A couple of extra points Pan, I am a mechanic and I wash engine bays all the time. firstly, cleaning an engine bay is generally a good thing if you live in the salt belt like us. Salt build up can cause all kinds of corossion problems. Secondly, wash the engine when it is warm, not either cold or very hot. Thirdly, always go for a drive afterwards or at least warm the engine to operating temperature to evaporate any reamaining water.
@Saskatchewan1913 Have you ever ran into where using pressure washer forced water into something that caused car not to start after cleaning an engine? Do you recommend covering alternator with plastic first? I have a 2007 Kia Rondo so not sure how well they protected connectors back then.
@@joelpasserell4525 Only had a problem myself on an old Jaguar but I have seen damage caused by other people using a pressure washer too close. If you are just washing off loose dirt or salt use a hose or a pressure washer from a distance. Alternator should be fine but always run the engine to operating temp afterwards help evaporate and water left on the surfaces.
@md h I've detailed a few engines, but I'm not an expert. I think you meant to reply to saskatchewan1913 instead of me.🤔 IMO I'd say you're OK without covering the battery. Use a leaf blower or other specialized blower to dry it off. If it's a newer model car, check the fuse box cover. If it over hangs the base where fuses are and no cables enter from the sides, you should be ok there too. If you're really concerned about it then use a hose with nozzle attachment with the shower setting. You can rinse both eoff using that, & there should be no worries. IMO, using a degreaser like super clean diluted 5:1, along with some brush agitation, water pressure from a hose should be all that's needed.
Often overlooked part of a complete detail. Awesome video pan! One tip, before you start spraying water, double check all visible fluid reservoir caps and the dip stick (if your car still has) to make sure they are on properly. Had a customer tow their vehicle in because the master cylinder cap wasn't on properly and they ended up getting water into the brake fluid.
I would really like to see an example of a trashed engine bay being done. Especially a car that has been undercoated. Love your channel Pan hope you can make this happen :)
Thanks for the kind words Lee! What's your favourite video on my channel so far? I'm not really into the business of detailing filthy disgusting cars like some channels who are riding the wave of "the dirtiest car ever, nasty filthy dirty puke!" style hahaha. I focus on higher end details. After 24 years of detailing, I get to pick my projects that make me happy too. But I detailed a dirtier engine bay in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6LwCbmvLYb0.html
Used your techniques on the engine bay in my Macan and wow! It looks brand new. The greenstar really got all the grime loose and the motorplast gave it a near show quality finish. Can’t thank you enough for sharing your skills, Pan!
Hi, a added tip is make sure you lubricate the hinges and catches after you have finished detailing your engine bay because the APC or degreaser may have dried out the greases on your hinges. If you don’t eventually you will have problems with the hinges and possibly the alignment of the hood. Thanks for another fabulous video Pan. 👍🇬🇧😀
@@PanTheOrganizer Thanks 😊we learned the hard way, our first GT-R’s bonnet started to catch at the top by the windscreen and traced it to a lack of lubricant on the hinge 😩
I love the Wednesday morning Pan video with my cup of coffee. Yesterday my BFF gave me a Pan t-shirt and made my day! Now if this snow would go away so I could detail my GC.
Good timing. Was thinking about doing an engine bay detail this weekend. Looks very good. Don't have a pressure washer but otherwise looks fairly straightforward.
I cleaned my engine bay yesterday before knowing this was on RU-vid.Happy to say all good..covered the engines alternator with a plastic bag...air dryed as not going anywhere. ANY apc will do.
LOL Yup after our disgusting winters in Canada this is what happens. But you still have to agree it wasn't that bad. It was still cleaner than 99% of engine bays on the road haha.
Hahahah it's just the first part of the spring cleanup. Plus, as I live in a brand new house in a new development, they haven't paved the roads yet so I have to be patient for a few months still.
@@PanTheOrganizer Appreciate your kind response. Been a huge fan of your valuable content for few years now. What influenced me to leave a comment was your simple approach to helping people on this platform. Be well.
I had plenty of questions beforehand because I`ve never cleaned an engine bay and they are all answered now, including the products I had in mind to use! Thanks a lot
I have just detailed my engine and it is looking amazing thanks for the advice.I bought the Koch Chemie MP motorplast and the engine bay is gleaming 🤩🤩👍👍👍
Glad I could help. How did you discover my channel Olivier? Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 850,000 subscribers and 106 million views! I have been detailing for 25 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing.
fantastic videos, excellent resources guide too. Looking forward to showing my son how to keep a clean car and building those "detailing habits" early!
