Correct, all these guys complaining about residue, but I'm not sure if they've forgotten the whole reason intercooler is being cleaned is because it has oil in it. Acetone is not going to evaporate the oil from the intercooler but it will allow it to spill out of the side of the outlet just the same as gasoline. If we're talking about welding aluminum, obviously acetone would be a great choice for aluminum, but as a solvent, gasoline will work just fine and is readily available

 

rubbing alcohol works well also and has the same properties, cuts oil, evaporates and is cheap and in liquid not spray form.

 

Why would you clean oil from a intercooler with a liquid that is derivetive of oil? Why is Acetone used to clean gas tanks instead of gasoline?? Its just not logical. Filling the intercooler with a good amout of acetone is cheap and easily avaiable at Homedepot. Fill it shake it really well and empty

 

How do you think Acetone is made?

 

^ Your right not only did I fail chemistry and my post i am also illogical

 

 

For the same reason that e85 ethanol users switch back to gasoline from time to time to clean out their fuel system of the black tar as the gasoline acts as a solvent to wash it away

 

Same hear I used Brake cleaner and denatured alcohol to clean my intercooler along with anything else with carbon or oil build up !

 

Very good point 9evolution

 

Wow...

One gallon of acetone: 16.95

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051

Last I checked, a gallon of premium around here is around 4 bucks.

And for others who also failed chemistry in addition to 4th grade math...acetone is also derived from petroleum products:

Straight from wiki:

Acetone is produced directly or indirectly from propylene. Approximately 83 % of acetone is produced via the cumene process,[8] as a result, acetone production is tied to phenol production. In the cumene process, benzene is alkylated with propylene to produce cumene, which is oxidized by air to produce phenol and acetone

Propene, also known as propylene or methylethylene, is an unsaturated organic compound having the chemical formula C3H6. Propene is produced from fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and, to a much lesser extent, coal. Propene is a byproduct of oil refining and natural gas processing.

 

Yogurt is organic

 

Brake clean only washes the oil to to side and doesn't really break it up that well. The side you spray the brake clean into is clean, but the residue is stuck in the corners of the intercooler.

The best way is hot tanked through a parts cleaner, or flushed out with a hot water and solvent mixture.

Ever mopped a greasy shop floor with solvent/hot water? And brake cleaned the same floor? You'll understand what I'm saying.

 

I sucked in math too. But when i pay 40bucks round trip to get into nyc with out food and have to feed a meter 15bucks every 3 hrs. Dropping under 20 bucks is really cheap. There is no argument from me you are 100% correct where acetone comes from. It refining process is a bit different from fuel, I still maintain that gasoline is not the optimal agent to get the job done.