How to wash the car engine yourself
Dust and dirt in the engine compartment actually does not carry any danger to work mechanisms of the motor, another thing is to scoring the motor inside the sediments that strongly reduce the power and maneuverability of the car.
Despite the fact that there are no recommendations for the care of the external parts of the motor, they are better to contain them in purity for many reasons. Let's look at how to wash the car's engine yourself and the cases when it is worth contacting the service station with a bad work of the power unit.
At first glance, the motor is not needed, but in the future such a neglect of the engine compartment may pour into expensive repairs. Maintaining the power unit clean is necessary for:
It is possible to wash the car of the car at home independently and this is available to everyone, the main thing is that such a procedure is not to wash the motor under high pressure and strictly follow the instructions. Motor compartment washes in different ways, depending on the year of the car. Release foreign cars from 2003 it is better to flush by hand, with a wet vet, or a sponge, it is important that the sponge is almost completely devoid of water. Machines until 2003 are cooked both manually and minimates "Karcher", where there is a nozzle for the distribution of water flow by several tens of weak jets mixed with air. So you can wash and new foreign cars, but extremely neat.
For the washing of the motor will need:
- Rafting for primary purification from dirt;
- Dense packages for sealing electronics adjacent to the motor;
- Washing agent marks: K & W, Liqui Moly, »VNIIHIHIMPROEKT" or a means for washing dishes by type "Fairi" for the secondary cleaning of complex and medium contamination and a bucket with water to dissolve detergent;
- Brush with a plastic pile for cleaning of difficult places, a sponge to remove excess moisture;
- Dry towels or fabric, but necessarily dry and clean, to remove the remaining moisture on visible sites;
- Fan, if available, or compressor for tire swing for drying;
- Mini washing, if there is, for a faster cleaning process, replaces a bucket, brush, sponge, and so on ..
When washing the motor compartment, household chemicals are better to take only in the case of weak pollution, for all other needs professional chemistry, which is aimed at removing strong contaminants. 
Motor was properly washed under the strength of the flow of water, to the Word, the Karcher's minimicca or their analogues are quite suitable for these purposes due to the fact that the air in the mixer is mixed with liquid in a 50/50 ratio, allowing you to gently wash the motor from mud. When washing a motor under strong pressure, it is not possible to damage the motor itself, and the generator, the rubber, various relays, the battery, or can be caused by corrosive processes, as well as rinse important information stickers with the component of the engine compartment. For washing, you need to have a lot of patience. When washing new cars, Karcher needs to use in the case of complex contaminants, for all others there is a rag. In general, the process of washing the engine looks like this:
- If the battery was not taken out, it is necessary to prepare a solution of soda and water in a ratio of 1 to 1. This solution needs to be treated with AKB, to prevent corrosion development and to preserve charge. After 2-4 minutes, the solution must be removed by wiping with a damp cloth or a sponge.
Many auto machines are recommended to rinse the engine 2 times a year. The price of the car washing with their own hands varies in the range from 400 to 700 rubles, and this is not given the fact that the purchased consumables will be enough for 3-4 times cleaning.
Tip: It is impossible to wash the external parts of the machine with gasoline or diesel fuel, first, after turning on the motor from under the hood, the white smoke falls out for 15 minutes, secondly, the area of \u200b\u200bthe motor may accidentally light up from any spark.
In the absence of confidence in the correctness of the actions related to washing, you should contact professionals that will make it much more expensive, but quality and gently. With the same, it is necessary to understand that when professional cleaning, the masters do not carry any responsibility, due to the fact that the service was provided, but the analysis of the car wash into it does not enter and performed by other people. Many car wash in law enjoy this loophole. To the question "Where to wash?", The answer is simple - independently in the garage, because It is reliable and cheaper.
After washing the engine, the machine does not start, what to do?
Often after washing the motor, it does not start and this is the usual thing. The main reason is to enter the moisture electronics system, which does not allow to start a motor, but at this very moment the starter is spinning and there is no catch attempts, but the installation can not start. The moisture falls due to the main mistake - washing under the high pressure reached 100-150 bar, due to which the water flow can penetrate anywhere, even in the spark plug.
The biggest problem after washing the motor is observed with the ignition system. To solve it, it is necessary to disassemble the rubber and wipe all dry, after which it is also a compressor, wipe the wires, dry, also compressor, wells for installing candles, after you can start a car.
In the models where individual ignition coils are installed instead of a traver - it is necessary to remove each individual and blow wells, it is also worth blowing all the engine and about the engine space with a compressor and additionally leave the dryer for 3-4 hours with an open hood cover.
By the way, all of the above actions are better to spend better until the first launch of the motor after washing, otherwise, when you find moisture, where it is now described, you can get some non-working coils. Often the coils remain unharmed, and the candles themselves fail to replace the new ones.
Washing motor
Quite often, when visiting a hundred or car wash offered to wash and rinse the motor. Washing the motor costs quite considerable money, but it is only produced in extreme cases:
- When moving to a brand of oil of a different brand or a species, which is due to the change of viscosity of the fluid and change the number of useful additives. So, moving from synthetic oil to mineral, the motor perceives two mixtures in different ways, from which porridge porridge is formed inside it.
- After buying a car with mileage.
- With heavy loads exceeding 25,000 km per year and when driving at speeds from 80 km per hour in the main operation;
- In the presence of a turbocharged motor (EcoBoost, SkyActiv, DuratorQ, TSI, TDI, and TD.) After 25,000 km;
- After dismantling the motor, which is accompanied by its full disassembly. In this case, the motor is washed by hand using gasoline, diesel fuel or diesel fuel. After that, washed with a solution based on a car shampoo and water, dried by naturally, then purging the compressor.
In other cases, it is not necessary to make consent to flushing. Self rinse the motor is quite troublesome and long, so it is better to contact the specialists, but only in the above cases.
