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08-14-2013, 12:28 AM | #92 |
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If anyone is keen to get their intake valves cleaned and are the DIY type pm me.
I'm going to go ahead and purchase around $1500 worth of gear to do this and help out a few other members here also by doing it together. |
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08-14-2013, 12:50 AM | #93 |
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I'm a DIY guy and have access to most tools but if you have an appropriately powerful compressor and the shells, isn't it just a matter of getting a hand blasting gun (or one with a bendy end, and one which fits the media) like the one below and going nuts? (pun not intended)
Isn't that it or are people over complicating it, or am I missing something? http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...spx?pid=214306
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08-14-2013, 01:12 AM | #94 |
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What can i say i tend to overdo most things, like my last car the head unit died but i couldnt replace the factory headunit without replacing the speakers. $10k or so later i had a awesome stereo all because my head unit died on me...
This is my list: Stanley 2.5 HP compressor $700 AUD Dry vac $100 harbor freight: Bags of media x 4 $100 USD (I thought a few bags extra would be handy) media blaster kit $100 usd remote starter $11 nozzle gun $20 rifle brushes $20 (scrape remaining crud off) postage $150 Subtotal ~ $400 USD BMW parts Adapter plate $65 usd (I think its important to get this as it forms a nice tight seal & having fine walnut shell leak throughout the nooks and cranny of your engine bay is not a good look, and will be troublesome to remove once it comes into contact with an oily surface) nozzles $40 usd (I'm sure you could make up some nozzles but for the sake of $50 i would like to buy these as they will work with minimal stuffing around making up my own on the day and having them leak shell all through the engine bay) postage ~ $40 usd Subtotal= $145 usd At the end of the day you can buy something like that nozzle you posted on supercheap, but you will be filling that thing up every 5 seconds and you will have walnut shells all through your engine bay (unless you fabricate a shroud to go over the intake to suck the shells as you blast) and you could use a cheaper compressor but once again you're limited with a short cycle duration. Like anything there is a hard way or an easy way I'm preferring to spend more and attempt to do it the easy way Last edited by drjekl; 08-14-2013 at 01:29 AM.. |
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08-14-2013, 01:42 AM | #95 |
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Yeah, that nozzle was just an example and there's ones with feeds from buckets. I actually have all this gear (bar the adapters) at our workshop but couldn't see what I was missing as it seemed all to simple to me.
Now to just find the time.
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08-24-2013, 09:22 PM | #96 |
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I did this myself yesterday... I opted to do it by hand, after assessing the cost of the stuff to get setup with the walnut method, and in actual fact most of the baked on grub in the howtos is removed with carbon cleaner OR by hand afterwards.
Your results may vary, my car is out of warranty - and I'm not prescribing the way I did it is either the best, or recommended i.e caveat emptor First - the stuff I used.
Second - the reality
Third - some tips that helped me
Fourth - the outcome
Fifth - parting comments/thoughts
oh and did I mention This isnt a walk in the park. It's a pain in the ar5e? Last edited by mcmn; 08-24-2013 at 09:44 PM.. |
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