Years of grease, dust, and road salt: safely degreased and dressed at your driveway using specialized tools and precautions. Spot leaks early, protect against corrosion, and lift the hood with pride.
Crystal Gloss Auto Detail provides mobile engine bay cleaning across Vancouver and Metro Vancouver. Engine bay detailing is the cleaning of everything under your hood: the engine covers, hoses, battery top, plastic shrouds, painted surfaces, and the underside of the hood itself. Over years of driving, oil mist, dust, leaves, and BC road salt build into a grimy coating that traps heat, corrodes connectors, and hides the early signs of leaks. Washing your car every week doesn't touch it. We clean it safely with specialized tools and precautions right at your driveway or workplace. It pairs naturally with a full mobile detail so the engine bay finally matches the rest of the car.
It's not just about looks, though lifting the hood on a spotless bay never gets old. A clean engine bay is preventative care.
Specialized tools, safe degreasers, and careful precautions: every visible, reachable surface degreased and dressed, done right.
We inspect the bay for leaks and loose parts, wait for the engine to cool, and cover sensitive components (battery, fuse box, sensors, and connectors) before anything gets touched.
Loose dirt, leaves, and debris are cleared from the bay and underside of the hood before any cleaner is applied, the stuff that turns to mud the moment it gets wet.
Safe, plastic-friendly degreasers are worked into every reachable surface with a range of brushes, breaking down oil film, grime, and road-salt residue.
Loosened grime is lifted using the appropriate tools for each surface, and everything is hand-wiped with microfibre so no chemical residue is left behind.
Plastics and hoses get a non-greasy dressing for a clean, factory-fresh look (not a dripping shine), and we walk the bay one last time, flagging anything worth showing you.
Pricing varies with engine bay condition: a daily driver is quick, a work truck with years of caked grease takes longer. Confirmed before we start.
Complete engine bay detail on its own: inspect, degrease, and dress. Price depends on how much grease and debris is built up — confirmed before we start.
Book Engine Bay CleaningAdd it to any wash or full detail. The most popular way to book it, so the bay finally matches the shine outside.
Book Engine Bay CleaningHow often? Once or twice a year for most vehicles, ideally before winter to clear summer dust, and after winter to remove the road salt that causes corrosion. Trucks on gravel or job sites benefit from more.
Your engine bay will look 100x better, but honestly, no bay is ever literally perfect. Some areas deep in the bay can't be reached without disassembly, and those are the areas you can't see anyway. Every visible, reachable surface gets cleaned, degreased, and dressed.
Two more straight answers. Surface oil residue cleans up well, and a clean bay makes finding the source of a leak easy, but a bay soaked from a major leak needs a mechanic first, because most of that oil collects underneath where cleaning can't reach. And no, a clean engine won't add horsepower. It runs cooler, reveals problems earlier, and makes maintenance cheaper. That's the real value, and it's plenty.
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Fully mobile. We come to your driveway, workplace, or job site with our own water and equipment. Between coastal salt air, wet winters, and dusty summer roads, BC is hard on engine bays; we make keeping yours clean effortless.
Standalone engine bay cleaning starts from $100, and adding it onto a detail is $70. The final price depends on how much grease and debris is built up — a lightly dusty daily driver is quick, while a work truck with years of caked grease takes more time. We confirm the price before we start.
It can take up to an hour but is usually done quicker, depending on the condition of the bay. Because we're fully mobile, the work happens at your driveway or workplace while you carry on with your day.
Yes. We use specialized tools and take careful precautions — sensitive components like the battery, fuse box, sensors, and connectors are covered or avoided entirely. Getting a bay 90% spotless safely beats getting it 100% clean while risking electrical problems.
Honestly, no bay is ever literally perfect, and anyone promising that is overselling. There are areas deep in the bay that can't be reached without disassembly. What you'll get is every visible, reachable surface cleaned, degreased, and dressed: a night-and-day difference and everything most owners are actually looking for.
It depends on the extent. Surface oil residue on top of the engine: yes, we remove it, and a clean bay actually makes it easy to spot where a leak is coming from. A bay soaked in oil from a major leak is a different story: much of that oil collects underneath where we can't reach, and the leak itself needs a mechanic before cleaning makes sense. We'll tell you which situation you have.
Once or twice a year is right for most vehicles. The ideal schedule in BC: once before winter to clear summer dust, and once after winter to remove the road salt and grime that cause corrosion. Trucks on gravel roads or job sites benefit from more frequent cleaning.
It won't add horsepower, and we'll be straight about that. What it does: caked dirt traps heat, and a clean engine sheds heat better; leaks, cracked hoses, and worn belts become visible early instead of hiding under grime; and mechanics work faster (and charge less time) on a clean bay. It's preventative care, not a performance mod.
Tell us your vehicle's year, make, and model. A quick photo under the hood helps us quote accurately. We respond within 1 business day.
We come to you · Specialized tools & precautions
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