Steam Cleaning Engine?

[lex28]

anyone had it done? mines over 8years old and 110k miles and engine looks dirty and doesnt compliment the car...

ive never had a steam clean and with Battery and other electrics in the bay how safe is it??

[kam05]

Have you got a pressure washer?

I normally pressure wash my engine. I normally use an engine de-greaser (Gunk) and brush it into all the areas of the engine and blast it off with my pressure washer. If you do use a pressure washer then don't aim the water directly onto the electrics etc.

Here's my engine all clean (using a pressure washer):

To get the shine I used Halfords own brand tyre shine (sprayed the tyre shine onto a cloth) and wiped it all over the engine, plastics etc.

My IS200 is nearly 9 years and has 125k on the clock.

[Asi]

that looks tidy mate. i have a krachers steam washer and that works well but not as good as the pressure washer

[ormi]

tyre foam also works a treat brings the metal and the plastics up really nice!!spray on let it disolved then just wipe the metal that was a tip from aztecbandit and we all know how stunnin his engine bay was.

heres a pic of mine all clean and shiney

[bensyer]

what have you used to make the exhaust shields all shiny again, a heat resist paint of some type?

[jamle]

OHHHHHHHH whats the shiny bit in your engine, and is that cool colourful pipe ur induction kit? like the look of that :D

[ormi]

OHHHHHHHH whats the shiny bit in your engine, and is that cool colourful pipe ur induction kit? like the look of that :D

what shiney bit matey?theirs a few of them in their?