my engine looks like BRAND NEW!!! I didn't remove anything...just sprayed foam on everything except alternator and belts. Took 5 minutes.

@MotoringBoxTV 4 ай бұрын

Gotta be happy with that! Well done 👌 I've actually found it's fine on the belts too.

@williamdawson2746 3 жыл бұрын

Looks much cleaner, came up nice. Will definitely give this a go. Normally i dont wrap but will now. Thanks Sean.

@samhadley8245 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate all of this videos you've made. Really helped cleaning my car. Please keep them coming

@prestonyougie 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this video really inspired me to clean my engine bay. Very simple and straight to the point. Satisfying to watch the results, thank you. 👍🏽

@SLO_MZ3 3 жыл бұрын

Thats engine bay is tidier then my room.

@ThePowerbloke 3 жыл бұрын

Mine too! 🤣

@conservativesniperhunter7439 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip , who would have thought that tyre foam would do such a good job in cleaning everything? Good job mate .

@falcon1473 3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea! And lovely result. I'm going to try this on the divvy this weekend. Great video, again, Sean!

@perry8905 3 жыл бұрын

Great job once again The tyre foam did the job with a minimal amount of fuss which is great to see. Certainly will give it a go on my car now. Looking forward to another episode.

@DaNargh42 3 жыл бұрын

I figured this out a few weeks ago at work. The boss had a rather vintage can of tyre foam on the shelf so I used it on the plastic rocker covers of an engine getting a rebuild. Worked like a charm

@jman4652 3 жыл бұрын

True. I've been using that for a few years on my cars engine bays. And I agree. Works great. Smells OK when using it. No sticky mess Ut leaves a nice light shine. I say it to everyone. To use this. Good work mate.

@1969Risky 3 жыл бұрын

Things to do in lockdown or if you're time starved. I usually use a can of degreaser, then pressure wash and get the leaf blower for any water that's hiding. Any plastics get the AutoGlym bumper & trim gel treatment. A great easy to do video for people who are not sure what to do when cleaning under the bonnet.

@timorcher5417 2 жыл бұрын

I am a clean nut with my cars and although I've owned AU's, BA, BF and FG's....I have to admit I've used tyre shine before but never taken off the intake pipes, battery and air box etc. The results are amazing. Loving your videos bud!

@scottsencounters 3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this upload. Looking great! Cheers

@SombreroKnight 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video Sean! I might go ahead and get some tire foam and clean my engine bay on my ford this weekend.

@Evanzie 3 жыл бұрын

Been doing it this way for years. So Easy tyre foam works that little bit better. Don't ask me why. It just does lol

@robert3325 Жыл бұрын

Love this post.. great. Practical.. Thanks for sharing

@marcusvorkauf3976 3 жыл бұрын

Just what that beautiful car needed. Looks awsome.

@xr8rick 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought an old Territory that needs a good clean inside and out. I will definitely be trying this out!

@heckler3119 3 жыл бұрын

Looks mint mate, armorall wash and wax makes a half decent waterless wash inbetween your full wash as well I find, and works especially good as a quick engine bay detailer. Keep it up

@glennt69lol 3 жыл бұрын

My old Windsor is going to cop this treatment this Saturday 👍

@billsimpson2392 Жыл бұрын

Great work!

@busnutter4216 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff buddy I will now learn some new stuff myself from you I enjoyed watching all of your videos

@jasonc2948 3 жыл бұрын

Another legendary video mate

@shanecameron7869 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. If I owned a car I'd go and give the engine bay a clean with this for sure.

@michaelcox6732 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what i use, it works a treat and far better then tyre shine. If you must, you can use tire shine, it looks great, however do make sure you rub it in well to reduce any collecting of dust, you will find it wont collect much dust if you rub it in well. Great video mate!

@mickfrendo8212 3 жыл бұрын

Great car. I'm quite envious. I'm glad you are sharing your experience with us. Thanks for all of the hints and tips.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

No worries mate!

@DardyDave 3 жыл бұрын

You put out such good content for someone with no much subscribers you deserve more subs!

