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Hi All

I am sure that many of you will have watched videos on YouTube etc.showing the results of dry ice cleaning on cars - particularly the underside / suspension etc.

A company has been recommended to me to dry ice clean the engine and engine bay on my car - and I am trying to see whether other people have any experience of such work being carried out on their beloved car.

In an ideal world - limitless funds - I would love to have the engine removed, overhauled and fully detailed. However, this is expensive and at the moment unnecessary - I have been told that my engine is strong and doesn’t need any overhauling at this stage. That will come in time - but I’ll address that need when it arises.

In the meantime I really do want to get the engine and engine bay looking as nice as possible. I don’t think that it has ever been cleaned - and I see the engine as the real heart of the character of this car so I would like to get it looking as presentable as possible. I have completely ruled out steam cleaning because of the risk of causing problems with old electrical components and circuits - but I have been assured that dry ice cleaning is 100% safe in this regard.

Does anyone have any experience of this process?

Thanks and all the best

Peter

Peter,

I don't have any experience of the process, but I'm interested and would love to see it in operation. I might try and find a local practitioner and go and watch them first and get some photos.

Paul

Hi Paul

If I go for it, I’ll post updates on the forum. I’m still in the “think about it” stage at the moment!

Peter

FWIW, in the past I've cleaned my XJ6 engine with a spray of Gunk, a hose down with a pressure washer fan spray, followed by a spray of Duck Oil. Obviously I kept clear of the distributor and coil, and other obvious electrics. No problems, but you need to maintain the Duck Oil coating or, having lost Jaguar's built-in protective oil coating , things such as head nuts and rocker nuts rust badly and rapidly. Similarly any zinc flash coating (the golden colour plating on pipes) goes grey given half a chance.