Lazy Man's Engine Detail

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I'm not much for engine detailing, as I feel like it is just too much work, but the other day I decided to detaily my wife's Honda CR-V. I did not take any before shots, but I'm going to attach the after shots.



The reason being, is because I am totally in love with Meguiars HyperDressing from the detailer line. Here was my process:



1. Spray engine with garden hose and light spray to remove any large dirt particles. (About 1 minute maybe less)



2. Spray Meg's APC (diluted 10:1) over most areas. (less than a minute)



3. Agitate a few stubborn areas with brush. (3-4 minutes)



4. Rinse. (1-2 minutes)



5. Spray Meg's Hyper Dressing (diluted 3:1 "Satin Finish"). (1 minutes).



6. Go over areas covered with HD with foam paint brush. (5 minutes).



Total time: About 15 minutes (give or take a few).



Now, I'm attaching these not because this is a great engine detail, but if you're lazy to do the engine (like me), take solace in the fact that you can get it looking reasonably good with minimal effort and VERY little time.



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shine said:
Nice job. I too have had great results with Meg's HD under the hood.
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Over at the Meg's forum another poster basically said "spray on HD and leave"... and while I did a wee bit more than that, it was pretty close.



I really love the HyperDressing.
 
Looks great !

How old is car and how many miles ? Were you concerned with water getting into the wiring connections ? (my biggest fear of engine detailing)





Cheers
 
Bruce B said:
Looks great !

How old is car and how many miles ? Were you concerned with water getting into the wiring connections ? (my biggest fear of engine detailing)
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Bruce,



As I said... I'm not much of an engine detail guy but I talked to a few friends how are professional detailers and some guys cover things some don't cover a thing but the thing everyone universally agreed upon was to 1) be quick with the water and 2) not to use a "high pressure" rinse.



So, taking a bit of a leap of faith I used a regular garden hose and as little water as I thought I could get away with (but I still used enough to soak the engine a few times over).



I guess since it was my wife's car if figured I'd just cross my fingers and hope for the best. I was also told to start the engine quickly after completion (which I did and there was NO problem at all). The wiring connections all seemed pretty much covered so I wasn't too worried about them.



As for your other questions...



The car is almost 2 years old and has just under 20k miles. The engine was NOT very bad but had its fair share of grease built up (but nothing like you'd see on a 5 year, 80k mile type car).
 
I figured since a I did not have a ton of build up I didn't need to go as strong as the super degreaser and opted for a 10:1 APC. It did a nice job and required minimal agitation. Although I have heard amazing things about the super degreaser... I'll just have to let the engine get much worse!!! LOL
 
Looks great. I always thought you were supposed to let completely dry before starting as to not cause any potential shorts and such. I have never started one while wet. I have done both covering and covering nothing at all and never had any problems at all. Older vehicles, I cover the distributor and coil and such. Newer vehicles I just go to it and cover nothing. They are usually sealed pretty good.
 
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