Author Topic: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold  (Read 1585 times)

Offline Foreveryoungaus16v

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Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« on: 29 March 2013, 20:38 »
What would you recomend using to clean the upper inlet manifold while on car to get it looking fresh? :smiley:

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Offline Wayne

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #1 on: 29 March 2013, 21:13 »
Brake cleaner and elbow grease should do the trick.

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #2 on: 29 March 2013, 21:23 »
Yeah been using that.  I guess it will take a while to come up spotless :smiley:

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #3 on: 29 March 2013, 22:00 »
Buy one for £20, bead clean, paint and swap it over, sell old one onto forum member.....

Offline murraymint

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #4 on: 29 March 2013, 22:06 »
Buy one for £20, bead clean, paint and swap it over, sell old one onto forum member.....

I did this!  :cool: and I have one spare now  :wink:
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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #5 on: 30 March 2013, 13:08 »
I steam cleaned mine with hot soapy water.. best way to get in all the little nooks and crannies

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #6 on: 30 March 2013, 13:19 »
I got a fine grit sanding wheel and a drill  :cool:

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #7 on: 31 March 2013, 21:01 »
It do the job? :smiley:

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Re: Cleaning Upper Inlet Manifold
« Reply #8 on: 01 April 2013, 07:42 »
Hell got it nice and smooth too

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