Quick fix before Avon!!!
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After my sesh at the rollers today found out my crank seal is leaking and it has sprayed oil all over my clutch!

Ive fitted a new crank seal (after dropping part of it in the drop gears).

But I need a quick fix to clean oil off the clutch. All parts are only 1000 miles or so old so im a bit reluctant to buy new and they won't arrive before Avon now!

Its been suggested that to clean to clutch plate, I soak in thinners for a couple of hours then burn off the excess. Anyone had any succes doing it this way or would soaking in thinners then just wiping the excess off be enough?

cheers
Matt

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Boil it in Coca Cola. This will shift the oil, makes it sticky and horrible but will work, though I won't say how long for!

go to halfords and buy the brake cleaning spray i've used it before for removing oil and nasties from all kinds of stuff and as its for brakes it dosent leave any residue behind, hope this helps

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Although Tom's idea will work, I'd try the brake cleaner advice first in this instance.

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Brake cleaner is awesome stuff, although I'd buy it from a motor factors, should get 5L for around a tenner

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Depends how much the oil has soaked in, if its really soaked then brake cleaner won't shift it, you need something more aggressive, the acid in Coke works well, I've done this to rally cars with blown crank seals before, get clutch stinking hot pour a can of coke down the bellhousing, it does work!

The clutch is all apart. So would it be worth heating in some coke to shift the majority, and then clean the excess coke off with brake cleaner?

Or is the sticky residue all part of getting it to bite better?

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The acid gets the oil out, no sticky residue is going to help once it gets hot, you need to boil it up though, proper coke too, none of your roller cola.

Cool, will give it a go. How long do you boil it for Delia...Lol

Its an organic plate, so I guess this will still be okay?

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Hi,
If it's organic, you'd better use Diet Coke
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Gavin :)

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The magic ingredient in coke is Phosphoric acid.
Good tip about clearing oil from the clutch.
Coke is also very good at freeing rusty siezed parts, just tip it on and wait a few hours. (pistons in rusty bores etc)
Regards
Dave

how about pepsi???