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| BenNC |
 May 2 2003, 08:53 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Cary, NC Member No.: 267  |
Any thoughts on cleaning the insides of heat exchangers.
I acquired a used set, cleaned up the outsides, and hooked them up. Last night I put the muffler on and let the car run for a few minutes (a recent development that I am quite thrilled about). A few minutes later it started smoking like a chimney. A quick peek underneath found that the smoke was pouring out of the heat exchangers. At least it got all of the mosquitoes out of the garage. Thanks |
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| Dave_Darling |
May 2 2003, 02:48 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,204 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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"Hot tanking" is the process of taking a part and dunking it in a really evil cleaning solution that is heated.
As I recall, the solution used is really caustic and really does Bad Things to aluminum. SS should be fine, though. There is also "cold tanking", which uses other chemicals (not so aluminum-unfriendly, I think?) and no heat. The $$$ depends wholly upon where you take the part. Most machine shops have access to either or both. --DD |
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BenNC Cleaning Heat Exchangers May 2 2003, 08:53 AM
URY914 What did you use to clean them with? May 2 2003, 09:29 AM need4speed Get em powder coated. That'll clean em up. T... May 2 2003, 09:37 AM BenNC I used a combination of brake cleaner and elbow gr... May 2 2003, 11:03 AM Lawrence914-6 I let mine just burn off, but I suppose you could ... May 2 2003, 11:13 AM BenNC That sounds like fun, but I probably should make s... May 2 2003, 11:23 AM tryan simple green is good for baked on oil residue. lay... May 2 2003, 11:32 AM Brad Roberts Easy off oven cleaner...
B May 2 2003, 12:22 PM ThinAir914 Castrol SuperClean. I've never seen anything ... May 2 2003, 12:45 PM Mark Henry Ummmmm! lets see...
Get them hot tanked at a ... May 2 2003, 01:37 PM BenNC Ignorant question.
What is "hot tanked" and how m... May 2 2003, 02:02 PM need4speed I remember a guy on another mailing list a few mon... May 2 2003, 03:23 PM
Mark Henry A good shop should know if something is mag or alu... May 2 2003, 08:05 PM |
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