Cleaned Engine Bay & throttle body

jrb55gh · 08-30-2014, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ANMVQ

Nice work man, I'm cleaning my MAF's today, Just the MAF spray correct? An those TB's were horriable. Be they used cheap gas. Mine at 60k looked closer to the clean pic :/

Good point on the gasoline. Quality gasolines have additives that help keep the intake tract clean. The same is true of quality engine oils. They have additives that keep the pcv valve and intake tract free of varnish and gum. Here is a link to Top Tier Gasoline web page. It has a list of gasolines that have effective cleaning packages in the blend.

Top Tier Gasoline

ChiefPat · 08-15-2016, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jrb55gh

Good point on the gasoline. Quality gasolines have additives that help keep the intake tract clean. The same is true of quality engine oils. They have additives that keep the pcv valve and intake tract free of varnish and gum. Here is a link to Top Tier Gasoline web page. It has a list of gasolines that have effective cleaning packages in the blend.

Top Tier Gasoline

Gasoline quality has no effect on the intake tract cleanliness. The gas is injected right into the cylinder at the intake valve in most modern fuel injected engines. The detergent packages will only have an effect on the intake valve, the combustion chamber, and pistons.

The throttle body gets gunked up from minute dust particles that make it past the air filters that combine with the oil vapors from the PCV valves that gets sucked back into the engine.

Swindler · 08-15-2016, 08:04 PM

What's the best way to cover alternator for cleaning engine? Since its pretty far down in there.

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beemerkid · 08-15-2016, 11:39 PM

Honestly, the only time I've ever washed the engine, I didn't cover anything. I made a damn fool mess with spilled oil, so I had to spray it all down after I gunked it all. Just don't use a pressure washer and just rinse it don't spray anything hard.

Swindler · 08-16-2016, 04:43 AM

alright cool man thanks for the response

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08-15-2016, 08:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Swindler Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Central CA Age: 36 Posts: 219 Drives: 2014 370Z PW Manual Rep Power: 12	What's the best way to cover alternator for cleaning engine? Since its pretty far down in there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08-15-2016, 11:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
beemerkid Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Santa Rosa California Posts: 67 Drives: '16 sport 6MT Rep Power: 11	Honestly, the only time I've ever washed the engine, I didn't cover anything. I made a damn fool mess with spilled oil, so I had to spray it all down after I gunked it all. Just don't use a pressure washer and just rinse it don't spray anything hard.

08-16-2016, 04:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
Swindler Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Central CA Age: 36 Posts: 219 Drives: 2014 370Z PW Manual Rep Power: 12	alright cool man thanks for the response