Hi Pan, i just bought a new Jeep and wanted some helpful tips and tricks to keep it looking new and you are by far the best source on youtube, i found you in the general search and you were the first one to pop up!! Great work ive watched 1/2 dozen videos already and purchased some of your recommended products too
I would be really nervous power washing the engine with the newer cars with all the electronics and chips in the engine bay. But you are the professional pan and I’m going to give it a go. Good video thanks
I find giving the engine bay a once over after each or ever other wash is helpful. It also prevents the engine from getting to the point where it needs chemicals to keep it clean.
Thanks Leonard! Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 830,000 subscribers and 105 million views! I have been detailing for 25 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing. Here’s my most recent engine bay detailing tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zlKdOJtamDc.html
Thanks, I appreciate that! How did you discover my channel by the way? Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 920,000 subscribers and we have over 120 million views! I have been detailing for 26 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing.
LOL Yup after our disgusting winters in Canada this is what happens. But you still have to agree it wasn't that bad. It was still cleaner than 99% of engine bays on the road haha. And if it was always clean, I wouldn't be able to make a tutorial.
@@PanTheOrganizer Mr. Pan; I have been watching your videos for years! This was just the first time I commented. Several of your peers and you continue to teach me a lot. Thank you. Wishing you all the best; -Pseudonym.
Very impressive. I’m inspired to clean the engine bay of my 320 which haven’t been clean for 10yrs. I worry water would damaged the electrical components or the actual engine itself.
Glad you like them! How did you discover my channel Jim? Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 860,000 subscribers and we have almost 110 million views! I have been detailing for 25 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing.
How does Motorplast compare to Griot’s Garage “engine bay dressing” aerosol? Thank you for speaking clearly and pronouncing your words correctly. Thanks for your excellent review.
Thanks Gerry. Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 855,000 subscribers and 108 million views! I have been detailing for 25 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing. I haven’t tested that Griot’s product yet. Here’s my latest engine bay detailing tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zlKdOJtamDc.html
Not all engines have those big plastic covers that protect components, it's important to know the engine you are cleaning, for instance the MK2 vivaro vans are prone to seized injectors from water getting into the wells, I had a Renault Megan 225 sport that had seized spark plugs from water ingress, and these type of things happen over time, you can clean your engine but years later when an injector needs replacing you get a call that it is seized by rust.....always best to pay extra attention to any "wells" places where water can sit, use a blower and some wd40 to disperse any moisture, fuse boxes are another thing to be careful of, some are not designed or designed well enough to take a full soaking and again it could take time for any issues to show up by which time you'd unlikely think the engine clean was the cause.
This is awesome. I am looking forward to doing this as my engine is not looking great. I took your tips from your interior cleaning video and I loved it. Keep up the awesome work.
Great video. Thumbs up here from Denmark. I have a hybrid where the hybrid part is aluminium, and it is not covered in so much plastic as your car. What too too.
Thanks Pan! My wife is going to kill me for spending too much time in the garage washing my engine bay this weekend!! LOL Great demonstration as always! 👍
Looks great Pan, I am just getting ready to do my truck and wife's car so thanks for the timely tips. But please explain to my wife why I have to buy more product!!!
Pan, hats off to you fella, that is one gorgeous lump in that engine bay ( apologies, but it would have to have a Remus Sound System to complement its looks. One of my sons put a switchable Remus on his M240 & I was so so tempted to take it off his hands when he bought the CarbonFiber infested Competition M4 just for the music outta the back end. Unfortunately my damaged body did struggle just getting out of the thing so that time head did rule my heart) I digress, I gotta remove all my engine covers & see what state my LS460 is in,, //vey comfortable indeed.. Back to detailing, thanks Pan, I will follow your lead & get her cleaned & tidy under the covers. If I can get them all off. My engine is totally above & below, covered..
Your videos continue to set the standards!!! I believe you have detailed engine bays in the past with applying degreaser to a dry surface versus doing a pre rinse. Would you advise against using a degreaser on a dry engine bay?
@@PanTheOrganizer Have you changed your mind about rinsing the engine bay first given what you learned in this more recent video of yours? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-16SwGBQ29rs.html
Engine bays and paintwork are two completely different things, independent from each other. If you are to detail an engine bay, start with the engine bay first, before detailing the rest of the car. And when I detail an engine bay, I will still pre-rinse it. Unless I'm doing some other variant of the method.
