I am replacing my turbo after an oil leak due to oil pump failure which killed the turbo, then when oil pressure restored oil leaked into turbo pipes etc.

 

What is the best advise to clean the intercooler and pipes? is Acetone good for intercoolder? would that works on the pipes as well of would it risk damaging the rubber and i should use hot water with soap ?

 

cheers

17 hours ago, Geoskoda said:

I am replacing my turbo after an oil leak due to oil pump failure which killed the turbo, then when oil pressure restored oil leaked into turbo pipes etc.

 

What is the best advise to clean the intercooler and pipes? is Acetone good for intercoolder? would that works on the pipes as well of would it risk damaging the rubber and i should use hot water with soap ?

 

cheers

Holts brake cleaner (available in 600ml aerosol spray cans or 5 litre bulk cans, Zoro.co.uk cheapest I've found it) is my go to degreasing agent and seems safe on all plastics and rubbers I've ever tried it on.  Never had the misfortune to have to clean up the carnage you describe but see no reason why it shouldn't flush out the oil and then remaining cleaner will then quickly evaporate to nothing especially if you also blow through with compressed air.  Would be concerned about using anything water based in case you end up with trapped residual water that then gets sucked into the engine on startup.  Can't find anything Skoda / VAG specific but concensus on this old forum thread was that brake cleaner would be OK for cleaning out intercooler etc - https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/137602/cleaning-oil-intercooler

I've always used brake cleaner as well. It's probably worth pricing up an intercooler because you'll never get it all out, and they're not normally too pricey on vags.