Cleaning RS4 Engine bay

[CoreyRS]

How do you guys do it? What product do you recommend? What needs to be covered with plastic?

I plan on using a mist setting on my hose and some generic engine foam degreaser.

[Marky G]

I have done it a few times on these now (2X with my old B7 S4 and 1X with my RS4).

I usually play it safe. Preparation is the key.

I let the engine cool. I then wrap eight little wrapping packages over each coil pack consisting (inside out) of paper towel, saran wrap, aluminum foil formed over the area. I wrap the high pressure fuel pumps with plastic bags and also wrap the air intake (if open exposed aftermarket K&N style air intake is present).

I then just use some good all purpose cleaner at full strength (P21S) and spray it all over liberally. Let it soak in for a couple mins. and then mist away with a fresh water hose as you said. I then towel dry off the excess water from valve covers and pull my plastic wrap and coil pack blankets and then fire the car up and let it get up to temperature and dry off. I then dry all around with a microfibre towel.

I finish off the process with another towel and some good quality protectant like 303; blackens things up again and protects without any over shine action.

Hope this helps? Good luck.

-Mark

[Striddy]

Cleaner and a rag. No water! Nothing good comes from soaking your engine compartment

[ven0m]

Brake cleaner, micro-fibre tissues and some elbow-grease.
(silicon spray at the end - for that new shiny plastic look)

I clean every 3-4 months, to check for leaks, greasy areas, etc.

[nr103]

^^^Damn, looks clean enough to eat off. Impressive

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[dufferdude]

I'm just a little jelly venom. Looks fantastic.

[particulardude]

Yeah that looks incredible - motivation to clean my own up!


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[CoreyRS]

Wow, brake cleaner huh? That should work well on the valve covers too. Do you cover the coil packs?

Anything brake cleaner isn't safe for in the engine bay?


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[iparatroop]

Dawn, microfiber, elbow grease and yes, water. I only clean it when it's cool.


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[ven0m]

Wow, brake cleaner huh? That should work well on the valve covers too. Do you cover the coil packs?

Anything brake cleaner isn't safe for in the engine bay?


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The flat surfaces (metal/plastic) I spray with the cleaner. But regarding the connectors, rubber hoses, coils, etc. I spray in the cloth and wipe them - I don't spray directly soaking such components. Thank you for the compliments - from a distance it looks generally clean but if you now go in and start looking in the corners it's not like when it came from the factory.

I admit I'm lazy when it comes to cleaning, but when I start cleaning... then I clean.

[lucidmatt]

Adam's APC, toothbrush, spray bottle of 50/50 water/alcohol for a rinse, Sonax polymer net shield on the carbon bits and Auto Finesse Dressle on plastic bits for shine.

[Seattle squash]

Adam's APC, toothbrush, spray bottle of 50/50 water/alcohol for a rinse, Sonax polymer net shield on the carbon bits and Auto Finesse Dressle on plastic bits for shine.

Looking good! And you got the right R8/Porsche cap combo - like a boss! I also did the black windshield washer fluid Porsche one, unless you prefer the blue one.