Cleaning under the bonnet

New owner and first post - please be gentle!

iIt looks as though the bonnet area of my 04 TF has never been touched, and needs a good clean. Can I ask how you folks do it, as I don’t want to get water/cleaning product anywhere it shouldn’t. Thanks in advance.

Snapper.

Hi and welcome to the forum. 

I would probably take out the tool kit and spare wheel, remove the battery and cover the fuse box before getting busy with a hose. 

Not much to worry about at the front end..


 

Welcome and greetings.

Jobs to do whilst cleaning under the (front) bonnet:
1 It's worth removing the wide black plastic by the bulkhead to clean under there. Also
2 check the flexing of the firewall by the brake servo/master cylinder (it's on the passenger side) whilst getting someone to push the brake pedal. If there's much movement there it could be worth adding a servo brace. They aren't expensive and will improve your brake feel.

As far as cleaning fluids themselves go, as a cyclist I found MUC OFF very good, it removes rubbish inside and out to great effect.