cleaning

As the turbo and Manfold ect is off i can get Down near that rear and i wanna clean the engine bay up alittle and repaint it... I know about using Gunk as its awesome stuff but what about Cleaning it prober..Should i use a Jet wash But cover up the coilpacks,Maf and filter Or is that a Big No...

Hey folks, Heard it's a good idea to take off the inlet manfold clean it inside, any recommended products for the cleaning part? I remember I did a similar thing on a Fiat with carb cleaner ( I think it was called power spray or something... It didnt seem to do much other than cause a...

morning all :) im wondering whats the best bit of kit to produce a foam effect when cleaning? is it just a case of a pressure washer and some detergent? as ive seen a reasonable karcher for £70 at my local diy place. but not sure what else would be needed to create a good washing set-up...

i own a 2002 toledo tdise engine code asv, car has done 90k. About 6 months ago car suffered from the dreaded limp mode so i forked out fot the innotech cleaning system and this seemed to cure it. However the problem returned. Yesterday, after reading related posts on this forum, the car again...

Could anyone advise on best product to safely clean up powder coated alloys? Mine are seriously needing some TLC and my wash wax just wont do the job. The are starting to gain a yellowish coating of what looks like hardened grease / brake dust etc. Im fearful of using strong wheel cleaners as...

I have a black leon and im finding it difficult to clean. Im always removing scratches and swirls. At the min im using maguires scratch x remover for the scratches and autoglym super reisn polish to bring it up but im still not getting the deep gloss im after. Im more of a hands on person and...

Hi all, Just wondered what you guys used to clean your engine bay as mine seems very dirty compared to others. Cheers, Anthony

....as I've been told that I'm not meant to use anything like Wonder Wheels etc because of the glossy black finish... good old elbow grease works but is a hell of a lot of work, anyone with any good products or anything?

how often do you give the inside of your car a proper clean? by 'proper' i'll use what i did today as the benchmark: - clean all glass. - remove / clean mats. - dust dash, centre console, all door plastic. - vacuum all seats and carpets. - wash / dry sections of door & door openings...

dose cleaing the throttlebody make much difference at all also when you clean the throttle body do you taken the inlet manifold off cheers

Alright folks, At the weekend i cleaned my car, then i thought i might aswell clean the V70 aswell, this belongs to the mother and i find it one hell of a challenge! First of all it's an estate, im used to cleaning the Leon so there is a big difference. Secondly it's black! Trying to keep...

my mate decided he would bleed on one of my back seats last night. any ideas how to get the blood out?

How do you guys do it? The surface is pretty rugged so using normal cloth to remove dirt is pointless. If you wonder why I have dirt on dashboard is because of my dog who likes to watch the traffic :)

Just wondering what you guys use to clean your dash,i have been hoovering mine,but after about 2days i get loads of little white bits sticking to the dash which pees me off! Don't really want to be hoover the car every 2-3 days,i would love to but the weather isn't looking to good atm! :p So...

Hi All, Just picked up my 05 Cupra R and am very pleased with the purchase. The exhaust end is really tarnished with a lot of baked in dirt. Have tried to clean it with alloy wheel cleaner and this helped a little bit but has not done the job properly. Any tips on how to get it clean...

Hi guys, went to top my washer fluid up for the first time since i bought the car the other day and noticed that the washer bottle is absultly disgusting inside, a layer of brown gunk is jsut covering the inside of the bottle and obviously i want to get that sorted ASAP so it doesnt wreck my...

I drive a red 03 lc. Is there anything else i need? So far i have.... 2 buckets 2 lambs wool mitts Meguiars shampoo Micro fibre towels Carnauba wax

New to all this proper cleaning stuff, and been reading for a bit and finally ordered some stuff for my car. This is what I have just ordered; Meguiars Wheel Brightner 38"x28" Microfibre Drying Towel Valet Pro - PH Neutral Snow Foam Meguiars Lambswool Wash Mitt Tomorrow i'm going to...

What's best to use to clean fmic's so they go back to silver any special tricks?

i have just cleaned out my intercooler as it was filled with oil. I use paraffin to clean it out. Started ok after that nut when i got down the road i revved which activated the turbo. It must have sucked up the paraffin. The car revved hard and burnt off the parraffin. the car then...