Afternoon all!


Mate of mine has blown his turbo in his TT (I know I know its a TT lol) and has oil EVERYWHERE in the intake side of the engine.

The car has 2 side mounted intercoolers which are both full of oil.....how would you clean them out? I'm concerned about washing them in my parts washer and damaging the fins but an air compressor isn't going to cut it.

Thanks! Adam

 

I threw in a couple of litres of petrol and swished it about for a while, this was on my old Leon cupra Forgemotorsports fmic which was huuuuge! did a good enough job though.

 

would suggest petrol or another solvent cleaner,

 

That's what I would do, follow it with a little acetone, or meths, (to remove any petrol residues), then use air to blow through until dry.

 

As said, anything that thins out the oil.

Brake cleaner is good as it dries quickly without residue.

Be careful with petrol and rubber/plastic hoses though, it can melt some types of rubber and plastics.

 

Engine cleaner works well