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Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:52 pm
by Davies31
Can anyone recommend the best possible product/additive for cleaning the inside of the reservoir, and outside whilst were on the subject?
I want to get them looking as clean as possible, as near new looking as you can get by cleaning alone really.
Cheers chaps.
Jim
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:07 pm
by ben9040
i used engine degreaser on mine to get the oily crap off then put it in a sink with hot water and bleach over night, came out looking nearly new
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:24 pm
by oomz1975
Brake cleaner
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:32 pm
by cypriot_boy_2k7
dishwasher
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:57 pm
by BackPeddler
Dishwasher x 2
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:01 pm
by Jim320i
Bath and bleach for a few days changing the water for hot and scrubbing it each time. Although The brake cleaner idea also sounds good.
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:05 pm
by Davies31
Awesome. Give them a try then.
The wife's away next week so the dishwasher idea gets a go to launch!!
Cheers,
Jim
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:41 pm
by BackPeddler
The dishwasher in my workshop is now know as the 'parts washer'.
FYI don't put fairy liquid in the 'parts washer'
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:40 am
by DaveD
not tried a dishwasher but have used degreaser /brake cleaner on the outside and thick bleach on the inside...with a long brush on a wire
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:34 pm
by groovylee
sorry to drag up an old thread, but a trick i have used is bleachy water, with rice, and a lot of shaking. works wonders
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:12 pm
by kman82
Davies31 wrote:Awesome.
The wife's away next week so the dishwasher idea gets a go to launch!!
Lol, live this!
If things don't fit in the 'parts washer' a dissolved dishwasher tablet is amazing at cleaning all sorts of stuff
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:15 pm
by Green
BackPeddler wrote:The dishwasher in my workshop is now know as the 'parts washer'.
FYI don't put fairy liquid in the 'parts washer'
After I washed my rocker covers it smelt a bit oily and my mates suggested this.
Bad idea.
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:40 am
by magpie
i tried the dish washer thing and it didn't work ,i even put an extra tab inside the bottle with the holes pointing down ..
anyone know he cost of a new double bottle ?
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:16 am
by clipper
I soaked my expansion bottle in ammonia (1 litre of neat ammonia in a bucket of water). Came out pretty good.
Re: Washer reservoir cleaning products??
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:39 pm
by kieran325
magpie wrote:i tried the dish washer thing and it didn't work ,i even put an extra tab inside the bottle with the holes pointing down ..
anyone know he cost of a new double bottle ?
Not that expensive as you think
I've bought the double and the single one for the M3, need to dig the receipts out.