Engine bay cleaning

Ganga

EdGasketTheSecond said:

MinuteNoodles said:

EdGasketTheSecond said:

I would not let steam or water anywhere near a modern engine bay; do more harm than good.

Only if you're an idiot who puts the lance of a jetwasher right on the connectors and keep it there. They're waterproof, take them off and you'll find they almost all have a little rubber gasket on the connector which is why they're usually a sod to pull off, they're not like they used to be in years gone by. For example on this typical connector it's the blue bit that's the rubber waterproof gasket:

Then how come my nephew's car wouldn't start after a pressure car wash; and that was only on the external of the car? Water had got into the engine bay from the pressure jet being sprayed around the bumper and grill and it had rendered the car unusable. We did get it going after about an hour of mucking around drying everything.

hope he does not take it on the road when it pours down and water is getting sprayed off the road by other cars

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EdGasketTheSecond said:

MinuteNoodles said:

EdGasketTheSecond said:

I would not let steam or water anywhere near a modern engine bay; do more harm than good.

Only if you're an idiot who puts the lance of a jetwasher right on the connectors and keep it there. They're waterproof, take them off and you'll find they almost all have a little rubber gasket on the connector which is why they're usually a sod to pull off, they're not like they used to be in years gone by. For example on this typical connector it's the blue bit that's the rubber waterproof gasket:

Then how come my nephew's car wouldn't start after a pressure car wash; and that was only on the external of the car? Water had got into the engine bay from the pressure jet being sprayed around the bumper and grill and it had rendered the car unusable. We did get it going after about an hour of mucking around drying everything.

Sounds like it was ropey to begin with