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Under-bonnet tart-up #642781
08/07/2008 10:52
08/07/2008 10:52
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MCMike Offline OP
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Fed up of my dirty engine bay being shown up by Jap, I have cleaned her up in readiness for the forthcoming Midlands meet. laugh

Old before pic

After


1972 Triumph Stag
1984 Alfasud TI
1999 Fiat Coupe Turbo LE
2005 350Z




Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: MCMike] #642813
08/07/2008 11:48
08/07/2008 11:48

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Blimey!......the "before" engine bay is cleaner than mine

Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: ] #642816
08/07/2008 11:52
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Nice.

After mine comes back, I want to do a decent tart up myself. It'll be the last thing to do, pretty much.

Any good tips with what to use/ how to do it?

Cheers, Hedge

Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: ] #642818
08/07/2008 11:56
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WD40 and a toothbrush (The wife's normally) laugh


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Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: ] #642844
08/07/2008 12:31
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Originally Posted by Hedge
Any good tips with what to use/ how to do it?

Cheers, Hedge


Well the cam cover I stripped with paint stripper & resprayed with engine paint (no primer required) - got this off Ebay

As for cleaning I used (spray) engine cleaner, wet rags and a 3" brush - not too much chucking water about though !

Autoglym rubber care is very good for the black plastic /rubber bits & I finshed it off with loads of interior (silicon) spray to get a good shine.


1972 Triumph Stag
1984 Alfasud TI
1999 Fiat Coupe Turbo LE
2005 350Z




Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: MCMike] #642998
08/07/2008 17:36
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Autoglym engine cleaner is what I use. Very easy to use and remove and great results.

Re: Under-bonnet tart-up [Re: ] #643229
08/07/2008 23:10
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Fook me thats clean, you should get a new coolant header tank from Fiat and get some lovely red coolant in it. Thats what I did, the tank was only about 20 quid IIRC and came in a couple of days.

Last edited by WilkyWay; 08/07/2008 23:11.

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