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Intercooler Cleaning
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:16 pm
by Duo
Hey guys, I'm bored lately so while the stag is undergoing waiting for parts what would you guys recommend for cleaning out the stock wing mount intercooler, will probably be completely removing it from the car and wanting to clean outside and inside to restore some of the lost performance due to build up of bugs, oil, tar etc, has to be aluminium friendly (methylene chloride as you'd find in Nitro Mors reacts with ally to make phosgene, not goof, very very poisonous lethal horrid stuff, so thats a no go hehe) need it to shift everything it can really, acetone maybe? IPA is alright but a bit soft for getting some crud out, toluene might work, WD-40 perhaps? Petrol? Kerosene? Mixture of the above?
Let me know what you guys think
Also if any of you have experience with the Blitz R-FIT I have a question about the pre loaded defaults and an RB25-DET Neo6

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:22 pm
by Shiny
Diluted Bilt Hamber Surfex HD?
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:14 pm
by jozefsan
break cleaner or cleaning thinner
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:18 pm
by Duo
Surfex might be a good shout Shiny, was thinking about those one too Josef, maybe use the solvents followed by a strong washing up liquid mix, it is a heavy duty degreaser after all, hmmmm, any thoughts on nitrometh glow plug fuel? might be hard core enough?
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:49 pm
by lewd lude lover
caustic soda? its great for getting the crap out of moped exhausts. not sure about your chemical interactions but it will eat off anything thats not welded inside.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:00 pm
by Duo
LLL know anywhere that sells pure KOH (potassium hydroxide) used to use it to clean the sinks and some of the kit when I worked in an adhesives plant, didn't half make metal shine and was plastic friendly, also won't evaporate if I leave it in the intercooler lol
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:58 pm
by Shiny
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:19 pm
by JayJay
Wow that looks awesome

I wonder how much it costs though

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:24 pm
by Shiny
Paul Daulton has one, but he charges £5k to wash your car.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:33 pm
by indigolemon
That's really cool (hah!)