Whether you wish to have a clean car or you plan to sell your motor vehicle, cleaning the engine of your Toyota Aygo is an work of maintenance that is not necessarily well managed, between the fear of injuring electronic elements or not knowing which products to use… On this page, we will accompany you to do this work of routine service with serenity. To achieve this, first, we will find out why it might be necessary to clean the engine of your car, and, in a second step, how to clean the engine of your Toyota Aygo .
Why clean the engine of your Toyota Aygo?
So we begin our article by explaining why it might be wise to consider a cleaning of the engine block of your Toyota Aygo .
The most basic motive for cleaning the engine compartment of your motor vehicle should be frequent service. Failing to clean your motor vehicle will bring about dirt and grime to gather and sooner or later harm 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 Toyota Aygo, nevertheless take care 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 camouflaged by a complete cleaning, better to have a healthy engine than a too clean engine.
How to clean the engine of your Toyota Aygo?
We will now begin the heart of the article with the practical part of cleaning the engine block of your Toyota Aygo . For this, in the first part we will focus on the preparation to do on your engine to perform this work correctly, and in a second time, the guidelines to let you to clean the engine compartment of your Toyota Aygo.
To prepare the engine of your Toyota Aygo before cleaning it
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First step and not the least essential one. Regardless if your car’s engine compartment is designed to be waterproof, cleaning it completely is not suggested either due to the many electrical elements inside. Consequently, before you clean the engine of your Toyota Aygo completely, it is better to protect the electrical elements of your Toyota Aygo . Here are the steps to take to protect your car’s engine properly:
- Disconnect and remove the battery from your Toyota Aygo , to do so, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article dedicated to this subject if you don’t know how to do this step.
- Remove the upper motor housing of your Toyota Aygo , it’s a plastic cover that can in most cases be removed by unscrewing a few screws. This will let you to have an less difficult access to the whole engine of your motor vehicle.
- Protect all electrical elements 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 compartment of a Toyota Aygo
Now that you have prepared your motor vehicle for cleaning, all you have to do is commence cleaning it, here are the steps to stick to to clean the engine of your Toyota Aygo properly :
- Warm up the engine of your motor vehicle 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 Toyota Aygo engine.
- Let it work for five to ten minutes.
- Do not use a high-pressure cleaner, as this may harm parts of your engine. So use a garden hose and rise with plenty of water.
- If you are convinced with the result, you can dry your engine with a compressor, if there are traces of grease remaining, you can repeat the process 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 of your Toyota Aygo, you will find this sort 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.
To get more tips on the Toyota Aygo, take a look at the Toyota Aygo category.
