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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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I just bought an LS6 intake from a guy in my car club here(taht he's had in his car for about a year now) and I'm looking forward to putting it in, but I have a quesion. How can I clean out the inside first? It has all that oil in there from his car. I'm planning on putting a catch can on as well as some other stuff when I do this, so i would like to get that out of there since it isn't going to be getting all messy again. How should I go about cleaning it out?

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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 07:12 AM
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You cant really hurt it by cleaning it out off the car, just be carefull and make sure its dry before putting it on the car.. i use top end cleaner on and off the car..
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Top end cleaner? What is that? Sorry, I'm kinda new to all this. Is there a link you could put so I could just look at it?
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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the dealer sells it, just ask for it at the parts desk
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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I'd spray it with brakekleen with it off the vehicle and then blow it dry with an airgun.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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Top clean is the same as Seafoam available @ NAPA or Car Quest.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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Ok, thanks. I'll try to go get some. I would like to get this thing on soon.
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carb cleaner should work fine too
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Seafoam deep creep is the same thing
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Originally Posted by brad8266
carb cleaner should work fine too
Thats what I used for mine.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedmonster185
I just bought an LS6 intake from a guy in my car club here(taht he's had in his car for about a year now) and I'm looking forward to putting it in, but I have a quesion. How can I clean out the inside first? It has all that oil in there from his car. I'm planning on putting a catch can on as well as some other stuff when I do this, so i would like to get that out of there since it isn't going to be getting all messy again. How should I go about cleaning it out?

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Oil degreaser and a flexible toilet wire brush, thats what I used on mine and it made it spotless inside. I also used alot of Goo-Off before the degreaser to loosen the big ****. Mine was really bad too.


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You took the injectors out, right?
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