<VV> Rebuild II
JVHRoberts at aol.com
JVHRoberts at aol.com
Mon Dec 19 20:43:16 EST 2005
The way I've cleaned them, with great success, is to fill the cooler with a
GOOD solvent, like lacquer thinner, and set them into a pot of boiling water,
NOT on the stove! I immersed them with the ports up, and with JUST enough
water to cover the cooler, but not flood into the ports. I was amazed how much
better it cleaned the thing out. I did this twice, and on the third time the
solvent ran clean.
BTW, do NOT try this with the high powered carb cleaners like Gunk's Hydro
Seal. These contain caustics that'll go after the aluminum at elevated
temperatures.
It's amazing how much better solvents work when you add some heat...
In a message dated 12/19/2005 8:39:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ddpleau at earthlink.net writes:
Years ago I bought an oil cooler (8 plate to replace the 3 plate on my 63)
from Mel Raven of M&J Vairmart in Santa Clara. He ran solvent from his
Safety Kleen parts washer through it for a while and then water full blast
from the hose and then a lot of compressed air. I'm glad Mel only charged
me for the cooler and not the labor he put into it to make sure it was
clean or I couldn't have afforded the cooler.
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