Engine cleaned, shined, polished and gleaming

[Dacvolvo]

Hey Folks

How sad can anyone get - spending the day cleaning their engine and then taking piccys of it! The neighbours curtains have been twitching all afternoon!

Here's my engine when I bought the C70 2 months ago:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Dacvolvo/C70/EngineAAA.jpg

And here she is about 2 hours ago once I'd gutted the entire engine bay and added all of Wootty's bits & bobs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Dacvolvo/C70/EngineAAB.jpg


Don't stare too long or you'll end up doing what I'm doing - Dragging the slider at the right of this window up & down to compare/spot the difference between the 2 photos ;)

[ragtop]

Looking fantastic!!!!
how long did that take you?

[godlikegary]

wow what a diffrence looks fantastic

[Andy]

Can Spot a few differences so far .... lol

Brake Fluid Resevoir, Coolant, Cam belt cover, Battery, fuel rail and dump valve!

Any more for the £50 take a break prize?

[Dacvolvo]

Cheers people

Hard to say exactly how long it took as I've been trying to find the odd hour here and there over the last fw weeks, but I'd say it's taken me about 8 hours all in. Possibly more than that.

[Dacvolvo]

Can Spot a few differences so far .... lol

Brake Fluid Resevoir, Coolant, Cam belt cover, Battery, fuel rail and dump valve!

Any more for the £50 take a break prize?

Ha ha ha - add to that the air filter box, windscreen wipers & Power steering reserve (with added little alloy Volvo cap)... not to mention the removal of half a ton of dirt and crap.

;)

[Andy]

Bugger, Missed the brake fluid res!!!

Do I still get a week in skeggy and a packet of pork scratchings?

[Vikingxl]

Nice result well worth the effort!

[V70Man]

Very very nice.

I always like to clean my enging bay, but yours takes the star prize. :Handshake

[Andy]

Nah, on a serious note Dac, Lush car!!!

You've done well with that one, the engine bay looks geleaming now after you've dabbled with it!

P.s. Get that Signature changed !! your a T5 lad now afterall ;)

Andy :)

[cegc70t]

Dac I have printed the 2 pics and circled the differences!! what is the prize??? anyway looking good mate woohoo

[wootty]

yep looks nice n clean now m8,.shame it wont stay that long with the winter now approaching but if you spend a sml time each week it wont be too bad.ive had years(too long) of keeping engine bays clean thru winters.

[MIKESC70T5]

Wootty, are you planning on doing something for the throttle cover?

[wootty]

yes m8 probably when i get time at work to sort it out.my cogs are always turning so it wont be too long before i bang summint up.:slap:

[MIKESC70T5]

Excellent, can't wait m8.

[Wobbly Dave]

good effort - I like it!

Gonna get mine all blinged up too

[T5SLAVE]

No...someone tell me cos I just can't spot the difference:P

Seriously m8, and 2 all the other members gettin to grips with gleamin up their bays (largely thanx to Wooty) what a crackin effort, well worth disturbing the neighbours on a Sunday, all day Sunday, if that's the result! We all love a spanky spanked engine:)

I've seen and had some very crispy Ford bays in the past but seriously, I can't wait to see Wobbly Dave's efforts if his bodywork (ohh matron!) is anything to go by:wink:

[wootty]

it is a usual norm for ford owners to pay out 1000's on there engine bays(especially if you buy your bling from mirage,they want £40 for a battery cover + thats looks poo).
time for some swedes stakes.:mischievo

[mavv]

looks great what a difference...

[T5SLAVE]

it is a usual norm for ford owners to pay out 1000's on there engine bays(especially if you buy your bling from mirage,they want £40 for a battery cover + thats looks poo).
time for some swedes stakes.:mischievo

Yep been there, done that...drive car 30 miles=spend the next 3 days cleaning the bay alone:cuckoo: :) Am lovin where this whole bling thing is goin with the Ovlov's...good 2 see I must say:B_steerin

[Storm-Troll]

Looks sweet matey,, keep away from them muddy puddles...

[Wobbly Dave]

No...someone tell me cos I just can't spot the difference:P

Seriously m8, and 2 all the other members gettin to grips with gleamin up their bays (largely thanx to Wooty) what a crackin effort, well worth disturbing the neighbours on a Sunday, all day Sunday, if that's the result! We all love a spanky spanked engine:)

I've seen and had some very crispy Ford bays in the past but seriously, I can't wait to see Wobbly Dave's efforts if his bodywork (ohh matron!) is anything to go by:wink:
I have a spare rocker cover that I have acquired and I am currently on the search for plating companies. Wooty - you seem like a man in the know - would the aluminium rocker cover be better polished or plated?

[Wobbly Dave]

Similarly I also have one of these to do up (me7 inlet manifold)

[BlackBeast]

Only heard of people polishing the rocker cover.

[T5SLAVE]

Get ur shades out peeps, Dave's on a shiny mission LOL!...cool Volvo bays r top o the menu:rolleyes2

[Wobbly Dave]

I am concerned as the material is not flat - as you all know - it has that texture appearance and I am worried that chrome plating it when it is not flat will look odd?

Opinions/Options?

[T5SLAVE]

I am concerned as the material is not flat - as you all know - it has that texture appearance and I am worried that chrome plating it when it is not flat will look odd?

Opinions/Options?

Im pretty sure Im right in sayin that a plater worth their salt would make any piece of that ilk look smooth n spot on all day long, it's just platin innit?

I used these chaps many times b4 when hittin other cars o mine, their pieces and work is second-to-none IMO of course:wink: Any help m8?

http://www.autospecialists.co.uk/

[Wobbly Dave]

Ooh! shiny things.

Thanks.

I was actually looking at this one in Manchester

http://www.rschrome.co.uk/products.html

[dooby]

Hiya,

like what you've done. I try and clean a few bits up while I'm in there but nothing like that.

Do you have a list of types of product used on which bits or other tips? I'm not sure Fairy Liquid managed all that :-)

Cheers, Pete

[Dacvolvo]

like what you've done. I try and clean a few bits up while I'm in there but nothing like that.

Do you have a list of types of product used on which bits or other tips? I'm not sure Fairy Liquid managed all that

Hey Pete

As I said, the whole thing must have took about 8 hours (over a few weeks).

The chrome parts came from Wootty on this forum, the black plastic shine on the pipework came from loads of elbow grease, a can of WD-40, tub of 100 cotton buds and 35 rag t-shirts (give or take 30 either way ;) ).

The manifold and engine head were cleaned with very fine sandpaper/water to remove the crap that had built up over the years and then sprayed with more WD-40 and then polished as best I could with a few cotton rags.

If you look closely at the 2nd piccy (the after photo), you can actually see the red plastic of the dizzy cap.

:B_thumb:

There's a little 'how to' on my website at www.dacvolvo.tk which shows you what I did to the S70. That'll guide you a little better.

[wootty]

its boring and laborious but the effort is worth it.its a shame volvo didnt make all the air con pipes outta stainless coz after a few years they start to look really rusty n crappy.specially the ones behind offside headlamp.any one got some chrome touch up paint:gossip: