For those of you worried about the electronics and the alternator.... You get water in your engine compartment every time you drive in the rain. I pop the hood 2-3 times a year and use low pressure at the car wash and clean my engine compartment. I've done this with every car I've ever owned for over 20 years and never ever had an issue. If you do it 2-3 times a year you'll never have a bad build up of dirt and grime and your engine compartment will always look like a new car. Just use low pressure and don't get too close to anything!
I have a Honda Accord 4 cylinder. The other day my radiator hose blew and sprayed coolant all over the engine bay. Now it's blue spots everywhere and smells of burnt coolant when I drive. Can I just spray water all over the engine bay without worries? Do I have to take off the battery? Thanks!
@@TonyhatesLego11031people Tony just pull into your local car wash and pop the hood. I try to make sure the engine isn't like 100% warmed up (super hot like just off the highway).... Low pressure soap.. Let it soak for a few minutes. Meanwhile, I soap down the rest of the car and let the engine bay soak for a few minutes. Then I come back and low pressure rinse. I don't remove the battery. Just don't blast electronics or any wiring with a super high pressure jet and you'll be totally fine. Be as cautious as you want. Afterwards, I start the car back up and drive it around for a while and make sure everything gets good and warm and dries out. Again, YMMV but I do this 2-3 times a year and never have any issues knock on the wood!
I wonder how long he lets them sit b4 he tries 2 start the thing? Newer cars might b able 2 handle the water but them older type clonkers I highly doubt it.Probably should skip the water and just use solution,bunch of grease rags.😂🤣
Cover the alternator and computer remove the air box and cover that hole as well, try not to spray the coils if you don’t feel like covering them up, disconnect the battery, done
Hosing the enigine entirely is a terrible idea. Even tho you use the blower to dry the engine I guarantee you still have little puddles and droplets built up in every electrical connector. It would have to bake your entire car in a over at 400 degrees to have all the water gone. Do not do this without know the proper steps to take on covering certain parts of the motor.
@@uttersqueeze alternators are mostly air cooled, so they have a lot of large gaps for water to get into, plus there's a lot of electrical connections which are resistant to water not water proof.
@@dwells37 While you can clean an alternator with water, it's generally not recommended to spray water directly into the alternator vents. Water can get into the alternator through the cooling vents and short it out, or damage the diodes and/or voltage regulator. Water can also cause electrical faults in the alternator's wiring, which can lead to a loss of power to the electrical system.
This gives me anxiety. We have 6 cars in our family between ours and 2 for our kids and I have never cleaned an engine bay before. I’ll remove the engine cover and pressure wash it, and give the other areas a wipe down with a damp rag, but man spraying water in there is something I would never do. My engine bays don’t look very good but my cars work and run for a very long time and I’d like to keep it that way. I’m sure there are ways the pros do it that don’t hurt anything but to me the benefit isn’t worth the risk.
Recently cleaned a never been touched engine bay myself....Not this way though, I used wipes, spray, and rags....Way too many electrical connectors all over the place and electronics, computer modules, the alternator etc, and definitely didn't touch the battery with any spray, it looks fine. Spraying everything down like this would have me worried that I would end up having thousands of dollars of components that are not supposed to get wet, getting flooded and destroyed....It did turn out looking good but I wouldn't feel safe spraying everything down like this, too many expensive electronics and computers and connectors....
I would say this is generally fine to do but I usually prefer to wrap the alternator to keep water out unless you’re going to let your car sit for several hours or the rest of the night then this should be fine
I've been pressure washing my engine bays for 20 years and never had a single problem. Just gotta cover some things a little if they are there. Like the ECU, coil packs, Distributor. It depends. Never once had an electrical issue or non start. Never.
Wow, that took 2 times to clean all the grease and dirt from this engine bay. This is a great demo. I always love to see the leaf blower. Good job Mitch!!! ❤
- автомобиль :) у нас при услуге "мойка двигателя" всегда есть сноска со звездочкой- ответственности за дальнейшие проблемы с работой двигателя мы не несем. На свой страх и риск
I have a dodge challenger and the battery is in the back trunk is there any chance of shorting something out in the front if I power wash it like you did in the video
Hey Mitch. I'm from Australia and had a look at your range of car detailing products but the only issue for me is the cost of postage. Do you have any distributors or thought about a market over here for it?
Yes and no imagine driving in the rain all the water that splashes up wets everything yet everything still works right unless your directly spraying it with water and not drying it with a blower or compressed air then yeah things will go badly
Hey Mitch, I've never seen anyone do such an awesome job on a car/truck. I just can't stop watching your videos. They are so relaxing. Thank you so much for sharing! God bless you and keep you! 🙏💪💣💞🥰Happy Happy!
@@DoubleoPwhat about the water that’s splashed up underneath💀 and that’s not true at all it’s only a problem if you directly spray at anything electrical with a huge amount of water and don’t use a blower or compressed air to get the water out
