95 Chrysler New Yorker - Engine Detail

[N8Dogg98]

This is my new daily driver. It was my grandma's car and she no longer feels safe behind the wheel so she gave it to me. This car only has 70,000 miles!!!



Last weekend I cleaned up the engine bay. It was quite dirty, and I was very impressed with how well the finished product came out.



Process:



Sprayed entire engine compartment with Rubbermaid Orange Degreaser and let it dwell for about 5 minutes. Next, I lightly misted water and agitated the entire engine with a paintbrush. Then the engine was towel dried and the remaining water left to air dry for about 30 minutes. Finally, all plastics were dressed with Stoners Trim Shine, and the painted surfaces were treated with Meguiars Cleaner Wax.



Before:



















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Afters:

 

[Jean-Claude]

Good job dude!

 

[Bimmerdude]

very nice! great attention to detail

 

[ScheerResist]

Beatutiful! Did the stoners leave it feeling greasy at all? Out of curiosity.. why didn't you run the engine to help along the drying?

 

[The Enforcer]

Nice turnaround...plastic looks a little too wet and greasy for my taste, but if the customer liked it that's all that matters!

 

[N8Dogg98]

Beatutiful! Did the stoners leave it feeling greasy at all? Out of curiosity.. why didn't you run the engine to help along the drying?

Stoners did leave it feeling greasy, but I wanted to try it out. Looked good and actually after a couple of days it dried out some but retained the nice gloss.

Nice turnaround...plastic looks a little too wet and greasy for my taste, but if the customer liked it that's all that matters!

In this case the customer is me. It was a little wet looking but after a day or two it really looked nice.

 

[ScheerResist]

Any other suggestions for an engine dressing? I've seen that 303 gives a nice finish

 

[N8Dogg98]

Any other suggestions for an engine dressing? I've seen that 303 gives a nice finish

I decided to try the Trim Shine because it had it laying around. Usually I just use the Armorall Tire Foam and I think it gives great results, though not quite as shiny as the Trim Shine. I have not tried 303, simply because I have so much stuff in the garage to use up first.