How do you go about this? I just noticed mine has like sand and crud all over the place...and my plenum cover has something that looks like oil on it...what's that all about?
wet it with the hose (becareful while doing this-alterntor etc)
any de-greaser, or even Westleys bleach white, get in the small areas with a toothbrush but re-spray the degreaser as you go along, and I say westleys bleach white because it won't di-color the hoses etc.
when you are ready carefully rinse, and then dry with a towel,
while I am rinsing I usully let the engine run, shut her down and towel dry as much as you can...then apply your vinyl protectant of choice
Heya,
I've found that Simple Green works well for me. It's good to do on a cool to warm engine. Spray down, being careful to avoid elec. to much. Let it soak for a while, then gently spray off with hose. It's a great degreaser. Crank her up, throw out all the crud, then dry her off...
I usually use silicone to protect the hoses, not to mention it makes it look beautiful!! Here's a pic of mine once it was done...
Simple Green on a slightly wet engine bay, I scrub what I can reach and rinse with low pressure water. I don't wrap anything up either.
Works great on mine since 1999.(wow a ryhme!)
-Jason