cleaning your turbo

[Phil]

QUESTION for you guys.

i have a turbo here (an old td04) which has powdered coolant(orange coolant that has dried up) stuck in the water channels!(some1 tel me the proper name please!)

any idea how to clean these out?

what to use?

how important it is to have them cleaned thoroughly?

without just saying, nah you dont need water lines( as i have some lovely blue hoses which i would like to connect up!lol )

Thanks

Phil

 

[Big_Daddy]

Come carb cleaner spray may be?

 

[Phil]

whats that? like a degreaser?

cheers

 

[Big_Daddy]

whats that? like a degreaser?

cheers

Sort off, but better, i used it to cleaner my leon trottle body due alot of black carbon, asume it do the same for the turbo.

 

[Phil]

cheers rep added,

anymore ideas?

Phil

 

[GTdan]

tried just water and a toothbrush?? as water in theory should just discintigrate the residue.

 

[Big_Daddy]

How about some Mr muscle, or some domestos ? does wonders for my drains

 

[andybill]

cilit bang with a toothbrush?

 

[Phil]

its just that there is very little room to actually clean! u cant get anything inside the threaded hole, def not a toothbrush any way!

cheers for ideas people! surely enough people have fitted second hand turbos to have came across this problem!

Phil

 

[L900CMC]

Pipe cleaner like the ones from science for cleanin test tubes?

 

[Phil]

cheers chris

emm maybe, i was hoping some1 would say oh yeah thats nothing just stick it on and it'll flush itself lol!!

but hey, i'll see what can be done!

Phil

 

[Sheldon]

Pipe cleaner like the ones from science for cleanin test tubes?

yeah what he said... try fil it up with some degreaser leave it for a few minutes than try to flush it with some air from a compresor

 

[Big_Daddy]

Just try some of the radiator flush treatments, prefer 2leave it overnight, then poke at it and rinse ou.

 

[Jay]

It's residue from the previous cooling system the turbo was used with. The orange colour signals corrosion was present. Shouldn't be an issue as once the turbo is fitted you can flush the cooling system with detergent to reduce the corrosion present.

 

[ryan_v]

it wont do much harm, wouldnt worry about it too much. use a flush if your worried and them pipe cleaners while its off.

 

[Bullet00th]

I just used some carb cleaner and a air line. Spray aload down the water/oil holes and use the air line to blow it all out. Repeat this 2-3 times and it'll be alot better

Matt

 

[dantheman]

blow torch and then air line it out..