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WOLFN8TR
04-09-2013, 10:48 AM
I have a huge mental stigma with putting water in my engine bay.

Someone help me out here.

Thanks

I suppose you don't drive in the Rain either.

HokieZHP
04-09-2013, 11:39 AM
I have a huge mental stigma with putting water in my engine bay.

Someone help me out here.

Thanks

It used to worry me as well. What I do now when I clean engine bays is restrict the nozzle on the hose so it's either a lighter stream of water or a very spread out stream (like it's raining lightly) to just wet the engine then use products and brushes to actually get the dirt and grime off.

This way there's no strong streams of water to penetrate any electrics or anything like that. I've done it on countless cars, including my own with no issues thus far

Rovert
04-09-2013, 12:09 PM
A pressure wash is the best if you're at an outdoor car wash centre. I usually select the pre-soak soapy mixture first and soap everything down. When you're far away from the car it ends up misting rather then jets of fluid hitting the surfaces. After I feel the soap is all in there, I'll use the rinse selection and "mist" all the crap away from probably six feet away. Try not to aim at the underside of the hood where the sound deadening material is because if you soak that too much it causes shrinkage when it drys in a hot engine bag and it warps the material so it's not flush with the hood.

danewilson77
04-09-2013, 01:17 PM
A pressure wash is the best if you're at an outdoor car wash centre.

See? And then this guy is gonna say this.

Rovert
04-09-2013, 01:29 PM
LOL...I can never get a heavy mist out of my garden hose at home. A pressure washer can give your engine a tropical rainforest misting...it's like a BMW spa to the engine!

danewilson77
04-09-2013, 01:32 PM
LOL...I can never get a heavy mist out of my garden hose at home. A pressure washer can give your engine a tropical rainforest misting...it's like a BMW spa to the engine!

Oh...werd. You said "Pressure Wash" and I thought you meant "Pressure Wash". :)

Rovert
04-09-2013, 01:36 PM
Try it sometime with your wife....stay far away from the nozzle though..you don't want to become the supermarket's skinless chicken special. You'll want to plug the pressure washer into warm water for bi-daily showers that way. :P

danewilson77
04-09-2013, 01:39 PM
Try it sometime with your wife....stay far away from the nozzle though..you don't want to become the supermarket's skinless chicken special. You'll want to plug the pressure washer into warm water for bi-daily showers that way. :P

:/

When you said, what you said, all kinds of crazy stuff ran through my head.....like a locomotive.

johnrando
04-10-2013, 09:28 AM
Mine too, lol. Adams cleaner products has a nice 'how to clean then engine bay' video. I'll see if I can find it later.

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terraphantm
04-10-2013, 01:22 PM
i hosed off my engine bay once, i got so paranoid halfway into it i aborted when i saw electrical connectors getting wet. nothing bad happened, but it still made me nervous.

Pretty much all of the electrical connections under the hood are water tight. The only thing I would worry about maybe is the alternator

Rovert
04-10-2013, 04:31 PM
And here I thought I was making it all nice and silver! LOL

brettbimmer
04-10-2013, 05:14 PM
I have a huge mental stigma with putting water in my engine bay.

Someone help me out here.

Thanks

DW, have you found that your Bimmer really prefers German beer instead of water for an engine bay bath - say some Warsteiner or Hoegaarden?! :D

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330i ZHP
04-10-2013, 09:29 PM
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8391739018_9a901590d0_o.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8390674377_665c6ec6cf_o.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8390615271_7936a02fde_b.jpg

and

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/E70%20X5%20M/BMW_X5M_Engine_zps386b2e75.jpg

330i ZHP
04-10-2013, 09:30 PM
nice - just realized that wire loom piece on the bulkhead was hanging off in photo on the ZHP

Johal E32
04-10-2013, 09:45 PM
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8398968465_f26d3f61a5_c.jpg
Picture is shyte, but I assure this S62 is pretty damn clean ;)

danewilson77
04-11-2013, 03:37 AM
Stu = Showoff :)

Looks great peeps.

330i ZHP
04-11-2013, 04:26 AM
I don't mean to be

danewilson77
04-11-2013, 05:25 AM
I don't mean to be

I know. I'm just jealous.

You are incredibly blessed to have not only one car nearing perfection, but 2......and an X5///M? Life is good my friend, and the comment was not serious...even a little bit.

johnrando
04-11-2013, 06:52 AM
Beautiful Stu.

imola red zhp
11-11-2013, 11:03 AM
Cleaning foe meet Sat.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/12/y2a7yhah.jpg

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ELCID86
11-11-2013, 11:11 AM
^ looking good.

imola red zhp
11-11-2013, 11:21 AM
^ looking good.

Thanks still some work to do...Lol

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Pip
11-11-2013, 12:13 PM
Looks great Dennis. I'm hoping I can make it out and see the progress you've made.

imola red zhp
11-11-2013, 12:22 PM
Sean I've not done much since last time not even the Euro charge.
Just new tires and tint....lol

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Avetiso
11-11-2013, 12:34 PM
My engine bay needs cleaning. I'm thinking Friday will be spent cleaning up my engine bay a tad.

DDub88
11-14-2013, 07:54 PM
You definitely don't want to see mine right now, she's in need of a good detailing. Can't keep leafs and acorns out of the to save my life. Every day I leave for work I'm picking leafs out of there


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BRGcoopahS
11-14-2013, 08:18 PM
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8391739018_9a901590d0_o.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8390674377_665c6ec6cf_o.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/Performance%20BMW%20article%20and%20shoot/8390615271_7936a02fde_b.jpg

and

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/smoulton0204/E70%20X5%20M/BMW_X5M_Engine_zps386b2e75.jpg

Your engine bay is tight! Love the blacked out engine covers. Where'd you get em?

