Engine Bay!?!

[novaco]

hi guys, i realy want to clean up the engine bay of my 1.4 so that it actuly looks as good as it performs! but where do i start??? :?

i hav a bolt on k&n and have sort of polished the rocker cover but what else can i do????

i realy want to clean and polish the blocks under the rocker cover ( dont no names lol) but how do i remove tham and is it easy??

i have though about colour coding my pipes or buying one of thoses max power cover kits but what do you's think??

thanks in advance for help and advice cheers Karl!

[Cassie-Nova]

A can of carb cleaner will clean your engine bay, spray all the oily/greasy looking areas and it will clean it up a bit. Strut brace, spray to match the colour of your car maybe? Polish the oil cap? Spray the handle/top of the dipstick? Clean your bonnet rest/support thing up with a bit of wire wool (Just nicer looking than having it caked in crap!)?

Just a few things of the top of my head, sure there is more!

Jim

[novaco]

cheers jim!

do you know how to remove the block under the rocker cover and the cylinder head??? is it hard and are there like any things that you have to do first just because i heard that you had to drain something??

[General Baxter]

i have though about colour coding my pipes or buying one of thoses max power cover kits but what do you's think??


dont buy a 'cover kit' samco do real hoses :)

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=392

[novaco]

yea mayb for those wil money lol!!!!! :( how did u get your engine so clean and shinny baxter??? i would to know!!!

[Riggy]

yea mayb for those wil money lol!!!!! :( how did u get your engine so clean and shinny baxter??? i would to know!!!

http://image.misterart.com/grouppix/528x352/7000/g7765.jpg

[Aragorn]

dismantle it and paint it

[General Baxter]

http://image.misterart.com/grouppix/528x352/7000/g7765.jpg

well not that stuff as its flamable :wink:

[novaco]

yeah but are they hard to strip!!! lol im only 15 and havent got much experience lol!!!!

[General Baxter]

yeah but are they hard to strip!!! lol im only 15 and havent got much experience lol!!!!

13 and a 17mm spanner and a hammer :wink:

[Aragorn]

then new gasket and head bolts on reassembly

and its only flammable until it dries u plank :P

[novaco]

cheers! y u need the new bolts???


is there anything else that i would need to remove inorder to take these parts off such as belts or anything???

[Aragorn]

yes u need to remove the timing belt, inlet manifold and exhaust manifold and the reason u need new bolts is the headbolts arent reusable

you do realise to paint these bits your completely stripping the top half of the engine here dont you?

cylinder head, cam etc all has to come off...

[novaco]

i do now lol cheers m8

[burgo]

invest in a haynes manual and you'll be sorted

[SRlew]

yer i second that, get a haynes manual.
my brother baight one the other day and it's well good!

[ANDYRACER]

Haynes manual is like a bible. First thing id buy after i got a car. But mine came with my car :lol:

[novaco]

cheers!!! i have a mannual but its stil in the polythene lol :lol:

i dont know what to do tho becoz i realy want to clean up my engine but now my dad is saying that im not doing it becoz theres nothing wrong with so does anyone know any excusses lol of why i need to strip my engine???? :cry: :D