Do you guys bother cleaning dust and dirt from........

your engine/engine compartment when you wash your truck?

 

I have only opened the hood twice now. Once when I filled the windshield washer reservoir and once when I changed the air filter and oil.

So no.

 

No

 

I definitely do but I make sure the engine is cool before I spray it off. I also never us a pressure washer and avoid spraying directly onto electrical connections

 

I clean my engine bay a few times a year. I usually hit it with the pressure washer for a minute. I don't go into full detail though because it doesn't really need it

 

I do wipe down the plastic surfaces and major stuff with damp rag when it starts to get a bit dusty. A throwback from my nuke submarine days I guess; as clean everything was the only standard in that engine room!

 

No. It's a truck, not a show car.

 

I power wash it when it’s bad

 

usually once a year i'll use a majority water with a little dish soap formula and some microfiber clothes and wipe it down

 

A few times a year. A "spotless rinse" is usually a low pressure option at the wand wash and does the trick. enough to rinse off grime.

 

Only the radiator so sir can flow.

 

I usually just wipe down the plastic bits. If it’s unusually dirty from an off road trip I’ll use a low pressure rinse.

 

I used to steam clean my engines once i. Awhile with that foamy steam cleaner you can buy at a parts store, but that was back when I could replace many of the components I could have damaged in the process. Now I might take some cleaner and a rag to the dusty surfaces every other year and call it.

 

Light hose no pressure washer just to take of the dirt. It’s not going to hurt anything … hell we got people driving these trucks threw rivers just saying .

 

Yes, keep it super clean, on all my cars

 

After a run hose off the truck, engine and bed with RSI. No pressure washing.

 

No way. My engine bay looks filthy and I plan to keep it that way.

I mean if you never go off-road, I guess you can clean it. One off-roading trip and the engine bay looks filthy.

Our engines are water cooled so a little of dirt and dust on the engine will not hurt it in any way.

 

Keep it clean, stays clean.

 

So the general consensus is that you all have filthy engine bays. I dont get it but to each their own. Who cares if “its just a truck”, i dont get that logic either. Its a vehicle that i pay alot for, want to sell for alot when i get rid of it and want to be able to work on should i need to without looking like a coal miner. Stop being so proud of your filth. Wash your shit.

 

Once the mud burns on to the exhuast and rad hoses I usually give up. I give it a rinse now and then.