engine clean

[tillu]

i have a 2000 Land cruiser and i an facing a problem with the car engine, my question is how safe is it to get the engine clean with water as recently there was a sand storm in sharjah and i dont know how heaps of sand got into the bonnet. i brushed out most of it but want a detailed cleaning done before something goes wrong with the engine.

please advise

[rahulkh]

what is the correlation of cleaning outside the engine and engine giving some problem.

You can get it clean with water or steam as detailed as u like for your satisfaction and better car keeping. However it wont make any difference in car engine not doing well.

If you come accross some car engine cleaning additive or technique in fuel station. DO NOT EVER USE THEM on older car as it will clean all the carbon from inside the engine and make engine vibrate badly while driving.

Show it to proper mechanic or post here what exact problem u are referring from engine, so that i can help more.