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What is a good product to used to clean vacuum pump.
 
Posts: 30 | Location: Rocky Mount | Registered: December 27, 2021Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Half a can of brake cleaner into pump before you start, Start the engine and spray rest of through engine. Another suggestion is to pull lines of vacumm pump and let "air out" after a night of racing.


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Posts: 753 | Location: Evansville, IN | Registered: February 24, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Every couple weeks, I'll pull the vac pump inlet hose off the valve cover during warmup and, with the engine running, shoot brake cleaner into it for about a 5 count.

At idle, I can definitely feel a big difference on the gauge or when tapping the hose fitting to my palm. As long as I do it often enough, it doesn't make a difference on the gauge downtrack.


Tony Leonard
 
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Just a note of caution about using Brake Cleaner spray. Yes, it is as good as anything for removing oil & grease. But please pay attention to the label.(Yeah, I realize most of us know this, but not everyone does):
Chlorinated brake cleaner is Non-Flammable, while Non-Chlorinated versions are EXTREMELY Flammable.
Both types work well, and I highly recommend that you use the non-flammable "Chlorinated" type if you are spraying it anywhere near a running engine. The risk is small, but the potential results can be devastating.
(BTW, the Non-Chlorinated version makes great starting fluid).


Dan "Jim" Moore
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ok thanks....
 
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Originally posted by FootbrakeJim:
Just a note of caution about using Brake Cleaner spray. Yes, it is as good as anything for removing oil & grease. But please pay attention to the label.(Yeah, I realize most of us know this, but not everyone does):
Chlorinated brake cleaner is Non-Flammable, while Non-Chlorinated versions are EXTREMELY Flammable.
Both types work well, and I highly recommend that you use the non-flammable "Chlorinated" type if you are spraying it anywhere near a running engine. The risk is small, but the potential results can be devastating.
(BTW, the Non-Chlorinated version makes great starting fluid).


Also remember, NEVER use Chlorinated brake clean on anything you intend to TIG weld.


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Also remember, NEVER use Chlorinated brake clean on anything you intend to TIG weld.


Never heard that, TomR, curious what the issue would be? I didn't think brake cleaner left behind any chemical residue, once it has evaporated.


Dan "Jim" Moore
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Originally posted by TomR:
Also remember, NEVER use Chlorinated brake clean on anything you intend to TIG weld.


Never heard that, TomR, curious what the issue would be? I didn't think brake cleaner left behind any chemical residue, once it has evaporated.


I believe it’s the possibility of chlorine gas if there just happened to be a pocket of it is why. Bad stuff.



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Posts: 3188 | Location: KIEFER, OK. | Registered: August 17, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I just pull my Star off and run parts washer fluid back and forth through it a few times, blow dry it with air, and put it back on the car every few months.
 
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