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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: [T3] oil cooler re use > Hi all, > > I'm rebuilding my SB 1600 after it dropped a valve and > chewed up #3 piston last year. The oil was full of > metal shrapnel... question is, what suggestions do you > all have for cleaning out the oil filter? > > Thanks, > I usually do a very thorough back-flush. Run solvent through the cooler backwards. If you can find someone with a solvent tank that has a pumped solvent system, (Safety Clean) see if they will put their hose into the outlet port and let it run for a few hours. Then do a thorough job of blowing it out with an air hose. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org