How-To: Cleaning your engine bay

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Post by NYG95GA » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:58 am

Those are some great ideas on how to do the engine bay cleanup thing with the least effort and best final results.
Being an old fart with little else to do, I take a different approach to the whole engine bay thing:
Step one: Do something to engine; do it wrong. :(
Step two: Forced to remove engine due to step one, leaving engine bay open enough to climb inside of. :)
Step three: Sit inside engine bay area with lotsa rags and a couple of toothbrushes.. compressed air nozzle and strong vacuum cleaner helps with this step. :D
Step four: Choose otherworldly color scheme from PepBoys rattlecan selection, get storng buzz, and empty cans of paint onto engine and associated parts. 8)
Step five: Assemble the wretched mess again, and hope PepBoys still carries same spray paint colors by next time engine goes "kablamo". :shock:
Step six: Take digital pictures of results, upload to photobucket, and post so many times that people no longer remember your screen name but can identify your bay from a lineup of usual suspects. :roll:
TaDa!
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Post by APN » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:04 am

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OMG it's NYG95GA's car!
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APN wrote:
Jordan2.4 wrote:Apn...please make a new sig with pictures of your car CLEAN...i am tired of looking at the dirt...
That's called chipping paint son. Get some glasses. 8)

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Post by NYG95GA » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:18 am

No, no, no!
You're supposed to say:
"I don't remember the name, but the bay is familiar."
:wink:
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Post by MarkyMark » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:23 am

I recognize that bay!

who the hell are you? :?

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Post by NYG95GA » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:07 am

MarkyMark wrote:...who the hell are you? :?
Just some old guy. :roll:
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Post by vielecustoms » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:19 am

mine stays pretty clean. every time I change the HG or work on the engine it gets a through cleaning :lol:


p.s NYG95GA that is a bright car / engine 8)
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Post by Lackof » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:13 pm

NYG95GA wrote:
MarkyMark wrote:...who the hell are you? :?
Just some old guy. :roll:
x4

:lol: ;)

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Post by robert 'bob' paulson » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:11 pm

NYG95GA wrote:Step two: Forced to remove engine due to step one, leaving engine bay open enough to climb inside of
:lol: are you gonna post the pic or do i have to?

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Post by NYG95GA » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:35 pm

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
wINNER OF THE VEIWER'S CHOICE JACKASS PICTURE AWARD..

(and the proper 1st step for obssesive engine bay cleaning..)


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Post by robert 'bob' paulson » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:14 pm

^every time i see that pic, i have to chuckle.

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Post by NYG95GA » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:10 am

robert 'bob' paulson wrote:^every time i see that pic, i have to chuckle.
Thanx, J-bob.
Unfortunately the really funny image would have been a vid of me setting up the camera and scurrying under the car in time to pose for the 10 second time delay. :shock:
No easy feat for a 50 year old guy.
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Post by robert 'bob' paulson » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:37 am

i can only imagine, i'd have a tough time and i'm only 35.

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Post by BrightWhite95 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:29 pm

Drool engine bays! :-)

I will get some before and after pictures up of my motor tonight.

But its not a before I cleaned it after I cleaned it...

...its a 10mins after I bought the car, to today after I have done a few things to it
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Post by BrightWhite95 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:33 pm

"NYG95GA" your engine bay...its like all my wet dreams come ture!!! :lol:

Its a beauty tho.
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Post by BrightWhite95 » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:15 pm

Before:
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