Whether you want to have a clean car or you plan to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Kia Cee D is an action of routine service that is not necessarily well operated, between the fear of destroying electronic parts or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will accompany you to perform this action of maintenance with serenity. To accomplish this, first, we will discover why it may be important to clean the engine unit of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine unit of your Kia Cee D .
Why clean the engine of your Kia Cee D?
So we begin our content by detailing why it may be wise to reflect on a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Kia Cee D .
The most common explanation for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your car should be frequent service. Failing to clean your car will cause dirt and grime to gather and sooner or later harm parts of your car. We suggest 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 Kia Cee D, 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 unit than a too clean engine.
How to clean the engine unit of your Kia Cee D?
We will now attack the heart of the content with the practical section of cleaning the engine unit block of your Kia Cee D . For this, in the first section we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to accomplish this action in the right way, and in a second time, the instructions to let you to clean the engine compartment of your Kia Cee D.
To prepare the engine of your Kia Cee D before cleaning it
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First step and not the least essential one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is supposed to be waterproof, cleaning it totally is not recommended either because of the many electrical parts inside. Therefore, before you clean the engine of your Kia Cee D totally, it is better to protect the electrical parts of your Kia Cee D . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Kia Cee D , to achieve this, do not think twice to seek advice from our content dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to do this step.
- Take off the upper motor housing of your Kia Cee D , it’s a plastic cover that can usually be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will let you to have an easier access to the whole engine unit of your car.
- Protect all electrical parts with plastic film , stretchable for example, this includes 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 unit compartment of a Kia Cee D
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 unit of your Kia Cee D correctly :
- Warm up the engine unit of your car for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and assist in its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Kia Cee D engine unit.
- Let it operate for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may harm parts of your engine unit. So use a garden hose and rise with a lot of water.
- If you are convinced with the result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can replicate the procedure 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 Kia Cee D, 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 unit.
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