welcome back everyone to stauffer garage and on today's video i'm going to show
you guys how i personally detail the engine bays that i work on
and in the past i've done waterless ones but this one i'm going to show you guys
how i do it with the pressure washer and how i make these car engine bays look
like brand new again you might recognize this car this is the
muddiest jeep i've ever detailed it's actually come back for the engine bay
clean now and as you guys can tell this one has a
lot of mud and debris on the inside that we're gonna have to clean up so
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this one now the first step even when i do my
interior details is to disconnect the battery
but because we are cleaning the engine bay it is best and always safest to just
completely remove it from the car itself
now another thing you need to make sure you do is if there's inlets to your air
intake box like this one in particular or if there's any other components that
are sensitive water go ahead and cover those up with either a plastic bag
or a glove for this instance to make sure they don't get sprayed with a lot
of water
now for some components in ninja bay you're just going to be using your
typical bucket and soap water that you would use for the exterior
and then i'm also using simple green and i'm also using eagle one all wheel and
tire cleaner as a degreaser and then i have several different tools
which include the detailing brushes that i sell on my website foxclean.com so if
you're interested in picking up a set of those head on over there after the video
to pick up a set to one elevate your interior and
exterior detailing game but also they work well in the engine bay as well
now because we are working in the engine bay that is why i am going with the
eagle one all-wheel and tire cleaner which is one
for good like dust build up from brakes but also it works well from a degreaser
standpoint and it's safe on all these components i've never had an issue with
it
once i've sprayed it liberally onto the engine itself i'll let it soak for
about a minute or two and then i'm just using the pressure washer to blast any
of it off this is kind of like a pre-treatment if you will
i try to blast off any of the grease or dirt that's caked on the engine valve
cover any other components now before i start doing a more thorough
detail with the brushes
so you can see here on the valve cover that there's a lot of grease and oil and
dirt that kind of gets collected here and this is kind of typical for this
area of the vehicle but i'm using simple green to spray on
and then i'm using my brushes to agitate those areas get that grease
loosened up and then rinse it off to make it look clean again
now for the other components that aren't just dirty and they don't have a lot of
grease and buildup on them i'm just using my bristle brush with
soapy water that i'd use on the exterior of the car
to get all that dirt loosened up and then spray it off with a pressure washer
now you might wonder why cleaning the engine bay is important and for me
personally i like to clean the engine bay because when i work on vehicles
it's always nice to have a clean engine bait to see where leaks are happening to
see where issues are to inspect the car look at your belt look at the different
components in the vehicle to see if you're seeing anything that's out of
place see if anything is leaking see if anything
needs to be repaired in the near future so that way you're not cut off guard if
that happens
like i mentioned earlier my detailing brushes are available on foxclean.com
for you to pick up as well i use them in every single one of my details and they
come in handy when it comes to getting to these tight spaces on the engine bay
but also in the interior as well
one other thing i wanted to mention if you're cleaning this portion of the
vehicle like your brake booster your brake master cylinder
check for leaks from your master cylinder check to make sure all the
vacuum hoses are working properly because
your brakes are the most important thing to be honest you want to make sure your
car can stop so that way you stay safe and everyone
else around you stays safe so checking those components for any rips
tears leaks it's always a good thing to do at this point
now that the entire engine bay and under the hood is dry i have my leaf blower
that i use sometimes on the exterior of cars
but it also comes in handy here for the engine bay to make sure there's no extra
water puddled anywhere and it's all blown out of the vehicle so
that way when we do start up the car after this everything starts up properly
now to spray the engine bay to make everything shine i'm just using 303
aerospace protectant i've used this on the interior i've used
this on tires and especially on engine bays it doesn't give it that greasy
finish it just makes the plastic have that nice
bright matte finish that i would if it was new
and for the underside of the hood i'm just coating it with a wax to make sure
that it stays protected from the heat that the engine bay
produces
and the last component that needs to be cleaned is the battery which typically
doesn't get the kind of love that it deserves
but it is a super important part of your car so making sure it's clean
and making sure there's no leaks is also a good thing to do
now after everything was cleaned i did wait a good 30 minutes with a car
sitting out in the sun to make sure any extra water might have been evaporated
before closing the hood and then cranking the car and starting it up
and here are the before and after shots and for everyone watching you probably
don't have as dirty of an engine bay as this
if you do it's not a huge deal it's actually pretty easy to clean
so don't be scared to do it yourself and if you have a less extreme
less dirty engine bay just using a brush and all-purpose cleaner and a microfiber
towel you can get your engine bay looking clean as well
and i want to let everybody know that this saturday's video coming up
there is a ton of extraction that needed to be done so make sure you have
notifications turn on make sure you don't miss out on this week's video
coming up this saturday at 8 a.m eastern time
and thank you guys so much for being part of the stauffer garage crew and
i'll see you guys in the next video bye guys
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