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Hi dubbers

I have decided that its about time I cleaned my engine bay. Its covered in wax-oil. Can anyone tell me the best way (and quikest) of removing this?

lots of people have recomended some stuf called Gunk. its in a orange tin and apparently pretty good altho ive not used it myself

Thanks mate
I think I know the stuff your on about. I'll give it a try soon and let you know

IMO the best way is to do it by hand using engine degreaser and brush. It will probably take a few goes but it's worth the effort. It takes a while to get all the waxoil out.
I found that 'Gunk' isnt as good as some other degreasers out there. I prefered the comma engine degreaser as it worked better.

Comma
Is that a specialist one or can you get it in most places

Halfords and such like should be able to supply you with your Comma stuff. They stock most other products by Comma anyway.

Karl.

tooth brush, sponge and polish!

several scratchs later, looks a treat, takes time though!

ive just used some degreaser i bought from je-james for my mountain bike on the engine bay (it was about a cm thick in 13 year old oil and grease) put a little on a cloth and lightly rubbed it to test how good it was and to my suprise it fetched it straight off.

forgot actual make until i got home but i will edit and post it.

my engine bay is now shiny n clean....

There are a few really good products out there. It's all goign to depend on how much oil and grease and collected and where. Just be careful not to let degrease or detergents sit for too long. Some of these are pretty powerful and will soften rubbers and other soft seals.

Products that are worth taking a look at:

Gunk - The obvious choice for generally degreasing and cleaning up an engine bay.

Rock Oil's Soluable Organic Cleaner (SOC) - Available from most motorcycle dealers. Similar to Gunk, but far more potent.

Muck-Off - Originally designed for mountain bikes, but great for cleaning just about everything.

Have fun

G

You can use a steam cleaner as well. I used one on mine and it did the job pretty much striaght away. If youve got one with a brush attachment as well you can get to all the hard to reach places like beind all the brake pipes on the bulkhead ans stuff like that. Shame the brush is missing on mine tho, Ive only done the easy bits so far.

Would love to get mine steam cleaned, but some places use quite corrosive detergents, and I don't like the idea of my paint flaking off. Shame I don't h\ve my own steam cleaner...

Karl.

I think JML do those steam cleaners. You know JML, they always have their adverts on TV about the fantastic *ahem* cable ties they have invented, etc.

I think they were about £25 or £30. I saw them in Woolworths. Not sure whether they would be any good, but I can't see why not.

I might be the guinea pig for one of those when I've got some spare cash then. let you lot know whether they're any good.

Thanks.

Karl.

I've been trying to blag the gullable mother in law into buying one of those steam cleans for a while now.. they look quite good.
I'll have another go at convincing her tonight.