While browsing the forum/cardomain, I noticed that a lot of bonnevilles look amazing under the hood. Mine, thats another story. I'd really like to clean up the area, but I'm kind of unsure how to start, it'* pretty dusty/dirty in there. What do u guys do to clean it out, and how do you keep it clean? Should I start with a vaccum ?

Thanks.
-Brian

I usually just use spray cleaner (Gumout?) and then *CAREFULLY rinse it clean. I then hand wipe off anything I can see and usually use vynal protectant on the air intake and hoses. If I feel ambitous I will even polish the exposed fender and hood areas.


*Carefull when cleaning under the hood. It is REAL easy to fry a coil pack or alt with liquids in there. I know, I learned the hard way.

I had an engine shampoo when I got my temp sensor replaced.

Spray on, hose down, follow the instructions and BE CAREFUL...

We used Simple Green on my '69 LeMans.
It smelled like licorice, but it was pretty clean!
EDITED:
I'd use the Orange Stuff now, though...

How'* the stuff that foams up and then you rinse it away? Safe?

a good trick for cleaning the engine bay if it is NOT very dirty........just road dusty is to use scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner. learned that from a car detailer and it works very well !!

That foam bathroom cleaner works great on aluminum rims, too.

simple green works really good and will not attack any stickers or labels in the engine compartment.

After seeing this post I decided to clean up my engine w/ simplegreen. Man, that stuff works real good. It just took everything off including the splashed up salt.

Get carb cleaner and spray all of the greasy stuff, the grease will fly off without you touching it .