Cleaning IC

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Dont run a pressure washer through it when you\'ve added petrol !!! Petrol and or oil dont mix and you\'ll have big problems getting the water out, as the fuel will float on top.... Water in the combustion chamber dont compress well !!!
 
Best and safest idea is to get it off the chassis as others have said and clean it properly. Petrol or Parrafin is fine to use but dont flush it water after....

i meant after removing the fuel sorry, imagine hydrolocking a rotary lol

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Ok ill try to remove it. i have tried before and failed tho.

[SmbFD3S]

Even after the petrol has dissipated if you add water, the petrol residue will still be there and water will still be present. If you\'re going to flush it through with water you\'re better off using Jizer (water soluble) and then rinsing it so you get rid of the water. Water that is floating under a petrol layer wont evaporate and the petrol wont evaporate off the water as the water is effectively a heat sink.....
 
Just my 2p\'s worth.
 
I used Parrafin to "rinse" mine out and then left it for a few days to evaporate.

[FEED Addict]

weld a drain plug in the bottom and hey presto!

[DR SCHNITZEL]

I could drive the car around for a bit with the ic disconnected at the exit that would also do the trick, with a filter on the elbow. should dry out nice on a 60 mile trip to and from work.
 
ill get the majority of the stuff out with a syphon

[SiH]

Ok ill try to remove it. i have tried before and failed tho.

[Jono FD3]

When I did the mods to my IC, I flushed it out with water.... left it one end for 24 hrs so the water would flow to the end of the tank, poored what I could out then used a rag to get the remaining out. Thought it was all dry, butto make shure I put it on the car, hooked up the turbos to it but didn\'t connect to the throttle body, gave it a few good blips & the amount of water that came out of it was amaising!

Ended up taking it off again & putting it on a house radiator for 3 days, untill it was bone dry!

Jono

[jackaleks]

lol at the angle grinder.

[REVIT93RX7]

Why not bring it to a radiator shop.  They will have a tank they can immerse it in and really clean it well.

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Why not bring it to a radiator shop. They will have a tank they can immerse it in and really clean it well.

good call. ill have a look for one nearby

[mx1311]

why would anyone ever want to clean an intercooler out with water.
water dissolves oil now?

[SiH]

why would anyone ever want to clean an intercooler out with water.
water dissolves oil now?

Special water dude, the same as that magic stuff that you can make engines run on according to t\'interweb.
Oh no, hang on, turns out that was crap, and petrol is much better, which ironically, would also seem to be the case here

[mx1311]

fill the cooler halfway with petrol then use the blowtorch idea.

thatll get the welded cooler out grand

[MaLicE]

Special water dude, the same as that magic stuff that you can make engines run on according to t\'interweb.
Oh no, hang on, turns out that was crap, and petrol is much better, which ironically, would also seem to be the case here

USE VINEGAR!

[SiH]

PMSL

msglngth....