Whether you want to have a clean vehicle or you plan to sell your motor vehicle, cleaning the engine of your Nissan Navara is an work of maintenance that is not actually well controlled, between the fear of injuring electronic parts or not knowing which products to use… In this article, we will go along with you to accomplish this work 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 Nissan Navara .

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Why clean the engine of your Nissan Navara?

So we begin our content by detailing why it may be wise to consider a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Nissan Navara .

The most common motive for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your motor vehicle should be regular maintenance. Failure to clean your motor vehicle will bring about dirt and grime to gather and sooner or later harm auto parts of your motor vehicle. 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 Nissan Navara, however take care 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 Nissan Navara?

We will now attack the core of the content with the practical section of cleaning the engine unit block of your Nissan Navara . To do 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 let you to clean the engine compartment of your Nissan Navara.

To prepare the engine of your Nissan Navara before cleaning it

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First step and not the least important one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is supposed to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not advised either due to the many electrical parts inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Nissan Navara totally, it is better to protect the electrical parts of your Nissan Navara . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:

  • Disconnect and remove the battery from your Nissan Navara , to do this, do not hesitate to seek advice from our content dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to do this step.
  • Take out the upper motor housing of your Nissan Navara , it’s a plastic cover that can in general be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will let you to have an easier access to the whole engine unit of your motor vehicle.
  • Protect all electrical parts with plastic film , stretchable for example, this contains 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 Nissan Navara

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

  • Warm up the engine unit of your motor vehicle for about 5 minutes, this will produce the grease more fluid and facilitate its elimination.
  • Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Nissan Navara engine unit.
  • Let it work 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 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 duplicate the process 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 Nissan Navara, you will find this kind of product in specialized 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 wish more tutorials on the Nissan Navara, go to our Nissan Navara category.