under the bonnet- CALLING C76JON......

[dimebag_from_hell]

Alright,
My sport looks great on the outside, but the engine bay just looks dirty! i want to try and get my engine bay looking as mint as possible without removing parts! Here are some pictures below.



Looking good from here....






But when you look closer



Starting to look yellow, possible rust starting?








Black grimy corners..






Not bad at all i suppose for a 17 year old alpine white sport, but i would love to clean the engine bay up as much as possible. Not sure where to start though and what to use! What should i do jon?


thanks

[evostormm]

The yellow is probably (hopefully) only ageing factory wax. Brown on the other hand............Rust.

[c76jon]

thats not rust its protective wax etc for inner panels

id use a weak solution of tfr leave soak for 5 mins and rinse

id leave the wax but it would be hard to remove anyway

jon

[dimebag_from_hell]

tfr? what about the black corners of the bonnet? its seems to be pure grease....

[mac325i]

tfr - Traffic film remover

[c76jon]

traffic film remover
dilute it and spray it into area

do that first
it will remove a lot of the shite

jon

[dimebag_from_hell]

cheers for the help, you got a pm jon!

[DaveD]

GUNK and elbow grease...or the ultimate deterrent....... a steam clean

[dimebag_from_hell]

am not sure if i would want to steam clean my engine bay! Would be worried it would do damage. What is GUNK?

cheers for the reply daveD

[DaveD]

engine degreaser

[maxfield]

Nothing wrong with a steam clean just leave your engine running

[DaveD]

it usually is better to do it when the engine is hot (not running) and all the electrics covered with plastic bags,,,,

[padi]

A nfriend steam cleaed my car, it took off all the wax everywhere, took me ages to get it back to what it should have been. Oh and it knacked the radiator too...

[snoops]

i gotmy engine steam cleaned and all was good!

[bryang]

a couple of tins of Gunk and a slection of paint brushes to work it into the more ingrained areas will do the trick, use a hose to rinse it off and you wont have any problems with water ingress into the electrics.

been doing my cars this way for years and never had any probs, comes up a treat as well...you can then(if you want ) polish the painted areas or dress the plastic/rubber components...I use WD40 to do this , its quick, cheap , good for protecting the electrics and gives a good enough finish for the engine bay

[bryang]

Heres the engine bay of my white E34...dont forget to clean all the fluid bottles!

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t ... highlight=