If you desire to have a clean vehicle or you plan to sell your motor vehicle, cleaning the engine of your Nissan Juke is an action of maintenance that is not necessarily well managed, between the fear of damaging electronic elements or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will join you to execute this action of service with serenity. For this, first, we will see why it might be relevant to clean the engine unit of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine unit of your Nissan Juke .
Why clean the engine of your Nissan Juke?
So we start our content page by detailing why it might be good to reflect on a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Nissan Juke .
The most general explanation for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your motor vehicle should be frequent service. Failure to clean your motor vehicle will cause dirt and grime to build up and ultimately damage auto parts of your motor vehicle. We encourage you to perform this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can also be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Nissan Juke, however be cautious not to clean it too much, potential buyers might think 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 Nissan Juke?
We will now start the heart of the content page with the practical part of cleaning the engine unit block of your Nissan Juke . To do this, in the first part we will concentrate on the preparation to do on your engine unit to conduct this action correctly, and in a second time, the guidelines to allow you to clean the engine compartment of your Nissan Juke.
To prepare the engine of your Nissan Juke before cleaning it
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First step and not the least necessary one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is designed to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not recommended either due to the many electrical elements inside. Therefore, before you clean the engine of your Nissan Juke totally, it is better to protect the electrical elements of your Nissan Juke . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit effectively:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Nissan Juke , to do 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 Nissan Juke , it’s a plastic cover that can in most cases be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will allow you to have an much 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 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 Nissan Juke
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 Nissan Juke effectively :
- 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 Nissan Juke engine unit.
- Let it operate 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 plenty of water.
- If you are satisfied with the result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can repeat 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 Nissan Juke, you will discover this type 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.
If you have any further questions about the Nissan Juke, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Juke category.
