Hey guys,

I've always read that you should never spray a hot engine with water due to to the risk of cracking the block. This warning is even in the owners manual.

So, today I'm at the self serve car wash and while spraying out the wheel wells, I notice that the engine is exposed in the wheel wells. My previous vehicles were always covered in some way so this surprised me.

How are you supposed to wash out the wheel wells without getting the engine wet?

 

All engines get wet when you drive in the rain. I doubt spraying out the wheel wells will hurt anything.

 

The engine would have to be glowing read and you spray it with ice water to have problems. Like above poster says what would you do when it rains if your driving.

 

Maybe an air cooled block....

 

yeah, you definitely do not have to worry about damaging anything by just spraying the wheel wells.

 

Dont sweat it. Nothing will happen.