Engine Bay Clean Up - Toyota Yaris Forums

severous01 · 03-21-2011, 10:29 PM

dont do anything with the engine hot. i ruined my hoses once spraying with simple green or that purple cleaner stuff with engine hot. turned all the black stuff white.

also, dont let it dry. spray it on, let it sit a few minutes and rinse off with LOW PRESSURE water...like out of a hose by itself with no nozzle.

another easy way to do it if there's a ton of dirt is to spray the crap out of it with wd-40 and let is sink in. then use a degreaser or something like dawn soap and rinse it off with that. be sure to get all the dawn off tho. if it dries it will speed the degrading process of the rubber under the hood.

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03-21-2011, 10:29 PM	#4
severous01 Drives: 2008 yaris, stripped, red Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: SE Texas Posts: 977	dont do anything with the engine hot. i ruined my hoses once spraying with simple green or that purple cleaner stuff with engine hot. turned all the black stuff white. also, dont let it dry. spray it on, let it sit a few minutes and rinse off with LOW PRESSURE water...like out of a hose by itself with no nozzle. another easy way to do it if there's a ton of dirt is to spray the crap out of it with wd-40 and let is sink in. then use a degreaser or something like dawn soap and rinse it off with that. be sure to get all the dawn off tho. if it dries it will speed the degrading process of the rubber under the hood.