@TheTorkerman Жыл бұрын

Just did the engine bay on my skyline, MAN! I am a convert, I’ll never use anything else now, so easy, and the deep black plastic and rubber without the oily residue, yep! You were 100% correct on this one. Thanks again.

@FrivolousDragon 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! It irks me when people clean their cars but never clean the engine bay! I might experiment with tyre foam next time. I've had good results using Meguiars Trim Restorer as well (more useful if you have a newer car with more plastic bits on it)

@denc6505 3 жыл бұрын

Gees mate it looks amazing. Thats a great result. Ill be getting 2cans of that to do my cars engine bays. Cant go out for the weekend well 5ks from home. Hot tip i use black boot polish for my tyres. Just like polishing your boots. Same method. 👌

@apb1441 3 жыл бұрын

lasts longer then tyre foam too

@DiscoFang 3 жыл бұрын

Ha nice. Told ya so. It's an amazing product. Just did my Thule roof box that had been sitting outside for 5 years turning into a snail farm. Looks almost new again.

@philbarnes5731 3 жыл бұрын

It really does work. Great stuff.

@boycrawford9601 Жыл бұрын

Mate love your posting Dam awesome thank you

@matthewbarbara1925 3 жыл бұрын

It look great now im definitely going to be doing this on my cars

@histriamagna1014 3 жыл бұрын

Good job mate and nice result. Greetings from Slovenia.

@peterriggall8409 3 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks. Never heard of using tyres foam to clean an engine, so thanks for the tip. I agree that tyre dressing stays sticky and attracts dust. Cheers.

@atomicmillenial9728 3 жыл бұрын

I've just done this in my XF ute's engine bay, only without the motor in the way 😂 It was excellent for removing 27 years worth of oil, grease and bright red Toowoomba dirt. Yes, I did have to use a brush. Now I just have to make the EFI Crossy I'm transplanting look as nice as this!

@pauljohns8215 3 жыл бұрын

Oh it’s about time to release another video hope you are well regards from Paul from Newcastle

@shhmule 3 жыл бұрын

I used the same spray degreaser with a water blaster on my VY Commodore 3.8, and it worked great! Just wrap vital electronics with aluminium foil, like the coil, fuse box, alternator, cruise control. I want to treat my VE CalaisV 3.6 to the same cleaning, but there's far more electronics and plastic covers to remove, so could be a big job.

@LessTrustMoreTruth 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@geoffanderson4209 3 жыл бұрын

Did this yesterday on my xr6 VCT came up awesome. Thanks Sean 👍🏼

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Gave my VCT a once over with it this morning, and I agree!

@TheOldFatBastard 3 жыл бұрын

very nice, thanks for that

@stephengorin3059 3 жыл бұрын

I also use tire shine ( silicon spray ) for all of the plastic parts around the car and also the inside dash. Even the rubber mud flaps and bumper bar overriders come up looking like new. My AU dash also looks like it had just come out of the factory and even after 12 months going over with a dry cloth still has its shine.

@benp4339 3 жыл бұрын

Bought some tyre foam from coles last week and gave this a try, cleanest the engine has ever been. good find. Thanks

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it worked out for you!

@TheRealMrCods 3 жыл бұрын

Well you sold me, Im going to go buy some tyre foam and clean my 4wd his weekend 👍

@gnarlythetoyotacoasterbusa4089 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video I’ll give it shot on my au

@jamessolidairy8134 3 жыл бұрын

Got my new NL Fairlane the other day. Already done the exterior and interior. Now I just need to detail the engine bay.

@rickman2267 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid mate, watching from Adelaide.

@glenamo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this mate. Was going to tackle mine when the weather is good here in perth.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

No worries, good luck!

@FuManchu5ltr 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as usual. Enjoyed watching it. (I noted something was missing from this video.)

@stephenrogers9664 3 жыл бұрын

I just came across your channel, & loving it. I’m going to try that next weekend

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Have fun! It was quite an enjoyable job!

@project_calais4977 3 жыл бұрын

I use degreaser and tyre shine when cleaning my engine bay and that works well. Might have to give Tyre Foam a shot and see if it makes a difference

@Sipheren 3 жыл бұрын

Would never have thought to use the foam, going to pick some up and give it a go on the Monty :)

@jean-marcandjoshua-petsjournal 3 жыл бұрын

Looks beautiful, you have made the engine bay look like new.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Yup, it's looking pretty good even 2 weeks later.

@daviddemaid3466 3 жыл бұрын

Top tip that foam, I will give it ago. Thanks for your video content.

@grumpyoldman6632 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic ! I've always been too scared to clean the engine bay.

@scarfacedaw 3 жыл бұрын

All I do to get corrosion off the terminals is boiling water straight from a kettle. Breaks it down and comes straight off

@IZProJects 3 жыл бұрын

Armorall car accessories are great!

@Noelly1980 3 жыл бұрын

Bloody awesome mate. Looks sweet as.

@Cyclingchoice 3 жыл бұрын

I use a cycling cleaner called MUCOFF ...works very well on the engines!

@Eyad.E 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video, I have now subscribed keep up the great work! My fpv f6 typhoon engine bay is going to thank you 👍

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck, it should end up looking incredible.

@ThePowerbloke 3 жыл бұрын

Would never have thought to use tyre foam before. Thanks for your idea mate. Love the BA, love your filmography, really enjoy your channel. 🙂👍

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@jamesvozar1 3 жыл бұрын

Like and subbed mate, your a man cut from my own ilk in terms of how methodical and practical you are i can relate, top effort putting together this channel, from down in Vic. James

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate!

@keepitmashed7402 3 жыл бұрын

i will defenetly try the the tyre foam though thats a realy good idea

@ashleyreynoldsnab 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video mate

@hmorris 3 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone, as someone studying his cert II in Electrotechnology one of the first things you learn is the types of fire extinguishers to use on electrical fires and one of the big ones not to use is foam fire extinguishers as they can be conductive. I understand that this is different but I just wouldn’t recommend putting foam on the battery! This video is amazingly done and I liked this a lot and was very entertaining!

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

To me it seemed much safer than water, but you never know.

@hmorris 3 жыл бұрын

MotoringBox yes 100x safer of course but maybe better to apply foam to towel then wipe she’ll be right

@darrensice1550 2 жыл бұрын

I do the same thing but at the end I also spray silicone spray all over the engine bay and I get a air blower and blow it over the engine to make it look even and sort of dry. I have a bit of distance from the surface so it’s not concentrated to the surface and it’s how second hand car yards get engine bays to look decent but with them you simply look at the under side of things and see what they do. Also silicone spray is water repellent and is great for the battery terminals.

@MrWilliam.Stewart 3 жыл бұрын

An Australian icon. And his Ford Falcon.

@kestrel09 3 жыл бұрын

While you’re there it’s a good idea to clean the throttle body and MAF sensor. CRC sell a good twin pack of both cleaners

@simonkearns6403 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best aerosol degreaser is the 5 star foaming degreaser from Cheap As Chips, in my opinion anyway. I cart fuel and use this $3 can to clean my outlets. Comes up a treat.

@southerndiy1 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll try this. It’s got to be better than the caustic oven cleaner I used on my XF Falcon’s engine bay 😅

@davidcisme1615 3 жыл бұрын

Did this last night, one thing you can also do is remove the grille assembly, it's an extra two scrivet's on the top assembly and three clips at the bottom. You can't actually see the clips unless you push the whole assembly outwards from the top, also FYI when you pop each clip out, make sure you push it all the way out, don't hear it pop and come out a little and move onto the next one or else like me, you will find you get to the third and the others have popped back in. push all the way towards yourself until the whole part of the assembly the clip is holding in comes away from the bumper completely. I could not get over how much gunk I found behind the grill. I hung it on two pot plant hooks, hit it with tyre foam and 10 minutes later washed it all down.

