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Postby bluemaumau » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:07 pm

can anyone recommend a product that destoys oil residue? my head and collector, is covered in it thick oil.

my degreasers not having much success.

i want something ruthless thatll sripp it right off.

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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:15 pm

acid bath :twisted:
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Postby bluemaumau » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:17 pm

im not gona remove the head, and i dont have acid, lol.

any other ideas
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Postby Alex B » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:18 pm

Steam cleaning?
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Postby bluemaumau » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:24 pm

dont have a steam cleaner either lol.

im looking for a product i can buy?
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Postby matt dunn » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:25 pm

bluemaumau wrote:im not gona remove the head, and i dont have acid, lol.

any other ideas


petrol + brush + scrubbing + time
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Postby bluemaumau » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:26 pm

thats the sort of answer i was after, so you recon thats the best, will try tomorow

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Postby Alex B » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:29 pm

Nah i didnt think you would. Some of those car self cleaning places have them i think though. Take alot less time than petrol. Just watch your electrical gear, plastic bag over the dizzy etc is always good.
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Postby bluemaumau » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:30 pm

hmm it might take me a while to roll the engine stand all the way down to the self cleanin place

lol :lol:
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Postby Bling » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:46 pm

what degreaser have you tried? try get a hold of some industrial stuff, that degreases anything! 8)
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Postby Ae92typeX » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:23 am

matt dunn wrote:
petrol + brush + scrubbing + time


I either do that, or
bucket of almost boiling water, 2 heaped scoops of clothes/diswasher powder, 1 scoop of diswashing liquid. + scrub
saves on the cost of petrol & mess hoses away easier.
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Postby evil_si » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:31 am

kero and hot water,
or go and buy some alloy acid apply it and hose it off

but ya cant get it on your skin, plastic, rubber or washing machine hoses it kills them pretty quick as well
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Postby slighty_looney » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:05 pm

id recommend "Industrial HDX Performance, heavy-duty degreaser, it works awsome and it gets any amount of crap off, used it when i rebuilt the 4age, and it is safe to spray on rubber and electrical shit aswell,

make sure u do it in a well ventilated area tho, the fumes get 2 u after awhile lol :roll:
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Postby Stealer Of Souls » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:39 am

What degreaser are you using?
I've used some cheap nasty $2 can stuff from supercheap and it's worked well so far. Some bits took a bit of scrubbing to get it off, but in general it's eaten through everything. Even did a good job of "dissolving" the brown oily/water mix that was in my rangi catch bottle...
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