If you desire to have a clean vehicle or you plan to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Mercury Mariner is an act of routine service that is not necessarily well controlled, between the fear of injuring electronic parts or not knowing which products to use… In this post, we will accompany you to conduct this act of maintenance with peace of mind. To do so, first, we will see why it might be relevant to clean the engine of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine of your Mercury Mariner .

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Why clean the engine of your Mercury Mariner?

So we begin our article by explaining why it might be smart to reflect on a cleaning of the engine block of your Mercury Mariner .

The most basic motive for cleaning the engine compartment of your car should be regular service. Failing to clean your car will bring about dirt and grime to gather and sooner or later damage parts of your car. We recommend 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 Mercury Mariner, nevertheless be careful not to clean it too much, potential buyers might believe that a too clean engine is associated with a leaking engine that tries to be camouflaged by a complete cleaning, better to have a healthy engine than a too clean engine.

How to clean the engine of your Mercury Mariner?

We will now begin the core of the article with the practical section of cleaning the engine block of your Mercury Mariner . To do this, in the first section we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine to perform this act properly, and in a second time, the instructions to allow you to clean the engine compartment of your Mercury Mariner.

To prepare the engine of your Mercury Mariner before cleaning it

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First step and not the least essential one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is meant to be waterproof, cleaning it thoroughly is not advised either due to the many electrical parts inside. Therefore, before you clean the engine of your Mercury Mariner entirely, it is better to protect the electrical parts of your Mercury Mariner . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine effectively:

  • Disconnect and remove the battery from your Mercury Mariner , to accomplish this, do not think twice to seek advice from our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
  • Take off the upper motor housing of your Mercury Mariner , it’s a plastic cover that can in general be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will allow you to have an easier access to the whole engine of your car.
  • Protect all electrical parts 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 Mercury Mariner

Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is commence cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine of your Mercury Mariner effectively :

  • Warm up the engine of your car for about 5 minutes, this will make the grease more fluid and assist in its elimination.
  • Use a strong> engine degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Mercury Mariner engine.
  • Let it work for five to ten minutes.
  • Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may affect elements of your engine. So use a garden hose and rise with plenty of water.
  • If you are satisfied with the end result, you can dry your engine with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can duplicate the process until it goes away.
  • 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 of your Mercury Mariner, you will discover this kind of product in specific retailers 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.

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