How to clean your intercooler ?

[Snake556]

Stop telling people to what? I couldn't hear the secret :P

[Tony-R32]

lol, sorry about my ignorance, everyone is saying brake clean, but how do you actually go about washing it. do you put it on the grill, pour it through the pipes and then rinse it out with a pressure washer? mine was pretty littered with bugs from the drive from calgary to winnipeg so it might not hurt to give mine a good clean too!

[nelsonmxmarc]

Lol franc
I realized that AFTER of course....... Lol
SORRY my car came stock with an smic the size of my hand!

Ya, BBQ medium rare

[nelsonmxmarc]

Polish??? Whaaa!
Paint it silver, that way by the time springs done and bugs have had their way with it, you can just spray paint back over them in situ. No cleaning, no problem! Hah

[leeaspin]

true DJ.....We shall be the only polish gods

[Tony-R32]

can someone answer my question please!?

[RHDskyline]

can someone answer my question please!?

Yeah dude. Just spray brake cleaner all over it and inside of it. Its not going to damage anything

The only way you will damage anything is if you don't let it dry/get all the brake cleaner cleaned out and you run it and it gets into your engine.

Make sure to keep washing it till you see clean water come out. Then let it air dry or use a heat gun if you have one. When you think its dry. get your air compressor and blow it all out till nothing but air is coming out/through


Hope this helps and answers your question

[M13]

don't spray paint it, you'll lose air cooling ability.

metal to air contact is better than metal to enamel/acrylic to air.

[nelsonmxmarc]

don't spray paint it, you'll lose air cooling ability.

metal to air contact is better than metal to enamel/acrylic to air.

Not true
This has been studied with various high temp paints/Rad paint and the works, and heat dissipation was the same over all conditions. Theres almost a negligible amount of paint being sprayed onto the fins/tube to affect heat transfer, also new paints like Duplicolor engine enamel offer heat dissipating properties. Not a clue what's in it, but if i can find the test they did (Think it was on evolution or NASIOC or something), they found 0 difference in all 3 conditions; painted, non painted and "Special" rad paint made to increase heat transfer to air..

[Tony-R32]

Yeah dude. Just spray brake cleaner all over it and inside of it. Its not going to damage anything

The only way you will damage anything is if you don't let it dry/get all the brake cleaner cleaned out and you run it and it gets into your engine.

Make sure to keep washing it till you see clean water come out. Then let it air dry or use a heat gun if you have one. When you think its dry. get your air compressor and blow it all out till nothing but air is coming out/through


Hope this helps and answers your question

Thank you very much!

[Nismo_line]

what would you guys recommend for a polish i wanna polish my cooler up when it gets here and do my muffler too

[RHDskyline]

SO i spray painted my intercooler on my 240 for a stealth look. I just painted it will normal spray paint. According to what i just read i shouldn't see any performance differences

[Nismo_line]

anyone no of a good way to polish a cooler or muffler

[NeptuneGTR]

electric sander, dremal, hand, 1200 grit for final sanding, then metal polish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-aL7ega5o

[Nismo_line]

you should help me out when it gets here man lol