I've never been much of an engine cleaner and I am put to shame by those photos. I must mend my ways.
What is the best stuff to clean the engine/bay with?
Careful or you will get sucked down the detailing road! In a moment of weakness after buying the Ferrari, I bought a basic detailing kit. Fancy shampoo that costs way more than the stuff I use on what little hair is left to me and much more than the washing up liquid previously used. And I have now to have two buckets since my wash mitt ( sheepskin and looks like a cross between a sporran and a cod piece you stick your hand in
) has to be rinsed in one bucket to get any specks of grit out before being dipped in the liquid gold in the other bucket. I have special fly removal fluid and special wheel protection fluid plus IronEx to get rid of brake dust. And fleece towels for patting ( not rubbing) my baby dry.
Actually I have cheated on the latter using a load of nice fluffy human towels - we have the thin bald ones in the house.
So leave your engine alone. Let God wash the car - thats what he made rain for. Dont buy yourself a sheepskin cod piece or if you do, save it for washing down the wife or girlfriend.
