degreasing intercooler pipes?

[Chiefgroover]

Whats the best thing to use to degrease intercooler pipes I am about to fit new connecting hoses?

[b'have]

Acetone.

[edge]

Or brake/clutch cleaner soaked rag and feed it through a few times.

[DannyW]

Hi i'm Barry Scott.

Cilit bang, BANG and the grease is gone.

[edge]

Hi i'm Barry Scott.

Cilit bang, BANG and the grease is gone.

:rlol:

[DannyW]

:rlol:

Try it yourself, with the penny test.

[edge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHGE7bO6Mg8

[Class One]

This is a tech thread guys. If you want to have your fun, post in off topic. Thanks.

[colsoop]

I doubt you would have any but lime powder is good for removing grease on metal.

i use it to remove grease and marks after polishing

[DannyW]

This is a tech thread guys. If you want to have your fun, post in off topic. Thanks.

i was being serious, ive used it in the past for this exact application.

[Class One]

What about in the silicone connectors? Or too harsh?

[DannyW]

What about in the silicone connectors? Or too harsh?

cilit bang? or the lime powder col suggested?

I used cilit bang on the silicone too and it seemed fine, washed it afterwards with a little warm water.

[Tricky-Ricky]

Its also dam good for cleaning wheels;)

[Fargo]

dishwasher,, on hot wash, worked for my spare turbo pipes.

[Chiefgroover]

I'll try the lot, as i can never keep pipes on, even with Mikalor clamps, there is always one that pops open !.

[Chris Wilson]

Are the hard pipes swaged? If not, get them swaged. A basic Jubilee clip should hold I/C hoses on perfectly fine at 2 bar plus boost.

[Chiefgroover]

Whats swaged? do you mean the little and i mean little raised rim at the end?

[Chris Wilson]

Should be quite deep swaging, about 10 to 15 mm from the ends of the hard pipes. Look at a stock plastic I/C hose for an example.

[Chiefgroover]

These are just single ridge at the end, 15mm worth would be a great grip in comparison, just got to find a local who can do that for me.

[Chris Wilson]

These are just single ridge at the end, 15mm worth would be a great grip in comparison, just got to find a local who can do that for me.

This is what I mean

[Chiefgroover]

Thats a proper swag, mine have a minor version close to the end. Will look into getting them made bigger if possible.

[Chris Wilson]

Stainless or alloy pipes? You can also weld a bead on the pipes to act as a swage. You need one of these to do a rolled swage: