safe way to clean the engine/engine bay?

[Tyler]

help me out guys.. how do you safely clean the engine such as the intake and throttle body.. the car i just got has been sitting for a while and it developed like a white powdery texture.. whipes off but i want it sparkling

[Loochy88]

unless you've got a lot of aftermarket goodies under the hood with electric parts (jetscu, maft, etc... ) you should be fine spraying it down engine degreaser on it and then trickling water over it, then its all about the details. i use fantastic to detail the block and other dirty/greasy parts under the hood. you just got to work it into the corners. if youre a real nut like me, wax the paint under the hood, and get a bottle of cd2 engine detailer. dont forget to hit the plastic and rubber with some sort of armour all. i even found a few places on my engine where no matter what i did i couldnt get the dirt off, so i actually lightly sanded those places down, since they were few and far between, and they look close to new again.

[dmw319]

i need to give mine a clean, its been a while.

[BobbyZ72]

jest make sure the engine is cool.

[Tyler]

awesome! thanks for all the details!

yea i dont have any aftermarket goodies ... yet.. [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]