Cleaning the Intercooler (under blower)

[joemayo]

What method would you clean the intercooler that is under the blower?
I was thinking carb/break cleaner then let it soak in a bucket of simple green and water diluted.

Thoughts?

 

[yellowgt02]

Just spray the hell out of it with brake clean then rinse it out with water.

 

[mrose75]

I've heard of people using simple green. I think there is a thread in the How to section.

 

[Tom's_03SVT]

Brake cleaner works great.

 

[T-Pain808]

Haven't done it yet, but brake cleaner sounds like the most sensible considering it dry and leave no residue.

 

[Tractionless1]

Dagostinoracing.com sonic clean only!!

 

[joemayo]

Well I sprayed 2 cans of carb cleaner the first day. Still had black gunk in it. Sprayed 2 more the next day and let it soak in a bucket of super clean and now it's all bling bling! :banana:

 

[Screamin03Cobra]

I used carb cleaner on mine as well but it still wasn't flowing as well as it should. I took it to a diesel repair shop since they have a machine that cleans intercoolers. It only cost me $45 to have it cleaned inside and out and it looked and performed like new.

 

[mixxer]

brake clean.

 

[srl135]

Is this necessary? How often? Is it something a weekend mechanic could do? How intensive is it and how long does it take?

 

[joemayo]

Only do it when your upgrading your blower.

Just gotta pull the blower off. Took me 2 hours to do it the other day.

 

[srl135]

well my blower is ported...and has been for over 40k miles... just bought it a month ago and just found out the previous owner didnt know that he needed to change the oil in the SC, hence my concern...

 

[Redfire_Cobra]

Just spray the hell out of it with brake clean then rinse it out with water.

+1, carb cleaner has a lubricant in it, so it does not clean nearly as well.

 

[RussZTT]

Tried Simple Green. Sure, I saw some oil residue come off it. Then I sprayed Brake clean on it and TONS of oil came out of the fins. Now she's clean. :banana: