Cleaning under the hood

[Solid]

okay, up until the solstice, I didn't care mucn about cleaning under the hood, but now I want to keep it as clean as possible.

what's the best way to clean it?
can I just go to a Do-it-yourself washing booth and spray it off with water??

thanks in advance.

[tazz]

08 Deep gxp and I just wipe it down with a damp cloth every time I wasth the car. Inside the hood and the trunk well u know the place were we put the top.LoL.
Just a good habbit when the car gets washed. Do under the hood.

[Bagpypr]

08 Deep gxp and I just wipe it down with a damp cloth every time I wasth the car. Inside the hood and the trunk well u know the place were we put the top.LoL. Just a good habbit when the car gets washed. Do under the hood.

I do the same, if it gets wet, I wipe it dry.

[LiquidPT]

Do you mean the underside of the hood, or so you mean cleaning the engine?

[Envious06]

Whats the difference, its all plastic anyway. Damp towel always works for me.

[LiquidPT]

Originally Posted by Envious06 Whats the difference, its all plastic anyway. Damp towel always works for me.

Disclaimer: I don't have a Sol yet, so I don't know the layout/what it looks like...

It's all plastic? Is that cuz I basically has an engine cover?

On my PT I generally use a degreaser, scrub brush, stream from a hose, then dressing on the engine bay (engine, hoses, etc).

I can get in more detail if people want, but I'm not entirely sure exactly what applies here...

<goes of to look for some Sol engine bay pics>

[mrk]

I do the same as everyone else,, whipe it clean each time I wash. The only exception is that every once in a while I try to use more water and really soapy towel. I always do that before I start washing the car (for obvious reasons).

[LiquidPT]

Ant he big red thing there (that says Ecotec). What do people rever to that as (i'm not sure if it's the vavle cover, or if it's a decorative engine cover. Is it metal or plastic?

[ladyt28]

It's the big plastic cover for the engine and MRK has custom painted his - pretty nice huh?

[cunning]

i got in the habit of cleaning under the hood everytime i wash it also. i use meguiers mist and wipe on all the plastic under there and it keeps it pretty well. i just dont like the idea of turning a hose on under the hood.

[LiquidPT]

Originally Posted by ladyt28 It's the big plastic cover for the engine and MRK has custom painted his - pretty nice huh?

OK, cool. I'll be painting mine when I get it. Right now, I have several powdercoated and painted pieces under the hood of my PT. Just cleaned the engine bay on my GF's PT tonight (lot's of plastic on the N/A) how I described for a car show tomorrow

[mrk]

Thanks for the compliment lady

You know the first thing I thought of when I started looking at all the aftermarket parts was ,,, "where the hell are the engine covers??????"

We have replacement everything but engine covers. I can't believe someone hasn't come up with a good looking cover for sale already. That seems like it would be so easy, and everyone under the sun would want to order one. I painted mine because there was no options out there (could be chrome? or pre-painted, powdercoated.. or maybe have a different design on it othere than just ECOTEC)

Maybe I'm just thinking too much into it though.

[Envious06]

I love mine the way it is...But then again, the black goes well with Envious.

[rtrumps]

Soap, water and a power washer.

[Envious06]

A POWER washer ? Isn't that a little much for under the hood ? How could you get that much crap in there to wash anyway ?