Shifty1962
Well-Known Member
Any of you peeps got any tips for cleaning the oily crap out of an aluminium inlet manifold ? Somebody somewhere must have done this before but I cant find any threads regarding this.
I picked up a used TD5 one on eBay for the price of the postage (£6) so it was a bargain cos its worth more as scrap even if I dont use it.
Somebody told me to soak it in a caustic soda solution for a week and then to jet wash it. Will this work ?
I was thinking of soaking it in petrol but caustic soda is cheaper if it will do the same job.
I got the manifold because I want to drill and tap a fitting for my turbo boost gauge so that it reads the actual manifold pressure and not straight off the turbo outlet.
If I bugger this one up then no harm done.
Cheers.
I picked up a used TD5 one on eBay for the price of the postage (£6) so it was a bargain cos its worth more as scrap even if I dont use it.
Somebody told me to soak it in a caustic soda solution for a week and then to jet wash it. Will this work ?
I was thinking of soaking it in petrol but caustic soda is cheaper if it will do the same job.
I got the manifold because I want to drill and tap a fitting for my turbo boost gauge so that it reads the actual manifold pressure and not straight off the turbo outlet.
If I bugger this one up then no harm done.
Cheers.