An engine detail

Mad iX

Mad iX

No detail for you!!!
After being somewhat inspired by this engine detail, although I first saw it on another forum, I thought I'd try my Toyota Echo. It has quite a neat engine bay so everything was quite straight-forward. I'm no expert at engine detailing so I took a lot of caution. Stuffed the intake with cloth, disconnected the battery and made sure not to spray too much water on electrical wires.

I first rinsed with a hose with attachment on "shower" setting. Then sprayed Autoglym engine cleaner liberally all over "safe areas". Waited a few seconds and started scrubbing with a brush. I kept everything moist with the hose attachment on "mist" setting. Then rinsed again on shower setting, making sure all the degreaser was rinsed off. Wiped down all the areas I could reach and left to dry in the sun for a few hours. After that I dressed plastic/trim/hoses with Meg's GC Trim Detailer.



Before--

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After--

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I waited another 2 hours before re-connecting the battery and then started the engine and went for a run to make sure it was completely dry.

All up, wasn't very difficult and nothing went wrong but I knew I was taking a risk, so I didn't want to use a high-pressure hose. I think it still came up pretty well.
 
That looks great. I do have a question about the car itself though, whats your mpg like? I've been looking at getting one of those because if I keep spending all of my money on gas I won't be able to try any more detailing products lol.
 
I get about 7l/100km here (1.3L) with a mix of freeway and city driving.

A quick conversion with google calculator gives me ~33.6 mpg.
 
It use to scare me too, but I recently did it to my truck and had no problems at all. I think it is just the feeling that water is not really supposed to be there, but I think if you don't power wash the snot out of it you will be alright. Plus it looks awesome when you're done, really completes a detail IMO.
 
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