DIY - Engine Pressure Washing
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Date: 2020-08-05
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Comments and reviews: 10
maddad621
Like Jake and David E. S, Im old and back in the 60s working after school as a high schooler not only would full service checks be done but also a car wash for a fill up! Yup, kept me hopping from 4 to 9 every night! Then clean and soap scrub mop the service bay. Owner was a task master but lesson learned was to work towards excellence and take care of the customer and they will return. It was a lesson for a lifetime. Summers spent working at a European car shop to learn the difference from American cars. Learned to do just about everything which turned my senior year into a pile of work from my boss the auto shop teacher. You would be amazed at how much slack I got from teachers when I asked them to excuse me to go to the auto shop to get their engine rebuild done or the normal brakes and other repairs they wanted done on their cars! That included body work and paint. Now hardly any schools have these programs and no working on teachers cars because of liability concerns. But Im still learning all of the new electronic diagnostics for my own cars. Did NOT make it my career, never wanted to. Just loved working on machines. Now 70 and still doing my own wrenching and helping family and friends. Keep up the great work Eric O and Aloha to your family.
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Like Jake and David E. S, Im old and back in the 60s working after school as a high schooler not only would full service checks be done but also a car wash for a fill up! Yup, kept me hopping from 4 to 9 every night! Then clean and soap scrub mop the service bay. Owner was a task master but lesson learned was to work towards excellence and take care of the customer and they will return. It was a lesson for a lifetime. Summers spent working at a European car shop to learn the difference from American cars. Learned to do just about everything which turned my senior year into a pile of work from my boss the auto shop teacher. You would be amazed at how much slack I got from teachers when I asked them to excuse me to go to the auto shop to get their engine rebuild done or the normal brakes and other repairs they wanted done on their cars! That included body work and paint. Now hardly any schools have these programs and no working on teachers cars because of liability concerns. But Im still learning all of the new electronic diagnostics for my own cars. Did NOT make it my career, never wanted to. Just loved working on machines. Now 70 and still doing my own wrenching and helping family and friends. Keep up the great work Eric O and Aloha to your family.
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Peter
After I hit a deer one time only thank God, I actually ran it over with left side of my 84 Pontiac Pariseanne I was airborne on the right front and right rear wheels waiting to flip over but luckily I landed back on all four wheels shaking like a leaf, it was at night, the next day even though I have a pressure washer I didn't want the blood and flesh flowing down the street I drove to the local carwash and used the pressure washer so everything would be flushed down the drain, I couldn't believe the. amount of blood and the flesh that got stuck underneath, there was even places in the engine, the only damage was a slightly bent bumper and the alignment was knocked out, I got lucky, if it wasn't so dark I might've seen it, I'm assuming it was a deer but in my mind in that split second it looked like a cow laying on the road.
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After I hit a deer one time only thank God, I actually ran it over with left side of my 84 Pontiac Pariseanne I was airborne on the right front and right rear wheels waiting to flip over but luckily I landed back on all four wheels shaking like a leaf, it was at night, the next day even though I have a pressure washer I didn't want the blood and flesh flowing down the street I drove to the local carwash and used the pressure washer so everything would be flushed down the drain, I couldn't believe the. amount of blood and the flesh that got stuck underneath, there was even places in the engine, the only damage was a slightly bent bumper and the alignment was knocked out, I got lucky, if it wasn't so dark I might've seen it, I'm assuming it was a deer but in my mind in that split second it looked like a cow laying on the road.
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John
The best part of doing the engine bay wash is that you know the customer is going to tell his friends about the engine install and they will want to look at it. The friend will want to know who did the engine swap. If it looks good, he will remember it. If it looks like the engine was swapped an the mechanic just walked away, he will remember that too, but not in a good way.
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The best part of doing the engine bay wash is that you know the customer is going to tell his friends about the engine install and they will want to look at it. The friend will want to know who did the engine swap. If it looks good, he will remember it. If it looks like the engine was swapped an the mechanic just walked away, he will remember that too, but not in a good way.
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geoff
I watched an older gentleman wash his engine compartment (don't remember his name. He said he had always done it and never had any problems. I was surprised because I always thought electrical components were susceptible to problems. He used a pressure washer such as one would find in a self service car wash.
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I watched an older gentleman wash his engine compartment (don't remember his name. He said he had always done it and never had any problems. I was surprised because I always thought electrical components were susceptible to problems. He used a pressure washer such as one would find in a self service car wash.
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Hiker
If your easiest rout to ground is the long way down the outside of the porcelain plug you have too dirty of plugs and/or a bad plug cover/boot etc etc. I say WASH IT and then diagnose misfires. All I ever use to cover was the distributor but even those are easy to blow dry
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If your easiest rout to ground is the long way down the outside of the porcelain plug you have too dirty of plugs and/or a bad plug cover/boot etc etc. I say WASH IT and then diagnose misfires. All I ever use to cover was the distributor but even those are easy to blow dry
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Justsome
I've been in the car biz for 30 plus years. Washed hundreds of engine compartments at my local handheld car wash without any issue at all. All it takes is some common sense. To hell with the internet experts that find fault in everything everybody does.
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I've been in the car biz for 30 plus years. Washed hundreds of engine compartments at my local handheld car wash without any issue at all. All it takes is some common sense. To hell with the internet experts that find fault in everything everybody does.
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Angela
John here my brothers washes his truck motor about ever 2 wk clean chevy has 286. 000 miles on it. Going to trade it in New truck 48. 000 to 62. 000 dollars for a new truck he retires in 5 yrs my wife worked for GM got him family discount too.
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John here my brothers washes his truck motor about ever 2 wk clean chevy has 286. 000 miles on it. Going to trade it in New truck 48. 000 to 62. 000 dollars for a new truck he retires in 5 yrs my wife worked for GM got him family discount too.
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norherman
I was taught to clean the replacement engine and engine bay before it was installed. All parts that were going to be reused were cleaned up and even painted sometime. customer got his money worth. The mechanic helper was kept very busy.
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I was taught to clean the replacement engine and engine bay before it was installed. All parts that were going to be reused were cleaned up and even painted sometime. customer got his money worth. The mechanic helper was kept very busy.
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Kevin
nice, but I would be inclined to clean the empty engine bay and engine separately before re-installing so you can really get in, around, and under things, plus it makes the reinstall a lot more pleasant to be working with clean stuff
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nice, but I would be inclined to clean the empty engine bay and engine separately before re-installing so you can really get in, around, and under things, plus it makes the reinstall a lot more pleasant to be working with clean stuff
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autos
That particular engine degreaser is my favorite, I've tried their other products but only the gel seems to really dig in to the buildup. Used it on my motorcycles because they're air cooled and I wasn't getting enough air to the fins.
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That particular engine degreaser is my favorite, I've tried their other products but only the gel seems to really dig in to the buildup. Used it on my motorcycles because they're air cooled and I wasn't getting enough air to the fins.
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