Engine Bay ???

[InDepthAutoDetailing]

How many of you let the engine cool before spraying with water?

 

I've always heard cold water on a hot block is not a good thing. Ideally would be to let it cool, but if a customer drops it off and it's the first thing you want to clean, should you wait.

[THE Mook]

NEVER spray a hot block.

 

Let it cool at least 45 minutes before you attack it brother! If a customer brings me a car, first thing I do is the Interior. By then, the car is cool enough to hit the wheels, and engine bay with water and chemicals, and has less a chance to screw something up!

 

Mook

[JBlack151]

^^^^ What Mook said! I dislike cleaning interiors so I do that first as well to get it over with. Then begin the engine.

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Thanks. That's what I thought. I normally do interiors last but I may have to change that up next week when I do an Audi A8.

[THE Mook]

Be ready for some HARD clear coat brother!

[ArmyAcadia09]

on the two cars I have done with ppl that have dropped them off, I'll pull into garage then work interior then like mook said everything is pretty cooled off

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Thanks for the input John & Eric. Really appreciate it.

 

Be ready for some HARD clear coat brother!

 

You just answered my next question. It being an 04 and silver, probably neglected, I'm thinking green first. I'll know more on Wednesday when he gets here.

 

One of these days I'm buying and learning to use a rotary. I know that doesn't happen overnight but you gotta start somewhere.

[dipolley]

I ussually wait about an hour. I will do an inspection, paper work, take photos, clear out the interior (open all the compartments and check out the trunk), then I do the wheels and exhaust tips. By then the engine is cool enough to work with.

[THE Mook]

An '04? You'll be fine. IIRC The Ceramic Clear didn't hit Audi til 2008 or 2009. I don't own one so maybe an Audi owner with knowledge can pop in.

 

Mook

[JBlack151]

An '04? You'll be fine. IIRC The Ceramic Clear didn't hit Audi til 2008 or 2009. I don't own one so maybe an Audi owner with knowledge can pop in.

 

Speaking of this, where has Dave been (07RS4)? Haven't seen him on here in a while. I'm sure he can help confirm this.

[MichiganSRT8]

An '04? You'll be fine. IIRC The Ceramic Clear didn't hit Audi til 2008 or 2009. I don't own one so maybe an Audi owner with knowledge can pop in.

 

Mook

 

I think your right too, even if it was a few years before I don't think it was on cars all the way back to 04'.

 

BTW interior first here as well, always is a safe play. Also make sure to get a ton of pictures of that R8 when you get it done, i know ill be waiting for them

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An '04? You'll be fine. IIRC The Ceramic Clear didn't hit Audi til 2008 or 2009. I don't own one so maybe an Audi owner with knowledge can pop in.

 

Mook

 

Now you're just getting my hopes up.

[InDepthAutoDetailing]

I think your right too, even if it was a few years before I don't think it was on cars all the way back to 04'.

 

BTW interior first here as well, always is a safe play. Also make sure to get a ton of pictures of that R8 when you get it done, i know ill be waiting for them

 

Sorry to burst your bubble but it's an A8 not an R8. Trust me, no one was more disappointed than I was when the owner clarified this on the phone.

[THE Mook]

Len,

 

The 08 I hit last month or the month before wasn't Ceramic. I just don't know if the A8's got it before the rest of the line of cars and SUVs.