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How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« on: 15 October 2008, 21:13:43 »

As title asks, gonna give it a go done it on a few cars before, how easy is it on the mig? Never done it in 5 years :-[
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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #2 on: 15 October 2008, 21:22:54 »

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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #3 on: 15 October 2008, 21:26:19 »

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As title asks, gonna give it a go done it on a few cars before, how easy is it on the mig? Never done it in 5 years :-[

Much easier than changing the camcover gaskets...  ;D
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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #4 on: 15 October 2008, 21:30:28 »

Seriously, the disassembly is quite simple, but actually getting the muck out of the buggers is something else.  >:(

Ayt one point of time I was considering simply buying new bits from Vx so i don't have to clean them, but I didn't (I am stingy, you see). So I spent 2 hours with a pipe cleaner instead :P
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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #5 on: 15 October 2008, 22:01:16 »

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Seriously, the disassembly is quite simple, but actually getting the muck out of the buggers is something else.  >:(

Ayt one point of time I was considering simply buying new bits from Vx so i don't have to clean them, but I didn't (I am stingy, you see). So I spent 2 hours with a pipe cleaner instead :P
I'd rather spend hours cleaning stuff tbh  ;D As once said by Del Trotter, I'm an arthodox tight ar*e. :)
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« Reply #6 on: 15 October 2008, 22:03:00 »

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Seriously, the disassembly is quite simple, but actually getting the muck out of the buggers is something else.  >:(

Ayt one point of time I was considering simply buying new bits from Vx so i don't have to clean them, but I didn't (I am stingy, you see). So I spent 2 hours with a pipe cleaner instead :P
I'd rather spend hours cleaning stuff tbh  ;D As once said by Del Trotter, I'm an arthodox tight ar*e. :)

..so are you swapping the 'meega for a Robin?  :P
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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #7 on: 15 October 2008, 22:09:23 »

Just to give you an idea what it looks like....:

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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #8 on: 15 October 2008, 22:15:45 »

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Seriously, the disassembly is quite simple, but actually getting the muck out of the buggers is something else.  >:(

Ayt one point of time I was considering simply buying new bits from Vx so i don't have to clean them, but I didn't (I am stingy, you see). So I spent 2 hours with a pipe cleaner instead :P
I'd rather spend hours cleaning stuff tbh  ;D As once said by Del Trotter, I'm an arthodox tight ar*e. :)

..so are you swapping the 'meega for a Robin?  :P
Walked into that one  ;D
Yeah should be easy enough  :-/
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Re: How easy is it to clean out breathers?
« Reply #9 on: 15 October 2008, 22:45:38 »

I bought two aerosol cans of Halfords Carb cleaner LSG and simply blasted the muck out with those leaving all components soaking in between 'blasts' for a while. ;)  

It appears to have worked so far, and the muck that came out!!! :y
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