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Old Jul 27, 2010
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Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

I got up this morning wanting to do something on my car. I opened the hood and saw it was very dirty so i decided to clean it. Here are the before and after pics. Tell me what you think!
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

Jesus.. with a q-tip? You musta been bored as ****.. hahaha Looks better though.

Now you gotta take care of the rusty pieces you got goin on.
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

yeah i know, where can i find new pieces for that? would the honda dealership have them?

Or are they just regular pieces i can buy at a hardware store?
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

From the looks of it, it's bracketry and bolts/screws.. You could probably get away with taking a wire brush to 'em instead of buying new stuff.
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

Originally Posted by xRiCeBoYx
You could probably get away with taking a wire brush to 'em instead of buying new stuff.
I need to do this..
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

I really wish our motors had normal spark plug wires...I hate having the platic cover and the huge harness
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

Looks pretty good but with a q tip damn lol.

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I really wish our motors had normal spark plug wires...I hate having the platic cover and the huge harness
No you dont coil packs are alot better than plug wires/distributor.
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

Wow you must of really been bored
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

well you have to admit, it looks a lot nicer now!
thats also a good thing to do if you are trying to sell a car. makes it look like you really take car of the car... which i hope all of you do
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Re: Cleaning engine with a Q-tip takes a long time!

I've had my intake on for so long that I forgot what the stock air boxed looked like. lol
looks clean. get you brake fluid cap when you buy more q-tips.
 
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