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Engine bay cleaning in Fort Collins

Engine bay cleaning.

Degreased, dressed and dried by hand, working carefully around the electronics and the intake. A clean bay is worth having for its own sake, and it makes a new leak obvious the day it starts instead of a season later.

CodeHMD-73 FinishBlack Cherry ServiceEngine bay cleaning
CodeHMD-74 FinishPearl White SectionWhat the job is

What is in it, and what is not.

What the service covers

  • Electronics and the intake covered firstAlternator, fuse box, coils and the intake mouth are protected before any liquid appears.
  • Degreased by hand, low pressureWorked with brushes rather than blasted. A pressure washer in a bay is how connectors fill with water.
  • Plastic covers, hoses and the loomThe parts you actually see when the hood is up, cleaned without lifting anything off the engine.
  • Firewall, strut towers and inner fendersThe edges of the bay hold the most build-up and get skipped the most often.
  • Underside of the hood and the sealsIncluding the insulation pad, worked gently, because a soaked pad sags and never fully dries.
  • Dried and dressedBlown out and dried by hand, then plastics dressed to a low sheen instead of left wet-looking.

Not in this one

  • Anything mechanicalNothing is opened, unbolted, topped up or adjusted. We clean the bay, we do not work on it.
  • Steam or high-pressure washingIt is faster and it is how water gets where it should not be. We do not do it.
  • Diagnosing a leakA clean bay makes the next leak obvious. Finding out why it leaks is a mechanic's job.
  • Bays with a known active leak or exposed wiringWe will look first. If cleaning it would make something worse, we say so and stop.
  • The rest of the carUnder the hood is booked on its own. Paint and cabin are their own services. Full detail
CodeHMD-75 FinishGunmetal SectionTime and cost

How long it takes, and what it costs.

How long
Told to you on the phone A bay cleaned every year and a bay that has never been touched in a hundred thousand miles are different appointments.
What it costs
No price list How much is in there decides the work, and nobody can see that from a phone call without a photo.
What decides it
Oil film, dust, age, access A tightly packed modern bay takes longer than an open one with the same amount of grime in it.
Who it is for
The car being sold, or kept properly A buyer opens the hood first, and an owner who keeps the bay clean sees a new leak the week it starts.
Slot — photography

PHOTO — engine bay, hood up, before and after, same light. The one shot this page actually needs. Nothing here yet, and we would rather show an empty frame than someone else’s stock photograph.

CodeHMD-76 FinishDeep Forest Metallic SectionThe other six chips

The other six.

CodeHMD-77 FinishCandy Red SectionBook the visit

Book the engine-bay clean.

503-816-1593

Tell us
The car, and what has been living in it
Hours
Every day, 8am–6pm
Where
Your driveway or your office lot — there is no shop to visit
Or write it down
The booking form