Whether you wish to have a clean car or you intend to sell your car, cleaning the engine of your Nissan Note is an action of maintenance that is not actually well handled, between the fear of harming electronic parts or not knowing which products to use… In this article, we will go along with you to conduct this action of routine service with serenity. To do this, first, we will discover 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 Note .
Why clean the engine of your Nissan Note?
So we start our content by explaining why it might be smart to reflect on a cleaning of the engine unit block of your Nissan Note .
The most general motive for cleaning the engine unit compartment of your car should be frequent service. Failing to clean your car will trigger dirt and grime to build up and eventually damage parts of your car. We recommend you to carry out this cleaning between 1 and 2 times a year. It can as well be interesting to clean your engine before selling your Nissan Note, nevertheless be cautious not to clean it too much, potential buyers might believe 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 Nissan Note?
We will now attack the heart of the content with the practical part of cleaning the engine unit block of your Nissan Note . To do this, in the first part we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine unit to accomplish this action properly, and in a second time, the guidelines to let you to clean the engine compartment of your Nissan Note.
To prepare the engine of your Nissan Note before cleaning it
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First step and not the least necessary one. Even if your car’s engine compartment is supposed to be waterproof, cleaning it thoroughly is not recommended either due to the many electrical parts inside. Therefore, before you clean the engine of your Nissan Note completely, it is better to protect the electrical parts of your Nissan Note . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine unit correctly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Nissan Note , to do so, do not think twice to consult our content dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to achieve this step.
- Remove the upper motor housing of your Nissan Note , it’s a plastic cover that can generally be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will let you to have an easier access to the whole engine unit of your car.
- Protect all electrical parts with plastic film , stretchable for example, this includes 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 Note
Now that you have prepared your car for cleaning, all you have to do is start cleaning it, here are the steps to follow to clean the engine unit of your Nissan Note correctly :
- Warm up the engine unit of your car for about 5 minutes, this will produce the grease more fluid and assist in its elimination.
- Use a strong> engine unit degreaser and spray generously on all visible parts of your Nissan Note 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 convinced with the result, you can dry your engine unit with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can duplicate the procedure until it goes away.
- 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 Note, you will find this type 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 unit.
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