If you desire to have a clean vehicle or you intend to sell your motor vehicle, cleaning the engine of your Kia Sorento is an work of maintenance that is not necessarily well managed, between the fear of harming electronic components or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will accompany you to complete this work of service with serenity. To achieve this, first, we will find out 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 Kia Sorento .

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Why clean the engine of your Kia Sorento?

So we begin our article by detailing why it might be smart to consider a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Kia Sorento .

The most common explanation for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your motor vehicle should be frequent service. Failure to clean your motor vehicle will bring about dirt and grime to gather and sooner or later damage parts of your motor vehicle. We suggest 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 Sorento, nevertheless 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 Sorento?

We will now attack the core of the article with the practical part of cleaning the engine unit block of your Kia Sorento . To do this, in the first part we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to carry out this work correctly, and in a second time, the guidelines to enable you to clean the engine compartment of your Kia Sorento.

To prepare the engine of your Kia Sorento before cleaning it

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First step and not the least important one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is meant to be waterproof, cleaning it totally is not suggested either due to the many electrical components inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Kia Sorento entirely, it is better to protect the electrical components of your Kia Sorento . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:

  • Disconnect and remove the battery from your Kia Sorento , to achieve this, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
  • Remove the upper motor housing of your Kia Sorento , it’s a plastic cover that can in most cases be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will enable you to have an easier access to the whole engine unit of your motor vehicle.
  • Protect all electrical components with plastic film , stretchable for example, this includes 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 Kia Sorento

Now that you have prepared your motor vehicle for cleaning, all you have to do is begin cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine unit of your Kia Sorento correctly :

  • Warm up the engine unit of your motor vehicle for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and facilitate its elimination.
  • Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Kia Sorento engine unit.
  • Let it work for five to ten minutes.
  • Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may affect components 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 duplicate the operation 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 Sorento, you will discover this kind of product in specific 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 unit.

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