@benjaminstein1692 3 жыл бұрын

Nice caveat at the end as I was curious about the tyre foam

@Iheartkebabs 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video mate👍🏽

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@misitugaga1185 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna do mine ...🤙🏽

@FuManchu5ltr 3 жыл бұрын

I just bought a car and will give the tyre foam a go, but only as a starting point for further detailing. Try some aerospace 303, not only for its finish, but because it conditions the hoses and plastics, which with long term use will prevent deterioration.

@pinmandan5164 3 жыл бұрын

Boil the Kettle and tip it over the corroding battery terminals. Works very well, then you clean with a rag if desired... Great video as always !

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@normls8615 3 жыл бұрын

CLR diluted works well on cast components, removing heavy stains

@gavinb9627 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you kept water and sprays away from under the black cover on the top of the engine. Hidden under there are the coils and spark plugs. I saw the results of cross fire caused by water in there. It caused the timing chain to jump, and changed the cam timing. It was cheaper to replace the engine with one from the wreckers. Go easy with the water! Very interesting video Sean, definitely not what I would ever have thought to use, thanks.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yup I heard about that luckily, so I was being super careful with it!

@Ken-fisho 3 жыл бұрын

Ive used high pressure washer on my Bf Xr6 engine and electrics at least a dozen times never a problem

@jasond9452 3 жыл бұрын

before and after shot would have been satisfying. nice job

@smithy2 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, interesting vid, im going to try it

@mickeydee3595 3 жыл бұрын

I need to desperately clean the engine bay in my VE SS but am scared I'll short something out especially with all the coil packs, leads and spark plugs being pretty exposed. Doesnt help the knock sensors are underneath the intake manifold and prone to pooling and failing. Once i muster the confidence to do it I will most definitely be using that tyre foam! Excellent video mate!

@Fellafoe69 3 жыл бұрын

much safer to use brake cleaner

@Cris-iw6su 3 жыл бұрын

VB works well also

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, nice.

@mckav2358 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean, gr8 clip. Are you going to do your own servicing like oil change, gearbox & diff oil? If so will you do some clips on this. I for one would be v interested cheers

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yes for sure, I can do all of those but never attempted a diff - doesn't look too hard to do though.

@paulmcgaw6976 3 жыл бұрын

Came up absolutely mint! The BA's do tend to weep power steering oil out of the base of the pump. The seal goes. Mines doing it, and if it gets bad can drip into the alternator. I know this because I was underneath it today lol. It's more annoying in that you have a perfectly clean engine then you see that oily, dirty spot. Excellent video as always! Now just to get it to 620hp at the wheels 😂

@paulmcgaw6976 3 жыл бұрын

It's a pain. The rubber seal wears out and causes the leak. It looks like I DIY type of job but luckily I'm still at the weaping stage lol.

@crons8584 3 жыл бұрын

Alternator shroud mate 😉👍

@NITOPSMOVE 3 жыл бұрын

Did this 4 days ago! Can promise you looks good and it works.

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@NITOPSMOVE 3 жыл бұрын

P.S caught corona doing this with a friend 😂

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

@@NITOPSMOVE seriously??

@NITOPSMOVE 3 жыл бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV Yup. My friend flew to Portugal they gave possitive and told me. I went to the doc and had it. The flue is worse I'll tell you.

@morantaylor 3 жыл бұрын

To clean battery terminals rinse in a litre of warm water with a couple of tea spoons of bi carb soda will neutralise the acid and clean it off the terminals. then rinse off with hose. FYI normal tap water is not going to short the battery out :)

@gureno19 3 жыл бұрын

Pull the top of the plenum and paint it in VHT wrinkle black paint, really cleans up the bay in these falcons.

@SamK4074 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Definitely need to give this a go on my VX Commodore, don't think one can will be enough so I'd better buy three just in case, being a leaky old V6 Commodore and all. ;)

@MotoringBoxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Get 2 at least, that way you've got extra on hand in case you need it! If not, you can use the second can on your wheels, or save it for the next engine clean.

@matthewodwyer7139 3 жыл бұрын

How did the VX go?