intercooler clean
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intercooler arrived yesterday, its the same as the one off the fastest upside down skip, and will hopefully fit behind the mini grille

wasnt expecting it to be that big but nevermind.

the intercooler if full of OIL or 710 depending how you look at it

what the best way to clean it out, was thinking of pouring degreaser in, shaking it up and pouring out after a while.

What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

The land rover one is massive. Didn't go in-between the inner wings on my clubman...

its the one off a daihatsu fourtrak, looked quite small on your pictures. but you did same is bigger than it looked. sure it'll fit hopefully. also have an audi TT one i have borrowed.

while your on was this the base map (john's) you where running in the van. believe you may have had a little more advance on boost over 3K.

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What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

We use truck wash at work to clean out sludge and oil, works really well.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

How about the dish washer.

If the missus is out

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bit of fuel to loosen up the crap... then hose it out with detergent.

internally I use thinners around a litre and shake it all around, if you do it twice it will be clean as a new.

thinners is a good call, probably cheaper than petrol too these days!

Hot steam wash like they have in an engine builders workshop...we use it at work.

the paint reduce (thinners) works really well
i did it today on my oil cooler and related pipes i should have taken a pic of all the stuff suspended in the reducer
amazing how much was suspended in it honestly if you have ever mixed paint with metallic fleck in it thats what it looked like in the sun was almost clear/yellow tint to the thinners with shinny flecks (metal/aluminum) floating in it
mind you the engine had chewed up the box and bearings resulting in oil pump and engine bearings also being chewed up so there was/is metal shavings in the oil cooler hence trying to flush it all out before re fitting to the new build...
i will be flushing it again until i get no more junk coming out of it

cheers all for the advice, ended up using noncostic tfr. only to find out that it wont fit :(
ITS HUGE......... be in the for sale section later. the guy only measured there core when i ordered it :( not the whole unit.

What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

Edited by Brett on 15th Sep, 2013.

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