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I heard from a guy who had rebuilt quite a few engines that he washed the coolers through with kerosene for several hours using a Type3 FI fuel pump. I'm sure we wouldn't use a nice item like that for circulating dirty solvent, but maybe when needs must.... Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Cooper" <steven.cooper@optusnet.com.au> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:36 AM Subject: [T3] Best way to clean an oil cooler? > I've just been through this process and it is quite time consuming. The > only way I could find to clean the inside was to fill it with solvant > degreaser and let it soak for several hours, then rinse it out. Keep > repeating this process until the stuff you flush out is clean. It took me a > couple of days to do this. If anybody has another method or a particular > brand of cleaner/degreaser they find effective, please let us all know. > > One note of caution (something which you may all be aware of) regarding > water based degreasers. Most of these contain alkaline salts to varying > concentrations. These solutions will attack aluminium alloys if they are > too concentrated, too hot or left in contact for too long. They will leave > the surface a dull grey colour. This probably doesn't matter inside an oil > cooler, but be careful with any polished surfaces or items you want nice and > shiny. > > Steven > '71 Vert Fasty > '73 FI Fasty > Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >