I just use simple green an hose it off , But I have one hose that has street pressure.., My neighbors like the pressure on that hose..LOL

 

If your gonna clean the hood insulation take it out and let it dry after. When I did mine and closed the hood it was dripping everywhere.

 

X2 once you get it clean, wipe it down or detail it once and a while and you won't have to take a hose to it again.

I would say watch the degreaser on the actual paint under the hood because it's not cleared. Anything can leave spots on bare paint if you leave it sit for too long and/or don't wipe it off after.

 

I don't like taking a pressure washer to my car. It is already 13 years old and some of those plastic connectors worry me. I know with enough pressure something is going to get messed up. I am a big fan of simple green and a garden hose because I have enough stuff to fix the way it is lol.

 

Yeah I'll just high pressure wash the hard grimy parts and low pressure across the engine once or twice to rinse the degreaser and shine it up nicely afterwards

 

I wouldn't use high pressure at all, too much that could go wrong...

Use simple green on the grimy parts, use an open hose and your thumb on the end, that's all the pressure you will need

 

Ok that sounds good

 

No guts, no glory lol.

I only use the pressure washer when I have an engine that is really grimy (I'm also using a can of engine degreaser and a brush to aggitate some of the real bad spots). But as long as you keep up on it, a garden hose and less aggressive method works (such as using simple green, great product I might add).

 

I'm looking at doing this when the weather gets nicer as well. I've just been always afraid to get the wrong thing wet. I got a long road ahead of me. I've never cleaned it, but it isn't nearly as bad as it could be.