If you wish to have a clean vehicle or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Dacia Duster is an action of maintenance that is not necessarily well managed, between the fear of injuring electronic components or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will accompany you to conduct this action of routine service with serenity. To achieve this, first, we will find out why it may be necessary to clean the engine of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine of your Dacia Duster .
Why clean the engine of your Dacia Duster?
So we begin our article by explaining why it may be good to consider a cleaning of the engine block of your Dacia Duster .
The most general reason for cleaning the engine compartment of your car should be regular service. Failing to clean your car will trigger dirt and grime to gather and ultimately damage parts of your car. We advise you to perform this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can as well be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Dacia Duster, however be cautious not to clean it too much, potential buyers might think that a too clean engine is synonymous with a leaking engine that tries to be hidden by a complete cleaning, better to have a healthy engine than a too clean engine.
How to clean the engine of your Dacia Duster?
We will now begin the heart of the article with the practical part of cleaning the engine block of your Dacia Duster . To do this, in the first part we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine to perform this action in the right way, and in a second time, the instructions to let you to clean the engine compartment of your Dacia Duster.
To prepare the engine of your Dacia Duster before cleaning it
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First step and not the least necessary one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is designed to be waterproof, cleaning it thoroughly is not recommended either due to the many electrical components inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Dacia Duster completely, it is better to protect the electrical components of your Dacia Duster . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine effectively:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Dacia Duster , for this, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to do this step.
- Take out the upper motor housing of your Dacia Duster , it’s a plastic cover that can in general be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will let you to have an much easier access to the whole engine of your car.
- Protect all electrical components with plastic film , stretchable for example, this includes the flowmeter (which is found on your air inlet), the alternator, all electrical cables and the fuse box
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Cleaning of the engine compartment of a Dacia Duster
Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is begin cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine of your Dacia Duster effectively :
- Warm up the engine of your car for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and help its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Dacia Duster engine.
- Let it work for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may harm parts of your engine. So use a garden hose and rise with plenty of water.
- If you are convinced with the end result, you can dry your engine with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can repeat the process until it goes away.
- Last little piece of suggestions, if you want and have the budget, you can apply a layer of motor protection, this will prevent the accumulation of dirt on the engine of your Dacia Duster, you will find this sort of product in specific shops or in the category of products for boat motors
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All you have to do is clean the work area, refit your engine crankcase, reconnect your battery and you’ll be able to get back on the road with a clean engine.
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