anees

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hi guyss,
i took off of my air intake piping and my intercooler tonite to poilish it
and it was filled with oil..
the lower piping of intercooler has lots of oil and same with throttle body but not as much as intercooler.. i think it is normal for fds to have oil in these areas..
but i need help with cleaning my intercooler and other pipings

thanx
anees

Bwek

iTrader: (4)

I dont think it'll hurt your engine...

anees

iTrader: (6)

yea but how i am suppose to clean the oil
use water, parts cleaner or sumthing else
can i wash the intercooler?

Bwek

iTrader: (4)

maybe a brake cleaner?
something that can dissolve the oil

anees

iTrader: (6)

so if water goes inside the intercooler... and i dry it later
it wouldnt harm it rite?

thewird

iTrader: (8)

Why do you want to clean the intercooler? No it wouldn't harm it.

thewird

Double_J

iTrader: (28)

I cleaned mine but it is futile as it comes back. I just used dish soap and lots of warm water. Rinse and repeat.

JDK

iTrader: (8)

Use brake cleaner

anees

iTrader: (6)

thanx guys
i will use brake cleaner to get rid of the sticky oil and som dirt
and after i will rinse it with hot water and soap

anees

iTrader: (6)

coz the oil is going back into the TB
and its making a mess in there

JDMJester

brake cleaner or a parts cleaning material will get rid of the oil.

Terrh

iTrader: (7)

dish soap and hot water.

anees

iTrader: (6)

thanx guys

Bwek

iTrader: (4)

You do know after like 100km's its going to be dirty again

anees

iTrader: (6)

whats the solution than?

Bwek

iTrader: (4)

nothing, its normal for there to be oil

anees

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some pics
1st two pics are before i started cleaning
3rd pic is wid some brake fluid cleaning

i also tried to straigthen up the metal cores...
will have sum more pics wen it is polished soon

thewird

iTrader: (8)

Gettting a catch can and routing all the breathing that goes to the intake may help getting rid of the oil. But then you'd have to empty the catch can.

thewird

anees

iTrader: (6)

where is the catch can located
i tried finding it
and was confused wat if take out some essential components for my AC?

Double_J

iTrader: (28)

Catch can is just that. It catches the oil in a can. It has nothing to do with AC.

Double_J

iTrader: (28)

Here is a fancy looking one

http://rx7.com/store/rx7/GReddyoilcatchcan.html

thewird

iTrader: (8)

Stock doesn't have a catch can. They route the breathing to the plenum with the PCV and some more lines to the primary turbo intake (where the oil comes from). It's done this way so the engine eats it and it gets burned and out the exhaust. If you install a catch can, you will have to empty the oil ever so often.

thewird

anees

iTrader: (6)

thanx thanx man
i wana do it rite now
will any oil catch .... do the job?
or u recommend one!!!

thewird

iTrader: (8)

Personally I'd just leave it alone unless you go single. It's not really hurting anything.

thewird

Ka Kui

iTrader: (36)

If you really need to get an oil catch can, a GReddy one is good enough..... Sometime you can find it in the classified section for $70-90-ish....