If you wish to have a clean car or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Infiniti QX50 is an action of routine service that is not necessarily well managed, between the fear of injuring electronic elements or not knowing which products to use… In this article, we will join you to conduct this action of maintenance with serenity. To do this, first, we will discover why it might be necessary to clean the engine unit of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine unit of your Infiniti QX50 .
Why clean the engine of your Infiniti QX50?
So we begin our article by telling you why it might be smart to consider a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Infiniti QX50 .
The most common reason for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your car should be frequent service. Failure to clean your car will cause dirt and grime to build up and eventually harm parts of your car. We advise you to carry out this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can as well be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Infiniti QX50, however be careful 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 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 Infiniti QX50?
We will now start the core of the article with the practical part of cleaning the engine unit block of your Infiniti QX50 . To do this, in the first part we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to conduct this action properly, and in a second time, the instructions to enable you to clean the engine compartment of your Infiniti QX50.
To prepare the engine of your Infiniti QX50 before cleaning it
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First step and not the least necessary one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is meant to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not advised either because of the many electrical elements inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Infiniti QX50 totally, it is better to protect the electrical elements of your Infiniti QX50 . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit properly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Infiniti QX50 , for this, do not think twice to consult our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to get this done step.
- Take out the upper motor housing of your Infiniti QX50 , it’s a plastic cover that can in general be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will enable you to have an much easier access to the whole engine unit of your car.
- Protect all electrical elements with plastic film , stretchable for example, this contains the flowmeter (which is based 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 Infiniti QX50
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 unit of your Infiniti QX50 properly :
- Warm up the engine unit of your car for about 5 minutes, this will produce the grease more fluid and help its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Infiniti QX50 engine unit.
- Let it work for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may damage elements of your engine unit. So use a garden hose and rise with a lot of water.
- If you are satisfied with the result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can duplicate the process until it disappears.
- 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 unit of your Infiniti QX50, you will discover this kind 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 unit.
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