LA's AWESOME Engine Degreaser. BEST Cleaner for $1! 

I bought that because I needed a squirt bottle and the empty bottles were more expensive so I was just going to dump the cleaner but decided to give it a shot. This stuff really is awesome! I use it on carpet stains and spots on seats in our vehicles!

This stuff is perfect for maintaining your new cars engine. Just spray a hole bottle on the motor and if you like you can dilute it by 50% and it still works great. I use it on my engine when its cold. Recomended at full strength for older grease engines.

My 96 Camry was very dirty and greasy I bought two large bottles of this for about 4.50 each about gallon and it cleaned it very well totally recommended using it. You can’t beat the price. I used a pray bottle to rinse the cleaner off. Worked great.

This stuff is the only stuff I use. For $1.00, it's pretty damn hard to beat.

The only thing heat from the engine will do is dry the cleaner onto the engine faster. Best way to clean the engine is when it's cool to the touch. I've seen people stain their engine blocks spraying chemicals on a hot engine. Just my 2 cents.

I have a engine detail to do this Friday and was contemplating on using this product.....seeing how you use it has confirmed my choice to do so. Thanks!!

Spray everything after cleaning with Areospace 303 and you'll be amazed, plus it protects all rubber components.

Used this on my 5.3 vortex engine left the Pistons to soak for 4 hours or so. And with light brushing it's like brand new

Love that LA totally awesome cleaner, but I am glad I am not the only one who starts coughing with this stuff. I've used that stuff to take off some pretty heavy grease/oil before.

ran this stuff thru radiator and engine twice with half bottle, thermostat removed- it works

Totally awesome, use it for everything in my house

I don't recall if I've ever used LA's Awesome in my engine compartment, but I've used it in the sink on smaller car parts. It's pretty good stuff, especially coming from Dollar Tree. One thing, I typically just screw the sprayer onto the Awesome quart container... it's just a generic bottle and has the same threads as most sprayers.

Awesome is the best stuff on the planet. I use this for everything for a $ a bottle a buy and use alot love it thanks to the makers to keep it affordable 👍👌

great video. question.....how long does the smell last after using Gunk or awesome?

This is the best all around stain remover, cleaner, degreaser on the market. I use it for my carpets and laundry just everything THE BEST ON THE MARKET!!!!

My cousin didn't know of this product and a guy in California scammed him out of 60 dollars for 3 bottles 😂🤣

I use this to clean my tires and wheels. The wheels aren’t polished so it works fine. I also use Dollar Tree furniture polish on my tires. Really shines them up for super cheap. It would also shine the black plastic on your engine. Looks great but be careful on your paint.

I enjoyed this video and you did a really good job with it! LA's totally awesome is ammonia and acid free. But with that said it is definitely not pH neutral and scores the 12 to a 13 which is very caustic. I would be careful using it neat. There's nothing wrong with breaking it down four to one. I've used many degreasers and I have not found a better degreaser than Super Clean and it's $8 a gallon but you got to be very careful there

" Totally Awesome " for sure !!! Most People don't realized that the Engine are meant to go through Moisture and Water. The only components in " Older Cars / Trucks " are Fuse Box, Computer and few minor things. Other than that, the only thing that needed Water Protection is the " Alternator ", which I usually wrapped a plastic shopping bag around, that is about it. Although Alternator is pretty much Water Proof, just the " Stator " is not and it will rust from Water. I have done plenty of time with a Pressure Washer and Soap and after that, my Dad will take it on the Highway and drive for 15 Minutes to dry it off.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING THE ENGINE? IS IT SO THAT IT MAKES IT NICER FOR MECHANICS TO WORK ON?

This product works better than any chemical cleaner and its only 1$,

Man,..that's a clean engine. I haven't cleaned my engine since I bought it used in 2003.

amazing STUFF .. over-sprayed the front of my pants and I GREW 1" longer ! now, I'm 2" long ..

