Here is my engine bay. What is safe to use for cleaning it?

[CajunKenny]

Thanks! I'm not sure what to do about the scratches yet. I'm wondering if touching them up will only make them look worse...? Maybe someone will chime with good advice on that.

It took about an hour. I didn't do anything toward the top. I only worked up as far as the blankets because I can do the upper fenders anytime. I wanted to get to what is only accessible when the engine is out right now.

Yeah, post up pics. I'd like to see your results.

 

[Poodles]

The engine bay isn't clear coated so just using some touch up paint and then a little wet sanding to blend it would work fine I bet.

 

[jugodegolf]

The engine bay isn't clear coated so just using some touch up paint and then a little wet sanding to blend it would work fine I bet.

Correct. Won't be perfect. I looked really closely at Rajunz car and he has fixed a few rock chips on his hood in the same way. You can't tell except from very close up.

Kenny came out great!!!:love::love:

Can't remember the book I read it in but there was a referance to winning race cars and how meticulously maintained and clean everything was. I do luvs me a clean engine bay. :love::love: Don't always take the supra. Not to bad...going on 4 years old.

 

[CajunKenny]

^Now that's clean!

So, what do you guys think...touch it up and then hit it with ~1800 grit? Then maybe polish it a little after that?

 

[Figit090]

Have you tried straight polishing it or are your scratches too bad for that?

 

[CajunKenny]

Yeah, the scratches are too deep for that. They all are deep like the one that's visible on the firewall in the pics I posted.

 

[Poodles]

Yeah, just a light sanding and polishing should work.

 

[S.A. supra]

Ok here are my before pics. damn the scratches are bad. But the rest of the car is pretty good shape.

 

[S.A. supra]

After pics. Gunk really did the job.

 

[CajunKenny]

That turned out very nice! Nice job!

What's funny is that a lot of your scratches are in the same places mine are. There's something about the exhaust side getting all scratched up compared to the intake side I guess...

 

[S.A. supra]

That turned out very nice! Nice job!

What's funny is that a lot of your scratches are in the same places mine are. There's something about the exhaust side getting all scratched up compared to the intake side I guess...

Yeah roger. I have to do something about those scratches, they really stand out. I guess I'll be doing a little bit of painting and wet sanding.

 

[D7MSupra]

Everytime Ive ever cleaned my engine or someone elses, I cut my simplegreen or purple power down to 50/50 in a spray bottle. I like to do it with the engine warm.... warm not hot or close to hot. The kind of warm where you can touch it by hand. Make a bucket of soap with dawn. I start with the 50/50 green or purple and spray it one the block or anywhere along the driveline. Then using rag and brush use dawn soap and go to town on it. Dawn cuts grease really well but is gentle on your rubber or aluminum and painted surfaces. Just use the heavey stuff where the build up is. Then I obviously wash it immediately with a regular waterhose with spray nozzle on the end. Never let green/purple sit anywhere for long because it will discolor just about any surface it comes into contact with. I recommend working in sections so this doesnt happen. I always rinse very thoroughly. Then I dry it with compressed air. I do mine about twice a year to keep it looking fresh.:naughty: P.S. I think the turbo side always gets scratched up bc it requires the more attention than the other side does. IM always working on it over on the turbo side.

 

[Rajunz]

Haaa.....when I did mine, I put it outside on jackstands and crawled in there with a bucket of gasoline and a scrub brush and scrubbed the crap out of it all. Then I washed everything with Tide, once it was all rinsed real well, I hand waxed it all back to a gloss. For the frame and cross member, I used this stuff with a foam brush, it dries like plastic so always washes clean.

For all of the aluminum, including the exhaust manifolds, I used this. Only requires minor touch ups once a year with a small paint brush. It's aluminum shavings suspended in a binding agent. It's good for 1100 degrees, and always stays shiney, doesn't oxydize! The trick to painting hot parts is to properly cure them On initial start up, as soon as you smell paint burning, shut it off and let it cool. Repeat this process 5 or 6 times and it will cure the paint instead of burning it off.

http://www.eastwood.com/silver-high-temp-coating-kit.html