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I cleaned a friends engine compartment that had a lot of miles & never been done. I used kerosene on old rags. It was gentle on the painted underside of the bonnet. For the rest of the engine I's follow the write ups on how to.

 

Well, I'm just a beginner and don't know much at all, but I used a weak solution of Hydro Wash and gently, gently sort of sponged at it. I was afraid of washing the paint off.
A good bit of dirt came off and the paint stayed put so I stopped.
I figure I will work at it slowly over time.

I'm wondering if there is any value in using Hydro Seal or Epic on the paint under the bonnet and in the engine bay? Will the heat just burn a sealant off?
What about spraying something like clear engine paint that can take the heat?

 

Personally I would not try spraying clear under the bonnet for fear of screwing it up. There is a lot of heat under an R56 MCS hood.

 

I did that also and to correct it I ordered a spray can of BMW Chili Red (code 851) and picked up a can of clear coat. (off the Internet)
I taped off what I could and used aluminum foil to cover the rest of the parts and sprayed them. Now they look better than they came from the factory. :biggrin5:

 

Yikes. What did you use??? :nonod:

 

That looks great. What spray paint did you use? The color match is excellent

 

I use S100 Total Cycle Cleaner. It has a yellow color for the carnauba in it which leaves a clean shiny finish. All you do is spray and rinse off. Better if you spray and brush the areas you can reach. The "bikers" use this for all the chrome around the engine.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=s100+total+cycle+cleaner&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=4242730927&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7212925313885723149&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4b5njn2aki_b