That strut area was painted. The paint was removed from it

I just used this on a car. Took off a lot stuff and the engine was cool and I covered the alternater with plastic wrap then blew off the motor with a leaf blower

Looks like a good product. However, if you live anywhere in the country that has harsh winters and salt or calcium ice melt is used, you are doing two adverse things using this cleaner. 1) That Degreaser will get into all the nooks and crannies of the body panels and if you don't wash it out really good, it will cause rusting and leave a perfect setting for the ice melt to get in and cause even more rapid rusting. 2) I hope that your not doing that over an asphalt driveway. That stuff will begin softening and stripping off the asphalt. At minimum, it with the crude from the car will severely discolor the asphalt.

A mechanic was skeptical when I told him that I used Awesome on my car to clean the engine. (I've been using it since 1999, just decided to used it since it was cleaning household grease and grime quite well). The mechanic tried it and then he would not stop talking about it. Just don't leave it too long, it will make your paint dull or even strip it. I put it in the soapy water to wash my car and the clear coat got some damage.

Its not green, but you can neutralize it with vinegar if you get the run-off near plants, its a strong alkali that is the same formula of the original 409.

Spray foam tire cleaner is great for cleaning up engine bay to. I use awesome inside on all my cars interior. I use spray foam under hood tho

I love and swear by awesome!!! It’s truly the best thing you can buy for a dollar!!!!!!! Real talk!!!

this stuff does work!! i have seen it take old paint off if there is no clear coat in the engine bay.... not all of it but it starts to bleed a little

You mentioned hard water, I'd recommend using Citric Acid After a few minutes you can wipe it off, if it is caked on I recommend scrubbing the spots with it

I use dish soap dawn original mix with water on a spray bottle and takes the road dust and works great

Great vid! Gonna buy some of that stuff tomorrow but I might try it with a cool to the touch engine. Looks great! 👍

Same company makes an "LA's Awesome Auto Degreaser" in a black spray bottle for just as cheap and works better and safe on paint.

I use this stuff on a my dirty and greasy laundry. Pretty much magic in a bottle it works on everything.

From my experience you never put cold liquid on a hot engine. You can crack your engine block Aluminum will warp faster

Awesome! I actually have a bottle of this I bought last year!! Been looking at video's to clean my engine bay...

Can we pressure wash any engine like this ?.

This stuff will actually clean your carpets in your car. Just spray it on wait a few minutes scrub it with dawn dish washing detergent and water then suck it up with a shop vac . It will clean everythign from a cars carpet

Man I used this stuff so much I could smell it threw the phone as you were spraying it

Believe MSDS suggests ethyl alcohol and sodium hydroxide (lye), which is used in deck paint and stain removers.

I use it, and on a lightly soiled engine it works well enough. I'd use a less aggressive hose setting. On heavier soil I would wait longer than you did and apply more andlet it sit. The transmission and the sides of the engine block benefit the most from letting the cleaner take its time working. The benefit of doing a warm engine rather than a "cold" one at 70F is questionable if using a "green: cleaner.. It used to help the engine start if water got into inconvenient places but thats not a problem with cars since the 1980s. Today it speeds drying time about the same as driving for 5 minutes.

Tire foam works good on the engine

This stuff works. I used it on my rims to get off years of break dust and it took it all off with no problem.

rip phone, that was hilarious 😂😂😂

I love this cleaner. I can just spray it all over my bathtub and let it sit, then I just wipe it off with my sponge. It’s the fastest and easiest way to clean the soap scum that can be hard to clean.

Only thing i would not do is to clean my engine while hot. This cleaner does cut grease. Better than a lot of way more expensive cleaners

After you degrees and dry spray trim spray all over .. It will make all you plastic and rubber hoses shine like new

The bottle has dilution ratios for different types of cleaning.

