5 Easy Steps To Cleaning Your Car’s Engine

How many miles do you cover before you wash your car?

How many miles do you cover before considering Doylestown auto repair?

When do you decide that it’s time to clean your engine?

Not many people believe in cleaning their engines. Although, they don’t think the same for the interior and exterior of their vehicle!

They think about their engine only when it starts to cough and sputter. Like any other component, your engine is a major component of your car.

Cleaning isn’t hard, all it involves is a little elbow grease and motivation!

5 Easy Steps to Clean Your Car Engine

1. Preparations

First, let's get rid of all the possible debris settled on your engine. Having access to compressed air helps you get even minute dirt off the way!

After cleaning the debris, get your engine wet, so get along covering sensors, spark plug openings, etc. Little plastic bags and duct tape can do the trick.

Mostly, all your components are waterproof, but we don’t want to take any risks, so it’s better to tape up all the components which we fear are connected to electrical systems.

2. Loosen Components With Grease

This step gets easier when you start your engine and let it run for 10 to 15 minutes! It helps loosen the accumulated grease and oil from your engine.

Also, a warm engine does well with products known as degreasers.

3. Degreaser To Your Rescue

Citrus or water-based greasers are among the best degreaser products. Petroleum-based degreasers do the trick, but they also harm and degrade rubber seals.

So, start applying the product from the bottom up so that it doesn’t drip down on you! Also, remember, do not overspray as it may completely remove the wax off the fenders.

If your car engine is not extremely dirty, then let the degreaser soak in about 5 minutes. Dirty engines need 10 minutes.

For dense deposits, use a brush to reach narrow spaces as well.

4. Washing Your Car Engine

Once the job of degreaser is done, hose it off! Careful while using a high pressurized nozzle, as it may do more damage to your electrical connections.

A regular hose with an adjustable nozzle will do just fine.

5. Drying Your Engine

Although the heat from the engine helps dry it quickly, some external help isn’t so bad.

You can definitely wipe out left water on your engine, once it dries itself up!

Conclusion

Your engine goes through a lot, maintain it by auto repair in Doylestown!

Your car wouldn’t move a centimeter if it wasn’t for your engine. Only cleaning up the exterior won’t do you any good!

A&G Customs know their way around the dirtiest engines in any neighborhood.

Get back on the road with quick and efficient automotive services by A&G Customs.