cleanin oil out of intercooler

[PITBULL]

whats the best way to clean the inside of my intercooler out

[Range Rover Blues]

Parafin, deisel, petrol, whichever is cheapest.

Bio might do it if you leave it in as it's easier to shift afterwards
With the price of fuel these days it might be as cheap to bung degreaser in it.

whatever you use leave it in as long as practical to do it's thing.

[MudRat]

diesel or petrol  ;)

[Wolfie]

I'd say paraffin, mainly because if you ask the price of the proper LR cleaner in a GOOD parts department, they suggest leaving it where it is and getting some 'fin.

[Evilgoat]

Left mine fill of white spirit for the week its taken to do the belt, all nice and clean now :)

[Landynuts]

I used white spirit as well (I had a 5 litre bottle handy) soaked it for a couple off hours, loads of crud came out. Make sure you dry it completly before running the engine.

[jaws]

blast out with steam cleaner using soap till suds run clean...thats how we do it at work

[Ja1983]

left it pipes up and filled as far as i could with parrafin, then petrol, then hot soapy water, then cold water (hose) then left in the "workshop" (SWbo hasnt noticed the utility room looks different :twisted:) for last few weeks to dry out.

about 2 weeks with parafin, 3 days with petrol (too many people wandering around it with a cig in their gob!) and an hour or so flushing water/soap through. all in about a good handfull of poop came out!

..just need to find time/motivation/fair weather to swap it with my origonal one!

might paint it up a bit too! :twisted:

[ben_haynes]

i would recomend petrol or parafin as Diesel will leave a Oily residue in side causing it to pick up S*** again

[Disco Matt]

Paraffin will be cheaper than petrol or diesel. Just remember to collect it, return it to the bottle, and take it to a proper disposal site.

[Andrew3012]

Did mine with paraffin, got rid of all the crud quite nicely.

[discowoman]

How regular does this need to be done?

[Range Rover Blues]

I think it's in the service shcedule once every blue moon.  It needs doing after a couple of year's use but as the engine gets older it needs doing more often.  i fitted a catch tank to our TDi and blanked off the EGR, that and the engine breather are what causes most of the contamination.  The only oil getting into our intercooler now is from the turbo, so if there is any I'll be worried.

[Les Henson]

I slosh petrol through them until it comes out as clean as it went in. I have an old hair dryer to blow the fumes out afterwards.


Les.

[lee celtic]

I Have a parts cleaner at work you know the type with a hose with a brush on the end .I've thought about putting the hose into the intercooler and letting it pump round for an hour or two would this be ok???

[Fourby]

however you go about it, it's worth doing...

[Evilgoat]

I slosh petrol through them until it comes out as clean as it went in. I have an old hair dryer to blow the fumes out afterwards.


Les.

Motors will ignite petrol vapour, be careful...


Never did find the rest of Henry after the caretaker tired to hoover some up.