If you wish to have a clean vehicle or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Kia Carens is an work of maintenance that is not necessarily well operated, between the fear of injuring electronic components or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will accompany you to do this work of maintenance with peace of mind. To do so, 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 Kia Carens .

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Why clean the engine of your Kia Carens?

So we start our content page by explaining why it may be smart to reflect on a cleaning of the engine block of your Kia Carens .

The most general justification for cleaning the engine compartment of your car should be frequent maintenance. Failure to clean your car will bring about dirt and grime to build up and sooner or later damage parts of your car. We encourage you to carry out this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can also be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Kia Carens, however be cautious 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 hidden by a complete cleaning, better to have a healthy engine than a too clean engine.

How to clean the engine of your Kia Carens?

We will now attack the core of the content page with the practical part of cleaning the engine block of your Kia Carens . To do this, in the first part we will concentrate on the preparation to do on your engine to conduct this work correctly, and in a second time, the guidelines to enable you to clean the engine compartment of your Kia Carens.

To prepare the engine of your Kia Carens before cleaning it

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First step and not the least important one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is meant to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not recommended either as a result of the many electrical components inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Kia Carens completely, it is better to protect the electrical components of your Kia Carens . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine correctly:

  • Disconnect and remove the battery from your Kia Carens , to achieve this, do not hesitate to seek advice from our content page dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
  • Take out the upper motor housing of your Kia Carens , it’s a plastic cover that can usually be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will enable 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 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 compartment of a Kia Carens

Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is start cleaning it, here are the steps to follow to clean the engine of your Kia Carens correctly :

  • Warm up the engine of your car for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and facilitate its elimination.
  • Use a strong> engine degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Kia Carens 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 a lot of water.
  • If you are satisfied with the result, you can dry your engine 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 of your Kia Carens, you will discover this kind of product in specialised stores 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.

If you want more guides on the Kia Carens, go to our Kia Carens category.