If you wish to have a clean car or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Honda Insight is an action of routine service that is not necessarily well controlled, between the fear of injuring electronic elements or not knowing which products to use… In this post, we will go along with you to execute this action of routine service with serenity. To achieve this, first, we will see why it may be necessary to clean the engine of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine of your Honda Insight .
Why clean the engine of your Honda Insight?
So we begin our content page by telling you why it may be wise to consider a cleaning of the engine block of your Honda Insight .
The most basic justification for cleaning the engine compartment of your car should be regular service. Failing to clean your car will bring about dirt and grime to accumulate and ultimately damage auto parts of your car. We advise you to perform this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can also be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Honda Insight, however be careful not to clean it too much, potential buyers might believe 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 Honda Insight?
We will now start the heart of the content page with the practical section of cleaning the engine block of your Honda Insight . For this, in the first section we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine to carry out this action correctly, and in a second time, the instructions to enable you to clean the engine compartment of your Honda Insight.
To prepare the engine of your Honda Insight before cleaning it
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First step and not the least important one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is designed to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not suggested either as a result of the many electrical elements inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Honda Insight totally, it is better to protect the electrical elements of your Honda Insight . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine properly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Honda Insight , to accomplish this, do not hesitate to consult our content page dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
- Remove the upper motor housing of your Honda Insight , it’s a plastic cover that can in general be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will enable you to have an less difficult access to the whole engine of your car.
- Protect all electrical elements with plastic film , stretchable for example, this contains the flowmeter (which is located on your air inlet), the alternator, all electrical cables and the fuse box
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Cleaning of the engine compartment of a Honda Insight
Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is begin cleaning it, here are the steps to follow to clean the engine of your Honda Insight properly :
- Warm up the engine of your car for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and ease its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Honda Insight engine.
- Let it operate for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may harm elements of your engine. So use a garden hose and rise with plenty of water.
- If you are satisfied with the end result, you can dry your engine with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can repeat the operation 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 Honda Insight, you will find this sort 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.
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