If you want to have a clean vehicle or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Fiat Punto Evo 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… In this post, we will go along with you to perform this action of service with serenity. To achieve this, first, we will see why it might be important to clean the engine unit of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine unit of your Fiat Punto Evo .
Why clean the engine of your Fiat Punto Evo?
So we start our article by explaining why it might be good to consider a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Fiat Punto Evo .
The most general reason for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your car should be regular service. Failure to clean your car will bring about dirt and grime to build up and eventually harm parts of your car. We encourage 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 Fiat Punto Evo, nevertheless be careful not to clean it too much, potential buyers might presume that a too clean engine is associated with a leaking engine that tries to be camouflaged by a complete cleaning, better to have a healthy engine unit than a too clean engine.
How to clean the engine unit of your Fiat Punto Evo?
We will now attack the heart of the article with the practical section of cleaning the engine unit block of your Fiat Punto Evo . For this, in the first section we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to conduct this action correctly, and in a second time, the guidelines to allow you to clean the engine compartment of your Fiat Punto Evo.
To prepare the engine of your Fiat Punto Evo before cleaning it
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First step and not the least essential one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is meant to be waterproof, cleaning it thoroughly is not advised either due to the many electrical components inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Fiat Punto Evo totally, it is better to protect the electrical components of your Fiat Punto Evo . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Fiat Punto Evo , to do this, do not think twice to consult our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
- Take off the upper motor housing of your Fiat Punto Evo , it’s a plastic cover that can generally be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will allow you to have an easier access to the whole engine unit of your car.
- Protect all electrical components with plastic film , stretchable for example, this involves 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 unit compartment of a Fiat Punto Evo
Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is commence cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine unit of your Fiat Punto Evo correctly :
- Warm up the engine unit of your car for about 5 minutes, this will produce the grease more fluid and ease its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Fiat Punto Evo engine unit.
- Let it operate for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may harm elements of your engine unit. So use a garden hose and rise with a lot of water.
- If you are satisfied with the end result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can replicate the operation until it disappears.
- Last little piece of advice, 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 unit of your Fiat Punto Evo, you will locate this type of product in specialised 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 unit.
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