What can you use to clean a turbo?

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11-25-2006, 08:42 AM

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What can you use to clean a turbo?

What type of cleaner can you use to clean the exhaust housing of the turbo to remove the excess oil build up?

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11-25-2006, 04:49 PM

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is there no way to remove this? or is it not even worth the effort?

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11-25-2006, 04:56 PM

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Idk if this would work but how about brake cleaner or Blaster? Just an idea i had.

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11-25-2006, 06:32 PM

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yeah i found another forum that said to use brake cleaner or something like it.

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11-25-2006, 07:31 PM

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brake parts cleaner, rinse it down when your done, most are chlorine baised.

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11-25-2006, 07:57 PM

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Yeah i clean mine before with brake parts cleaner than degreaserand water...came out clean as new

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11-26-2006, 07:08 AM

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I would throw in a caution to be careful not to damage the turbine wheel if you're cleaning some of the inside parts of the housing. That's about all I've got.

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11-26-2006, 09:30 AM

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Get some diesel fuel and a brush. It will work alot better than brake cleaner. Or get some ATF, works very good as well.

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11-26-2006, 09:37 AM

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i'm only going to clean the external parts and the exhaust housing where it attaches to the downpipe. i'm not planning on cleaning the internal parts.

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