Washer reservoir cleaning products??

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Davies31
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:52 pm

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.
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:07 pm

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
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:24 pm

Brake cleaner
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:32 pm

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Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:57 pm

Dishwasher x 2
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:01 pm

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.
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:05 pm

Awesome. Give them a try then.

The wife's away next week so the dishwasher idea gets a go to launch!!

Cheers,
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Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:41 pm

The dishwasher in my workshop is now know as the 'parts washer'.
FYI don't put fairy liquid in the 'parts washer'
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Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:40 am

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
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:34 pm

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 :)
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:12 pm

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
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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.

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Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:40 am

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 ?
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I soaked my expansion bottle in ammonia (1 litre of neat ammonia in a bucket of water). Came out pretty good.
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:39 pm

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 :wink:

I've bought the double and the single one for the M3, need to dig the receipts out.
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