If you want to have a clean vehicle or you plan to sell your motor vehicle, cleaning the engine of your Lexus GX is an work 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 accompany you to complete this work of maintenance with peace of mind. For this, first, we will find out 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 Lexus GX .
Why clean the engine of your Lexus GX?
So we start our article by explaining why it may be smart to reflect on a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Lexus GX .
The most common justification for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your motor vehicle should be regular service. Failure to clean your motor vehicle will bring about dirt and grime to accumulate and ultimately damage parts of your motor vehicle. We advise 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 Lexus GX, nevertheless be careful 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 unit than a too clean engine.
How to clean the engine unit of your Lexus GX?
We will now begin the heart of the article with the practical section of cleaning the engine unit block of your Lexus GX . For this, in the first section we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to perform this work properly, and in a second time, the instructions to enable you to clean the engine compartment of your Lexus GX.
To prepare the engine of your Lexus GX before cleaning it
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First step and not the least necessary 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 Lexus GX totally, it is better to protect the electrical elements of your Lexus GX . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Lexus GX , to achieve this, do not think twice to seek advice from our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to do this step.
- Take off the upper motor housing of your Lexus GX , it’s a plastic cover that can in general 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 elements with plastic film , stretchable for example, this includes the flowmeter (which is found 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 Lexus GX
Now that you have prepared your motor vehicle for cleaning, all you have to do is start cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine unit of your Lexus GX correctly :
- Warm up the engine unit of your motor vehicle for about 5 minutes, this will produce the grease more fluid and ease its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Lexus GX 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 end result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can repeat the procedure until it disappears.
- Last little piece of advice, 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 Lexus GX, you will discover this type 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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