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On 24 Jan 2002, at 15:22, Dave Campen wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > > > > On 23 Jan 2002, at 13:30, Dave Campen wrote: > > > > > You could remove the air intake bellows and spray "Gunk" (or whatever > > > your > > favourite engine degreaser is) through the vanes of the pulley, > > > trying to > > spread it round as much as possible. Then just hose out and > let it dry. > > > > Now I don't know what to think, but I don't think I'd be willing to do > > > this. The > problem is that the Gunk would just flush the dirt out of one > > > location and > deposit it in another. If it lands in my driveway, well > that's > > pretty simple, but if > it builds up in the generator and on the > face of the > > oil cooler, then I'm not > sure I'd be happy with the result. > I hope people didn't think I was suggesting doing this with the engine > running. I've been bitten too many times to do that again.... Oh, yes, that's exactly what I thought you were suggesting. I don't think you'd get much cleaning action otherwise. And, yes, you'd certainly have to be careful. > If the only mess in the fan housing is oil, it should be able (with the > aformentioned Gunk) to run out of the small drain hole at the bottom of the FH. That's only about a 1/8" hole, and its usually blocked by dirt. BTW, this is a good hole to clean out occasionally, and certainly any time the fan housing is apart. > Of course this idea goes a bit adrift if the fan has pulled in loads of dust > which has mixed with the oil to make a paste. If the dust was a problem, I'd > also be a bit concerned that it would build up on the cylinder fins, reducing > the cooling as well. Right, but I think we'd be hard pressed to find a car where there was not significant dust and dirt in there. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/