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How to clean the engine bay of your JK
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikester86" data-source="post: 420503" data-attributes="member: 17021"><p>Went trail riding Saturday and after opening the hood I discovered quite a bit of mud, dirt and sand. The hood itself was sprayed from our adventure.</p><p></p><p>I used plastic bags to cover the ECM, battery, fuse box and air intake. On the air intake I first stuffed a towel then covered it.</p><p></p><p>I then set the spray head to a spray pattern instead of a stream. Then I rinsed the underside of the hood and the rest of the engine compartment. I was careful not to directly spray the alternator. Then I took a brush and loosened as much dirt as I could while continuing to rinse it away. I didn’t use a cleaner, but you could use Simple Green, a mixture of water and dish soap in a spray bottle or whatever else you may like.</p><p></p><p>I then let it air dry for a while, then repeated the above process on the larger areas and let air dry again. I then spot treated the nooks and crannies with a rag.</p><p></p><p>I didn’t get it perfect, but the bulk of the mess is removed.</p><p></p><p>I understand there are many ways to accomplish this task, but this was my chosen method. I think the most important part is covering up the vitals under the hood as much as possible.</p><p></p><p>On a side note and as a previous Jeep TJ owner, I did and recommend flushing out the frame as much as possible. At least the JK frames have plenty of drainage points! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113653[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113654[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113655[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikester86, post: 420503, member: 17021"] Went trail riding Saturday and after opening the hood I discovered quite a bit of mud, dirt and sand. The hood itself was sprayed from our adventure. I used plastic bags to cover the ECM, battery, fuse box and air intake. On the air intake I first stuffed a towel then covered it. I then set the spray head to a spray pattern instead of a stream. Then I rinsed the underside of the hood and the rest of the engine compartment. I was careful not to directly spray the alternator. Then I took a brush and loosened as much dirt as I could while continuing to rinse it away. I didn’t use a cleaner, but you could use Simple Green, a mixture of water and dish soap in a spray bottle or whatever else you may like. I then let it air dry for a while, then repeated the above process on the larger areas and let air dry again. I then spot treated the nooks and crannies with a rag. I didn’t get it perfect, but the bulk of the mess is removed. I understand there are many ways to accomplish this task, but this was my chosen method. I think the most important part is covering up the vitals under the hood as much as possible. On a side note and as a previous Jeep TJ owner, I did and recommend flushing out the frame as much as possible. At least the JK frames have plenty of drainage points! 😁 [ATTACH=full]113653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113655[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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