intercooler cleaning

[lozz]

hi whats the best stuff to clean a intercooler out with ?

anyideas

tia

[jasper5]

Gunk, Jizer, brake cleaner?

[lozz]

Thanks jasper5

ididnt think of Brake cleaner, that wouid evaporate so ithink iwill try that,

[scotty73]

Jizer

He'll have biceps like popeye by the time he gets enough to do the job.....I'll get me coat.

[lozz]

[jasper5]

Jizer

He'll have biceps like popeye by the time he gets enough to do the job.....I'll get me coat.

Sorry, you'll have to explain that one

[lozz]

Ithink hes got mixed up with Tizer, jasper5

[scotty73]

Jizer

He'll have biceps like popeye by the time he gets enough to do the job.....I'll get me coat.

Sorry, you'll have to explain that one

jizz. is an organic fluid known as semen that usually contains spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads.

Told you i needed my coat.

[jasper5]

HMMM indeed

[lozz]

Dont tell me youve been rubbing one off in the pug engine scotty
thatl be why its been over reving

[scotty73]

Dont tell me youve been rubbing one off in the pug engine scotty
thatl be why its been over reving

It aint revved at all since Friday its up on axle stands, sump threads are gone should hopfully have a sump plug kit in the post tomorrow though fingers crossed... Oh btw nice to see you back.

[lozz]

Cheers scotty,.

sorry to hear about the sump thread,
last owner no doubt overtightend it , ive had one where sump had to come off, not fun

[scotty73]

Looks like it had been helicoiled so after consulting Jasper i've gone for the option of buying a kit that taps a slightly bigger sump plug into it... Really dont fancy removing it.

[lozz]

Update, inthe end it didnt need cleaning, took pipes off everything is spotless no oil,
was expecting some Gunk, but lukily nothing there,
was only doing this as aMatter of preventitive Maintence as you call it, as per Horror stories of D.c.i turbo eating itself

[panadero]

Lozz, talking of cleaning the intercooler I have minor oil loss emanating from the plastic piping under the engine that runs from
the turbo to the intercooler. It's not a serious amount and seems to accumulate and periodically drop off onto the garage floor. The
car (406 HDI 110 estate 2004) has always done this since I had it (and no doubt before that). I wouldn't mind getting that
pipe off and cleaning it out but I'm blowed if I can see how to access the jubilee type clip which holds the pipe at the turbo end - does
the NS front wheel have to come off?