How To Clean Your Engine Safely Without Water // STEAM CLEAN ENGINE BAY!!
How To Clean Your Engine Bay Safely Without Water - Steam Clean Engine Bay! In this video I show you how to clean and detail an engine bay safely without the use of running water. I use steam, all purpose cleaner, and a detail brush to get the job done and the results are awesome - without the risk of messing up your engine!
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I just found your video and its great. My question is where can I find a good Detailer? There are some Detailers that look real shady. What questions do you ask? Some car washes I've been too will use their wash wands to clean without removing the battery and no chemicals. The more water the better. With newer cars and all the electronics who can you trust to do a good job and no mess ups. My car is a 2012 Audi 7 and it needs an engine detail, HELP. I'm in So Cal Thanks, Keep up the great work to keep us Car Geeks informed.
I gotta invest in a steamer now! 😃 And Clean my bay bae! 💗
I'm sorry, but do you it understand what steam is? I only ask because you say you arent getting the engine wet...
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Great video. Going to try this on my Jag
I'm currently shopping around for my next car and while my last vehicle served me well (until it died for good) I'd like to take better care of whatever comes next. Great walkthrough here, I think I can handle this!
👍for removing negative terminal first!
"Oh hey, there you are. Today we're gonna....*urrrghh*" 😂😂😂😂
As a mechanic, I confirm what you said lol it’s so much more satisfying to work on an engine bay and shows the owner takes better care of it giving us more responsibility. Clean your engine bays people!
I want a steamer now for so many reasons
Oh and glad you made this video because I've cleaned my engine bay on my toyota tundra 2x and managed to screw something up by doing so. By using a degreaser and water hose. Granted I didn't douse the engine bay with water 💦 but I somehow managed to screw something up under the hood when I go to drive it the next day.
Beautiful job but you didn’t clean the battery terminals😭
4hrs later
What spray do you use before the steam?
🥰love the content
Nice job
Can the parts and pieces under the big "ecoboost" black plastic cover be cleaned too, or does that cover need to stay on while cleaning?
I shot water into my engine bay
You didn’t clean off the battery acid? For shame!!!
I literally just cleaned my wife’s engine bay today came out too good . Wish I had the steamer would have made a big difference I’m sure
LOOKS GREAT! I have a gen 4 prius & am considering using steam cleaner. My mechanics always enjoyed wrkn on my car BECAUSE its clean & parts are anti seized. I feel if ur engine is full of oil, its like frying an egg.😁
how bout cleaning with alcohol
Liked the video, but I can't believe you didn't clean all that green corrosion off the battery cable.
This whole damn time I thought that's was your brother but now I see it's a fake!! Or do you really have a brother man I can't tell. Lol
LOL 4:25
Wait......TWINS!?? Honestly I didn't pay attention before
Thumbs up for the burp at 4:04 😁
Just advice run from the 3.5 v6 and second reroute your amp wire under hood it's running right over the drive belt accessories and cover it with black wire loom and it doesn't stick out like a soar thumb sorry I detail cars and that little detail just bothered me other than that good job.
Can't clean mine till I go back home. You clean your car at my moms area and that shits gonna be filthy after one drive.
that red 12V thought :( can definitely route it a tad better.
I’ve needed this video forever!!!
Technically, you did use water because you need water to make steam because steam is hot evaporated water. lol
I don’t see the all purpose cleaner in the description ?
What was the real time to do the job?
The bloopers at the end😂😂😂lol
Hello.. How would you know what part of the engine should not get wet? Just the battery and radiator?
Just some advice I would run away from that 3.5 ecoboost as fast as you can they are junk and if you put any kind of miles on them they fall apart.
How long did this take you in real time?
Nice job DG perl sure gives it a glow.Great content for sure.Stay Safe See you on the next one
Guess where steam comes from? If you dont have a steamer just use hot water :D
00:39 whats that red wire for?
Really cracked me up when Mike showed up wearing the same clothes 😂
I'm sorry but engine's are designed to get wet.. just use water.. I've been doing so for 30 years and never had a problem or know anyone who has.. just use commen sense and don't soak the alternator or flood the intake
I know this is an old video and you don't have this truck anymore, but on the off chance that you or someone else reads this when you get corrosion like that on your positive battery cable it generally means that the voltage regulator in the alternator failed and is overcharging the battery where as corrosion on the negative terminal can either mean the battery is going bad or the alternator itself is not putting out enough voltage.... Either way just something to watch out for in the future. Keep up the good work.
Is the steamer actually the 1 you use???
Hey when you used the pearl protectant you said it was diluted 2 to 1. Did you fill up a bottle with half of it and then the rest of water. Is that what you mean?
I think Mike is fake
Could you have used water if you wanted?
Doesn’t that make the circuit reset?
I’ll pay to have this done
The end had me laughing so hard 🤣🤣
I do pretty much everything not to. I hose the engine down with a hose and get it all wet then spray cleaner over the whole thing. Hose back down. Done. 10 minutes. It doesn't look like a 500 greenback detail but it's nice enough.
Always been super nit picky about a clean engine bay
Is there any benefit to cleaning the engine bay apart from aestetics?
