Mini car wash setup at home

[oj88]

^ Do you use the same foam solution and mix ratio to wash the engine bay?

[Vodka]

^ Do you use the same foam solution and mix ratio to wash the engine bay?

i never wash the engine bay, i don't even clean it LOL

[oj88]

i never wash the engine bay, i don't even clean it LOL

Not regularly. In fact I only washed the engine bay of my previous 9 y/o Innova 2KD twice.

I only do spot-cleaning using an engine degreaser, especially around the breather hose and after an oil change.

[dr. d]

i never wash the engine bay, i don't even clean it LOL

neither do i, heh heh.
and if ever i do, it's using a handheld water-wet basahan only.

[Miles_on]

In the old days I'd wrap the sensitive parts (i.e. alternator, ignition coil and distributor...) and hose away, but with today's engines, it's too risky. You never know ano yung mababasa mo. Just a damp wet rag lang talaga na rin is the safest solution.

Toyota Otis offers an engine detailing service, but I never availed of it....

[dr. d]

In the old days I'd wrap the sensitive parts (i.e. alternator, ignition coil and distributor...) and hose away, but with today's engines, it's too risky. You never know ano yung mababasa mo. Just a damp wet rag lang talaga na rin is the safest solution.

Toyota Otis offers an engine detailing service, but I never availed of it....

i also otis.
i always deny whatever is offered that is not on the owner's pms manual.
"next time na lang; wala sa budget, eh."
i think my habitus is already in their computer. one time kasi, inunahan ako nang SA. "basic lang, sir, yes?"

[Miles_on]

Otis is the only Toyota casa I know of that allows you to watch your unit being serviced, given their open garage/lifter setup. Di gaya sa iba where you wait in a lounge, blissfully unaware if what they claim to have done was actually done on your unit.

Anyways, I'm not a fan of casa services. Usually up to the free service charge periods lang, then it's on my own, but following the manual's recommended service intervals.

[dr. d]

Otis is the only Toyota casa I know of that allows you to watch your unit being serviced, given their open garage/lifter setup. Di gaya sa iba where you wait in a lounge, blissfully unaware if what they claim to have done was actually done on your unit.

Anyways, I'm not a fan of casa services. Usually up to the free service charge periods lang, then it's on my own, but following the manual's recommended service intervals.

i used to walk over when they service my car.
medyo hassle lang, because the floor is oil-slippery, sometimes.

i celebrated my car's out-of-warranty-hood, by doing the oil change at the friendly hecho derecho gas station.
no waiting na, much cheaper pa!
heh heh.

[Miles_on]

i used to walk over when they service my car.
medyo hassle lang, because the floor is oil-slippery, sometimes.

i celebrated my car's out-of-warranty-hood, by doing the oil change at the friendly hecho derecho gas station.
no waiting na, much cheaper pa!
heh heh.

Simple lang naman gawin kasi ang usual na PMS procedures (change oil, tune up, etc.)
I wonder how that will change when we switch over to hybrid engines and electric vehicles in the future though...

Palagay ko matagal-tagal pa naman ang lifespan ng mga internal combustion engines though, lalo na dito sa 3rd world.
Anyone here remember how LPG powered cars & LPG stations fared just a few years back? People hated them (including the taxi drivers themselves).

[dr. d]

Anyone here remember how LPG powered cars & LPG stations fared just a few years back? People hated them (including the taxi drivers themselves).

well, i didn't like to follow them as we went up the bridge's incline...