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OK this tutorial will cover how to get your engine bay looking new again. I will come right out and say that this IS a repost off of another site... I jut want it on here to help make the How-To section on this site more complete.
How To Clean The Engine Bay:
Supplies
Can of Gunk Foamy Engine Brite
Can of Foaming Tire Shine
Garden Hose
Instructions
Do this with the engine cold and completely dry.
The supplies...
Engine before...
On most cars before you spray anything into the engine, cover up the air filter, battery, and distributor. Seeing as 2/3 of those aren't exposed in my engine bay you won't see that done in the pictures. As long as your Distributor Cap is on tight it shouldn't get water inside it. Spray Gunk Foamy Engine Brite onto the cold dry engine and let sit for about 20 minutes...
Make sure to get it into all the crevices and the especially grimy areas...
Spray it clean with a hose...
Spray foaming tire shine onto the engine...
Close the hood and drive around for about 30 minutes until all the water has evaporated and the tire shine has dried.
Pop the hood to see how clean and shiny the engine now is. Wipe down all the spotty areas such the distributor cap, radiator hoses, and radiator.
Now the engine is nice and clean. Here it is from several different angles...
Notes:
Doing this cost me about $4.
I got this tutorial from this site Here
It is for the forth-gen civic but many of the tutorials will work for the crx.
How To Clean The Engine Bay:

Supplies
Can of Gunk Foamy Engine Brite
Can of Foaming Tire Shine
Garden Hose
Instructions
Do this with the engine cold and completely dry.
The supplies...

Engine before...

On most cars before you spray anything into the engine, cover up the air filter, battery, and distributor. Seeing as 2/3 of those aren't exposed in my engine bay you won't see that done in the pictures. As long as your Distributor Cap is on tight it shouldn't get water inside it. Spray Gunk Foamy Engine Brite onto the cold dry engine and let sit for about 20 minutes...

Make sure to get it into all the crevices and the especially grimy areas...

Spray it clean with a hose...

Spray foaming tire shine onto the engine...

Close the hood and drive around for about 30 minutes until all the water has evaporated and the tire shine has dried.
Pop the hood to see how clean and shiny the engine now is. Wipe down all the spotty areas such the distributor cap, radiator hoses, and radiator.

Now the engine is nice and clean. Here it is from several different angles...



Notes:
Doing this cost me about $4.
I got this tutorial from this site Here
It is for the forth-gen civic but many of the tutorials will work for the crx.