ELCID86
12-23-2015, 06:45 PM
Bump


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Ssparrow
12-23-2015, 07:04 PM
Good call on the bump [emoji106]🏼

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/23/16477009fc60e84dc0441bf80c23dc6e.jpg

danewilson77
12-23-2015, 07:10 PM
Damn. Surgical sanitary.

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3ZHP
12-23-2015, 07:56 PM
I haven't got anything new but, it still looks the same. I'm bad, found one!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/23/9c051f3d53fad6270e3993a554600644.jpg


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Dr Dynamite
12-23-2015, 10:43 PM
My engine bay needs cleaning. I'm thinking Friday will be spent cleaning up my engine bay a tad.
I'm with you man, my Bay would take up a big chunk of my day. ... these here a gorgeous

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Dr Dynamite
12-23-2015, 10:45 PM
I haven't looked thru all these posts but what engine bay cleaning products do you guys recommend

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ZHP_Brandon
12-23-2015, 11:03 PM
I haven't got anything new but, it still looks the same. I'm bad, found one!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/23/9c051f3d53fad6270e3993a554600644.jpg


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How do you like the Dinan Intake? Considering investing with my Christmas bonus amongst other things, and how's the strut brace? I don't have uber amounts of money for a E46 Carbon Perf. one :innocent...

jwalther
12-24-2015, 04:21 AM
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s216/jeffw63/0E30EAF9-0D7B-471E-A39F-3B34993D850F_zpssimoytpp.jpg (http://s153.photobucket.com/user/jeffw63/media/0E30EAF9-0D7B-471E-A39F-3B34993D850F_zpssimoytpp.jpg.html)

3ZHP
12-24-2015, 07:21 AM
How do you like the Dinan Intake? Considering investing with my Christmas bonus amongst other things, and how's the strut brace? I don't have uber amounts of money for a E46 Carbon Perf. one :innocent...

I've been very happy with both. I think the strut bar is one of the best looking and fictional on the market. I did like the performance carbon fiber until I saw one fractured in the middle.

The intake is also great. It does so much more than the simple close to stock appearance look tells. Although it looks simple the install takes a few hours. The tough part is drilling the hole for additional air in the brake duct. Check out the picks below for an inside look.

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss351/3zhpguy/ZHP/Maintenence/20130412_Dinan_0004.gif (http://s591.photobucket.com/user/3zhpguy/media/ZHP/Maintenence/20130412_Dinan_0004.gif.html)

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss351/3zhpguy/ZHP/Maintenence/20130412_Dinan_0003.gif (http://s591.photobucket.com/user/3zhpguy/media/ZHP/Maintenence/20130412_Dinan_0003.gif.html)

New & used filter. The blue is oil. Dinan does not recommend re-oiling the filters. Replacement is their recommendation.

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss351/3zhpguy/ZHP/Maintenence/NewFilterDinan.gif (http://s591.photobucket.com/user/3zhpguy/media/ZHP/Maintenence/NewFilterDinan.gif.html)


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BMWCurves
12-24-2015, 08:54 AM
I haven't looked thru all these posts but what engine bay cleaning products do you guys recommend

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I have never cleaned my engine bay :facepalm (it's on my list of things to do) but a handful of people I think use Simple Green (http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Green-11001-All-Purpose-Concentrate/dp/B0017D1GG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450976049&sr=8-1&keywords=simple+green) and dilute it down a bit. That's what I plan to use.

WOLFN8TR
12-24-2015, 10:04 AM
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Vas
12-24-2015, 10:06 AM
I have never cleaned my engine bay :facepalm (it's on my list of things to do) but a handful of people I think use Simple Green (http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Green-11001-All-Purpose-Concentrate/dp/B0017D1GG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450976049&sr=8-1&keywords=simple+green) and dilute it down a bit. That's what I plan to use.
Look into Adam's all purpose cleaner and Adam's in/out spray. You will thank me.

danewilson77
12-24-2015, 10:24 AM
Been a while since I snapped one.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20151224/ed0a1a22f7ffea56823f7b6fef4e905c.jpg

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danewilson77
12-24-2015, 10:46 AM
Moved to image gallery.

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Pip
12-24-2015, 11:55 AM
Good spot for the stickers Dane

danewilson77
12-26-2015, 08:53 PM
Thanks Pip. That Continental sticker is an antique sticker I got off of Ebay. I have one left.

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UdubBadger
12-27-2015, 08:48 AM
You're all just playing for 2nd place [emoji6]
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I kid.
Great looking bays guys!



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WOLFN8TR
12-27-2015, 09:02 AM
Excuse me Sir, this is the Naturally Aspirated Section. [emoji6]

UdubBadger
12-27-2015, 05:07 PM
I smell jealousy on your breath Gary [emoji6]


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johnrando
12-28-2015, 08:26 PM
Lol

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Just_George
12-31-2015, 10:21 AM
Say, has anyone ever tried to polish up their vanos?


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Bump for opinions, have had the same question myself!

WOLFN8TR
12-31-2015, 11:14 AM
I did see pic above. [emoji106]

Just_George
12-31-2015, 11:22 AM
Gary, looks great (understatement of the year...). Care to s'plain how you went about doing it? Would love to know...

WOLFN8TR
12-31-2015, 02:04 PM
Thanks! I used some Blue Magic polish and shop towels. For the tight spots I used some Q Tips.

Links are in this DIY I did awhile back on Lens Restoration.

http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15174