Place That Cleans / Fix's Inter Coolers

[SysLink67]

Need my Intercooler cleaned out and also a comb used on to straighten out the fins a bit....

Anyone have any suggestions where to take intercooler or have done in the past... price they paid etc....

Or how to do a DIY

cheers

Rob

[MMM]

cant u do it urself?

compressed air to blow the shit out and a little screw driver to straighten fins.. or u can buy a fin comb from bunnings

[alpinestars]

use twezers and flat head screw driver to fix fins

[SysLink67]

yeah I can do it myself bro, but I heard any shit left behind can easily f**k ya turbs and engine man... what do you use to clean them out? whatsa fin comb worth?

cant u do it urself?

compressed air to blow the shit out and a little screw driver to straighten fins.. or u can buy a fin comb from bunnings

[MMM]

umm the intercooler is a sealed unit.. as long as u dont puncture it its fine u wont get "stuff" into the turbo

[mitchy_]

i think he is refering to cleaning the insides..

ie if you remove shit from the sides, and it starts floating around inside the cooler.

[MMM]

o0o0o 0 now i understand..... umm well f**k i dont know blow some compressed air through it??? thats should blow most the shit out

[alpinestars]

wouldnt blowing through the cooler ruin the insides cause you would need high pressure to get rid of shit

[J_R32]

soak it in kero or sum shit like dat...

and do it a couple of times.

ie soak over nite, flush, dry.

repeat for 2 more days

to diy, u need tweezers, screwdriver, compressor for pressurised air and a stack of spare time.

oh and paitence is a virtue u must have

[SLIPPERY]

the best way to get that oily film out yourself is to repeatedly rinse the cooler with a 50.50 mix of kero and metho. Pour the mixture in one end with the other end sealed and wash it around to and fro. Then pour it out and youll see how dirty the mixture is when it comes out. Repeat another 5 times.

Then, wash out the residue with clean water and leave to dry in the sun for quite a while to ensure the core is dry inside.

This is Sydney kids recommended mixture and it works a treat!

[SysLink67]

I could save my money But I found a place that would do it for $40 which includes soaking the IC, cleaning it out, presure testing it and using a fin comb on it to straighten all out.

So I think I will go that way.

[absmith]

wat place that sounds good and cheap

[stR33ter]

dude for the cost of all that messing around buying all that cleaner

just buy a new cooler for like $170.00 bux there about

sell your old one and be done with it

trying to straighten fins (unless severly damaged) is a waist of time, will make no dif to cooling

imo

[SLIPPERY]

what if its a decent quality cooler? why would you put a $170 cooler on a GTR?

metho and kero cost $3 each

[brotherjohn]

what is this place called dude?? and where??

[shmiddy]

i agree with justin, just jap and places like that are prity much givin coolers away, buy a new one, and put the old one on a bunky and make people guess

[brotherjohn]

its all about QUALITY dude!!!

[SysLink67]

So you guys whould OPT for a a $170 FMIC over paying $40 for a genuine TRUST intercooler to be cleaned propfessionally.

You CU&tS are mad aye.

[shmiddy]

prove to me that a just jap intercooler for -$200 is worse then a $700 brand name intercooler... whats the difference???? some ebay ones might be f&*ked.. but if the specs are the same and the welds hold the same presure then what difference apart from the company logo... will trust spray panted on it give you more power will it?? if so i might spray paint trust on mine to get 20 odd hp...

[MMM]

if the coolers in good condition spend the 40 bucks... if its f**ked get a new one