Chuck, I've cleaned out the oil coolers before with carb cleaner, which is aluminum safe. I've let it soak in there for a couple of days, then rinsed it out with water, followed by high air pressure. So far I've logged many thousands of miles on two seperate engines with no problems. Of course, I might have been lucky, but for awhile, doghouse coolers were not readily available. The two I've done, are still good, however, I also use a filter pump. Courtney
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Kuecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 2:06 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] How to clean an Oil cooler? > Back when I had a shop with a Safety-Kleen parts washer, I would flush > out coolers with the washer pump. From all that I have read and heard, > though, you are better off replacing the cooler with a new one, as no > amount of flushing will ensure that you get all the gunk out of all > those little corners inside - and if you loosen what's in there, it's > liable to break loose and flow right into the bearings - not good. > > Chuck Kuecker > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> O.K., I've got a plan to clean my gas tank now, >> thanks to the input from the list. What's a good >> method of cleaning a used oil cooler. I was >> thinking of just spraying some brake cleaner >> into it a few times, draining it, and letting the >> residual cleaner evaporate. Any better ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/711 - Release Date: 05/03/2007 > 9:41 AM > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
