Here's the V6 today after cleaning/degreasing, not that it needed much since I'm so anal about cleaning it already. Looking pretty new and spiffy after 24K miles. Also attached is the air filter I changed. I'd say it was ready.

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Nice!! What do you use to clean your engine?

Very spiffola! That filter is not that bad actually but pictures don't always tell the whole story.

You a Simple Green man? :D Yes, your engine looks well kept. Its been a couple weeks since I cleaned mine. Can't right now b/c of the down pours we've been getting the last 6 days. NW Houston if your wondering.

Beau

looks newer than a new car I can say :D

Thanks!

Actually I was going to use Simple Green. But I decided to try something else instead, a cleaner/degreaser called "Zep". I got it at Home Depot for a pretty good price. Seems to work pretty well, but then the engine wasn't that bad anyway.

RTexasF, the filter wasn't terrible. But if you'd have seen it next to the new one, it really looked pretty gray, dingy, and even black in some places. I drive to a coal-fired power plant every day, so there are a lot of coal and ash trucks, plus mines, and there are a lot of airborne particulates, dust, and junk in the air. So I'll probably err on the early side just to be safe.

TurBeau, I know what you're talking about. My brother lives in Killeen, where they've had already five deaths, I think. Very sad.

Looks good, Kabong! Your neighbor's 3-bay house looks nice too, BTW, and your garage door opening looks just like the one on my previous (and beloved) house - brick with the angle at the top.

Your Av6 looks absolutely like new! Way to go!

Some homo besmirched my ride this weekend. I got home after a trip to the verizon store and noticed that someone scraped the outer rear driver's side corner. I got out my clay bar and cleaned it up, but there were three grooves cut into the plastic of my rear bumper, deep enough to need touch-up paint, which I applied. But it isn't the same now. Oh well, in my younger days I think I'd care more, but I've had too much fun this weekend with my girls and my son, and that's what really matters....

Looks good, Kabong! Your neighbor's 3-bay house looks nice too, BTW, and your garage door opening looks just like the one on my previous (and beloved) house - brick with the angle at the top.

Your Av6 looks absolutely like new! Way to go!

Some homo besmirched my ride this weekend. I got home after a trip to the verizon store and noticed that someone scraped the outer rear driver's side corner. I got out my clay bar and cleaned it up, but there were three grooves cut into the plastic of my rear bumper, deep enough to need touch-up paint, which I applied. But it isn't the same now. Oh well, in my younger days I think I'd care more, but I've had too much fun this weekend with my girls and my son, and that's what really matters....

Eric, that's awful about some d*ckless p.o.s. doing that to your car. They ought to be shot...no trial, no jury, just straight to execution. But you're right, it's much better to have fun with your kids on the weekend. I know...I've been there.

We really like the house. It's in a nice, quiet little neighborhood in a nice, quiet little town in a nice, quiet little corner of our state. :thumbsup:

Looks good, Kabong! Your neighbor's 3-bay house looks nice too, BTW, and your garage door opening looks just like the one on my previous (and beloved) house - brick with the angle at the top.

Your Av6 looks absolutely like new! Way to go!

Some homo besmirched my ride this weekend. ..
I don't get the homo reference---totally unnecessary. Also noticed your VT engineering reference--Maybe a little tolerance is in order.

that engine looks fantastic!! it looks like it's time for me to get under the hood. (and the wife rolls her eyes)...

I thinks you missed a spot.
No, its just my dirty monitor.
Whats for lunch?I would eat off it.

Actually I was going to use Simple Green. But I decided to try something else instead, a cleaner/degreaser called "Zep". I got it at Home Depot for a pretty good price.

I just used up my gallon of Zep from Home Depot about 2 weeks ago. Its green and smells just like the real stuff; and like you said it is cheaper. As everyone has seen so far it works very well.

Matter of fact, I just recently bought a new (to me @ least) car wash made by Simple Green. I washed my car w/ it the last time, and bugs came right off the front w/ little effort using my microfiber towel. I normally have to rub a little bit even when I used Meguiar's.

Matter of fact, I just recently bought a new (to me @ least) car wash made by Simple Green. I washed my car w/ it the last time, and bugs came right off the front w/ little effort using my microfiber towel. I normally have to rub a little bit even when I used Meguiar's.

That stuff's not taking off your wax along with the bugs, is it?

Also, I was reading about engine detailing on Autopia yesterday; he insists on spraying the engine, especially the hoses and seals, with a protectant after you detail it, because your degreaser removes some sort of protective wax/sealer that the manufacturer puts on the engine to slow corrosion and rubber decay. Do you guys use any such protectant?

That stuff's not taking off your wax along with the bugs, is it? No it is not. It's a car wash thats clear coat safe blah, blah, blah. I'm not just pouring a few ounces of the real stuff and adding water.

Also, I was reading about engine detailing on Autopia yesterday; he insists on spraying the engine, especially the hoses and seals, with a protectant after you detail it, because your degreaser removes some sort of protective wax/sealer that the manufacturer puts on the engine to slow corrosion and rubber decay. Do you guys use any such protectant?

My engine didn't have any kind of "protectant" on it. Whenever you get your new car back from detailing, that shiny stuff all over your engine is just Armor All coming out of an air gun. Of all the vehicles I've owned, I rarely put a protectant on it after I've cleaned it. I like the natural finish of it. If I do spray my engine to make it look shiny, its usually the can called "Engine Detailer." Its got a picture of a Vette motor on it IIRC.

I would think that if hoses needed "protectant" on them, then all the hoses @ your parts store would have it.