I've been using awesome for years. The best your money can buy. I spot treat my clothes with it also. This is the best cleaning product for a dollars hands down.

used to be called Totally Awesome in the late 90's I believe then it changes to LA's Awesome. Great stuff for the price

After you degrease and clean an engine get you some foaming tire shine amd spray on a hot engine and close the hood come back in 30 minutes and you will be amazed

cleaning the engine while it's hot is not controversial at all. Don't do it period, why? because many degreesers don't play well with Aluminum and will oxidize the aluminum exremely fast if the engine is hot. Especially degeesers like super clean and purple power

I dont feel comfortable washing this stuff off, especially not with a high pressure washer...feels like a good way to kill my electronics. Can I use this on metals such as the engine or a supercharger? Or would I have to cover them.

why you just put nozzle on the awesome bottle lol. good video thanks.

their product for cleaning the upholstery is also good as degreaser

Can I buy it in a 50 gallon drum

This stuff is a great degreaser, and I've used it to take the black streaks off my old camper. But it did fade the painted pinstripes on it but I needed an excuse to change the painted stripe anyway. I also found on RU-vid a vid on using ZEP floor wax for resealing old faded camper paint. It also worked like a charm. I'm wondering if I could seal the faded engine plastic parts with ZEP after cleaning engine bay with LA AWESOME.

That "computer" looks like it was in a plastic box and the lid is missing, which is why the parts are visible. I would look for the missing cover.

Why didn't you just put the sprayer in the original bottle?

When buy this it's by the cases. Generally I'll take all the large bottles they have. Best product on the market hands down.

This product is the best been using for years on my car's no problem

I actually just finished my clutch job not too long ago, thanks to you. Videos were terrific! Transmission got pretty nasty from wrestling with it so I was thinking about giving it a good cleaning. Good thing I saw this video haha. Great minds think alike.

Don't have to use a leaf blower I got one just didn't know if I have to use it or can it just dryer on it's own

Great video!, I'll try and find some of this!.

I have this product too. it does work well!

You could of used same produc on the lights gunk runs right off

Youre engine looks great my friend!

Best stuff to take oil stain it's really work

Simple Green is cheap and NON TOXIC and smells fresh!

Wire brush to clean the valve cover to make it shine a bit

thanks I should known that this be the best to use, maybe mix some Lestoil with it

a good video but I was told to never hose down the motor as many electrical parts can short out and at least remove the Battery??

Nice product for sure. Tks for sharing

It works well on grimy children as well. Just place the child in the bathtub, spray them down, and rinse. do not forget to use a good polish afterwards.

beware of car dealers thats how they do used cars so u can think the car is n good condition for the sale

are ingredients same as "simple green"?

I have been cleaning houses for 40 years this is best stuff I ever found for cleaning cleans everything

the hoses will be little like that but this stuff works great i have been using it for year

way to go , thanks

F.Y.I - commercial floor stripper is the same chemical, buy a gallon and dilute it yourself. Also Wesley's Bleach White is the same chemical as well so you can clean your wheels also.

I use this on my gas grill, great cleaner

The only thing I have a concern with is the sensors! It's very noticable on the brake bowl.

That's totally awesome.

Is it toxic?

You did it like a pro!

I won't get into the whole water on engine debate, that's up to you, but if you are going to wash the engine down with water a Worx Hydroshot works really well for that purpose. To get the oil spots off of your driveway get some clay based kitty liter and grind it into the driveway with the heel of your shoe then let it sit. I see small bags at the Dollar Store from time to time. Works wonders. I sure would like to know why leaving the cleaner on glass would be a bad thing. Glass is corrosion resistant to almost anything.

Yeah I’ve used it to clean my house and it does smell like ammonia or chemically how to make you gag

Good to know. I'll use that on my own ION

You shouldn't use the pressure that hard. You can break off sensitive wiring and bend the fins on the radiator. A light spray is fine. Simple Green HD is also a great degreaser.

is this safe on paint, lets say powder coated wheels? I would like to use this to clean the wheels if its safe for the powder coat.

Is it safe to spray water all over the place ??? What about the wires?!

thanks im going to try it on my truck

Just put water on you ECU. It looks like that a very good idea.

Thank you for your review, I appreciate it.

so how that work Those computers can. be pricey I have the same car I would cover it up just too be safe .

I don't get it - Why use an engine degreaser At All? If you never had any oil leaks you are only needing to clean off dirt and road dust. I say just grab a bottle of 409 and a hose and call it done.

What's the link for the headlight restore

You can get it at Home Depot for 7 dollars a gallon best buy