Engine Bay Clean Up

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Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby davery » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:17 pm

I'm in the process of cleaning up my engine bay, inspired by the engine bay thread. I have the cam covers and intake plenum off. I was thinking of polishing them, but they seem to have a lot of noticeable pitts. I will probably just paint them. I noticed on the other thread a lot of hoses seem to be eliminated. Please list any suggestions to clean up the look of the engine bay.
Don Avery
Dayton, OH/Sarasota,FL
1985 Pininfarina
2011 Eos
2012 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet

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Re: Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby davery » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:32 am

double post
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Don Avery
Dayton, OH/Sarasota,FL
1985 Pininfarina
2011 Eos
2012 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet

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Re: Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby davery » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:01 pm

why can't I delete my own post?
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Don Avery
Dayton, OH/Sarasota,FL
1985 Pininfarina
2011 Eos
2012 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet

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Re: Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby davery » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:02 pm

By the way, the car is an 85.
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1985 Pininfarina
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2012 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet

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Re: Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby Jimb » Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:29 pm

Cleaning the engine bay is simply lots of elbow grease. I use a product called 303 which is excellent for all rubber and plastic finishes. I use a mans dress sock over my hand as an applicator.

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Re: Engine Bay Clean Up

Postby joelittel » Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:45 pm

Youtube has some good instructional videos on polishing engine parts.


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