Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Li. Regardless of whether your car has an engine underguard or not, the engine compartment will become dirty after a certain number of years. But when we went to buy second-hand cars, we found that those used cars that have been driven for 10 years and 8 years, the entire engine compartment is as clean as a new car, how is this done? Can the engine compartment be flushed with water if it is dirty? Will it affect the car? Insiders tell you the answer.
I washed the engine compartment three times, all of which were washed by my own car, and the car I am driving now was also cleaned when I bought it. When I went to the second-hand car market to see the car, the boss happened to take a Honda Civic back, and stopped at the door to clean and prepare, and when I went to see the car, I was also received by the handsome guy who washed the car, and I was very curious about how they washed a car so clean and sold it, and I ran into him washing the engine compartment. Although I already had experience in cleaning the engine compartment, I still asked at the time: "Didn't the used cars be taken back to the car beauty shop for cleaning?" Are you not afraid of breaking the engine by cleaning it yourself? "As a result, the handsome guy told me that cleaning the interior and engine compartment saves a lot of money, and the engine compartment can be washed casually, and the cars in the exhibition hall are washed by himself, as long as you pay attention to 3 problems, you will be fine.
First, when flushing the engine compartment, you must pay attention to the wiring and joints in the engine. The joints of these lines must not be able to be washed with the water gun for a long time, although there is a waterproof design, but the water pressure of the water gun is too large, and if it is washed for a long time, there will still be a possibility of water short-circuit. Generally, if we flush the engine compartment by ourselves, we can quickly wash it with a water gun in a short time to wash off the dust on it.
Second, there is a fuse box in the engine compartment, and some cars will have a sign on the lid of the fuse box that prohibits washing. This fuse also needs special attention, because it is not a completely sealed and waterproof structure, if you rinse for a long time without dead ends, water may penetrate into the inside of the fuse, causing the fuse to burn out due to a short circuit. I remember the first time I washed the engine compartment, I was afraid of this problem, and then no one taught me, so I washed the engine compartment by feeling the stones to cross the river, and I was afraid that it would not catch fire after washing, or jump the fault code or something. But in the end, nothing happened, everything worked fine after washing, and the engine dried quickly as soon as it started to warm up.
Third, the automatic transmission car will have a large computer board near the battery, which is used to control the solenoid valve inside the gearbox, which is also a kind of driving computer. This computer board is also waterproof, and it is generally not afraid of water washing, but we should also pay attention to not being able to continue to rinse it with a high-pressure water gun for a long time. Just simply rinse it over the past, there is a kind of cleaning foam on the Internet that specializes in cleaning the engine compartment, take it and spray it over and wait for a few minutes to dissolve the stains on it, and then use a high-pressure water gun to rinse it again.
In general, the engine compartment can be washed with water, I myself was not sure at first, but it didn't feel so easy to break, and then I washed it 3 times and now I am relieved, and if it is dirty, I can wash it casually, and it is not a big problem. If you think what I said is helpful to you, don't forget to give me a thumbs up and thank you.