Wet wipes vs dry wipes.
Dude clean and lube your battery posts!
Love your channel, mate. You have my dream job 😉
Extreme case of OCD and I love it
Oh I see no power sprayer . Careful clean looks ok.
I wouldn’t do it. Dirt and oil won’t mess with expensive electronics.
i see the jeep engine bay cleansing where he uses water, then i see this video. did your plan with using water change? this video is older than that of the jeep
Mechanics won’t treat your car any differently clean or dirty. They don’t give a shit about your car. All they care about is your money. They might even say you fucked up your sensors or computer or fuses by cleaning your engine just so they can charge you more money. Just fix everything yourself.
Steam is water dumb ass 😂
The Detail Geek water doesn’t have legs... 😂 thicken that skin up bro. Just messing with ya.
Can’t read a thumbnail eh.
I keep my engine bays and underneath where the oil pans, transmissions, transfer cases, differentials, wheel wells, struts/shocks, and interior are spotless at all times. The same goes maintenance wise as well, using only premium products. The biggest reasons are - 1. If there is a leak, it can be spotted immediately. 2. Having a dirty engine and/or radiator is the equivalent of wearing a coat in the middle of summer. 3. Vehicles cost way too much to not care for them properly. 4. Confidence - Never know if/when I need to make a last minute trip and knowing either vehicle will get us there and back with almost no chance of mechanical/electrical incidents. And "Yes" - Whenever a mechanic is involved (which is almost nil except for warranty reasons), they do treat my vehicles far better than anyone else's, every time, of which I am always grateful.
Keep writing these kind of comments on ESwindow videos. I can tell you have a lot wisdom to share with the ESwindow community. If only every ESwindow comment had numbered bullet points so the information could be more easily processed by us regular people who are missing your vast intelligence. Then one day maybe we too, may receive the level of service you get every time you are serviced!
I wonder how many micro fibers were taken away from their families for this video
Nice job,you are very thorough with your cleaning
Do you use just regular tap water with the McCulloch steamer? I've heard of people using reverse osmosis or even deionized water to prevent calcium buildup and extend the life of their steamers.
All that work...then doesn't bother cleaning the corrosion off the battery terminal. lol
Cleaning an engine bay is like cleaning an empty cigarette pack
Original battery??? Unheard of in AZ with a truck that old
Is it the same for hybrids?
Hi there. I just saw your video and at the end I saw your attempts at the intro. Making a successful ESwindow video is not that easy. Good job. Thank you for your time on showing us the process of detailing a car. Take care and God bless.
3.5l eco🤣 boost
Super safe till all sealed electrical connectors corrode from steam
This guy sucks bring back Mike
What steamer do you recommend?
I think, this method only works for maintainence engine bay cleaning. If it is a heavier detailing, you need a degreaser, both fender brush and detail brush.
Do you have a link showing what products you use?
Lol
TITLE SHOULD BE, HOW TO CLEAN PLASTIC IN YOUR ENGINE...
YOU ACT LIKE EVERYONE HAS THAT STEAM MACHINE, BAD VIDEO, CHRISFIX BETTER 😤💨
Thank you detail geek I’ve been wanting to clean my engine but bean to scared to this vid was so helpfull
how long did it take you? I've actually thought of using a steam cleaner myself. I never done it before, but just got myself a decent truck, but engine bay is dirty! And I'm gonna learn to detail it myself. Just wondering how long it took you, so it can possibly motivate me to do it a bit more, lol.
Hai Sir....i wonder is there ane problem after you cleaned the angine bay...honestly...cause a lot of wire and sencore there..thanks...say Hi from Indonesia....
No water you say 🧐 so steam doesnt come from boiling water? 😉 good vid anyway 👍
Mitch as usual, DAMN GOOD JOB!
hi sir can i use tire fom cleaner on my nissan rouge engine
Steam is water
Thank you for showing such nice and easy tips to keep your ride clean and tidy. Its definitely easy to detail vehicle for people living in private houses, not for us New Yorkers who live in apartments lol. I just bought my camry and wanna do everything by myself so I can be completley satisfied but got no place to plug in all those wires for washers, steamers, vacuum etc. Overall, I really love watching you detailing vehicles perfectly. Its a therapy 😌 keep it up brother 👍🏻✌🏼
Hey dumbass, steam cones from water. Shocking, I know right?
I said NO RUNNING WATER....I think that’s pretty easy to understand, but not for everyone it seems.
Thumbnail says "no running water", than he sprays the cleaner liquid all over the engine...
Lol running water would be using a hose or pressure washer....so yeah, I didn’t use running water 👍🏻
I've always wondered why auto manufacturers put all the nooks and crannies on the airbox housings...
Very nice!
How do you get waterless steam?
Love your music selections...is this music freeware?
Badass brotha
Without water *uses steam*
Dude! You need more bloopers and out takes on your videos
I thought steam was a state of water
This video just got recommended to me. Meaning ESwindow is getting getting more searches and interests in engine bay cleaning. You should do another one of these videos soon, I think it'll be really successful and being a long time viewer I think it would be nice to show your vehicle again.