I actually had an Audi certified tech say that water can get into the engine and cause parts to fail even on a new Audi from detailing engine bay. I think there is a misconception in the detailing industry about this
In 24 years of detailing and hundreds of engine bay details, I have yet to see a single issue in my case. Common sense, and protect sensitive parts if you feel the need to.
Thanks Randy. Welcome to my channel. You discovered one of the biggest car detailing channels on RU-vid as we surpassed 805,000 subscribers and 100 million views! I have been detailing for 25 years and I love to share my knowledge and passion with my viewers. You found the right channel to help you learn everything about detailing. How did you discover my channel?
Wow amazing results Pan even if it is not museum like finish. Will later down the line make a more lengthy video on detailing an engine bay as a museum like finish for people who want show their cars off in a autoshow?
I don't get people who rev the engine when cold. It's bad for the engine because the oil is not up to temp. Always drive like a grama a few km before reving it hard. The sound of that v8 is great tho, ngl :))) Great video also! A good tip is not to get carried away and get all the small grime that is difficult to access, just clean the parts that you can and leave the ones too difficult. Do that once a year and the engine it's gonna look great. Greetings from Europe!
Thanks Stan. And for cold revs, if you don't do it all the time it's not the end of the world. I did this once just for the video. I have had many new cars in my life, and always took great care of them and never once had an issue with any of my cars. ;) Cheers from Montreal!
@@PanTheOrganizer I agree it's ok every once in a while, for educational purposes :))) I'm not gonna pretend I've never that that. Just saying it's not that good for the engine in the long run if you do that frequently, I'm sure you understand why.
Looks great Pan! I've got the 2021 M440i convertible, love the brand. Looks like I'll be liftin' up the hood this weekend. Thanks for the video, a great tutorial.
I’ve been a little gun shy about using that much water under the hood ever since I detailed my wife’s car 25 years ago and the engine detail ended with a sizzling sound and smoke coming from the alternator. The electrical fault created enough heat to melt the solder around one of the diodes where it was soldered into the heat sink. I was able to repair it but it was not fun.
Helloooo Pan! Love engine bay detail videos. Yours started looking great just by using your detail brush. Really nice matte finish aterwards. Nicely done!
Great video Pan! I remember in the 80’s you made sure to not squirt water in the carburetor or intake and do not numb the distributor. Afterwards you sprayed ArmorAll over the engine bay and boo you were the hit of the parking lot. Really nice job cleaning the engine bay and I am jealous of your hot air blower.
Great video Pan! I was just wondering if you could answer a question. I like to overland in my FJ. Many times it’s dusty and sometimes it’s muddy. I still like to clean the FJ when I get home. A thorough cleaning helps me find any possible damage and it looks good! My question with the ph 7.5 + 12.5 would it be too harsh to use maybe 3 times a year? Such as beginning of Spring, mid-summer, late fall. Thanks! Keep enjoying life!
I was checking for products feedback and your name kept popping out and I decided to check your channel, and was pleased with how you explained and show how everything works that know I'm shopping from the website you provided, Thank for providing knowledge with others.
Very nice video! Simple and effective and will work for almost any vehicle. There are mud lovers out there though. Which would mean a few more hours of work :)
The engine is part of the car! A must to keep it clean. I’ve detailed my share of engines. Corvettes from 1992 to 1996 are fragile with their opti spark. Be careful with these. Thanks for another awesome video, Pan. I hope You’re staying safe and healthy! Looking forward to the next one!
I only detail new cars. ;) I am not a fan of old car detailing. I am passionate about the new stuff, hence why I always get a brand new car every three years. Stay tuned by the way, as the new vehicle will be coming soon!!! :)
@@PanTheOrganizer Smart thinking. People around here are a joke. Again, they want two stage corrections, ceramic coating and an interior detail for peanuts. Lol, no thanks. I’ll detail My cars, and close friends and family members cars. That’s fine by Me. Looking forward to seeing what You’re getting. Your current ride is a seriously nice ride. You’re very fortunate to own such a nice car. Have a great weekend. Looking forward to tomorrow’s video. By the way, can You review Koch Chemie compounds and polishes? Have You tried them yet? 😎
Great video as always Pan 👍 something left field, I was doing a crossword and the question was Greek God of Woods and Fields the answer was of course Pan 😅