dpuma8 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I have had my intercooler on a shelf in my garage for a few years now and last night I pulled it out to look at it. It appears that small mice have been in the tank and pooped in there. How do I clean this and can I get it hot tanked to clean everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Take it to a radiator shop to get cleaned or you can try flushing yourself, will probably get the majority of it out but not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Self Serve Pressure Wash, soapy cycle and rinse cycle, for $1.25 you're finished. To paraphrase that scene out of "Christine": "I understand some mice, uh... defecated in your intercooler?" "Yeah, well, sh*t washes out!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Rat/Mice Urine is persistent but nothing a bit of soapy hot water won't remove. Their urine may be persistent, but hot soapy water under pressure takes it right off! Shake it out while still dry (in both directions...) if they were in one end, all the...uh...'contaminants' will be on THAT end tank, put it down and shake it out that way. Then use the flushy hot soapy water from the OTHER END to push it all to that end tank. Rats/Mice don't move their leavings into the tubes, nor do they back up to the tubes and aim to put them in the tubes... they just drop. A flush with a pressure washer from the opposite side will clean out that, and then flushing the other way will get pressure onto any urine directly and take it right off and out the other side. You will probably be done in 30 seconds and have 4:30 of that car wash time left to overdo it... switch over to flushing water or flush it at home with clear water and a garden hose if you want to make sure it's got the whole 5 minutes of soapy hot water. Just don't get stupid and close with the high pressure spray at an angle to any fins, which will likely get folded over by oblique angled high pressure sprays. As a King Hoarder, I am expert in removing mice/rat leavings. Also at how to kill them when they enter into my hoarding zone. Much of that is instinct being half German Descent, I tend to use vehicle emissions and a hose routed to the storage areas for regular 'pest control'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutantZ Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I tend to use vehicle emissions and a hose routed to the storage areas for regular 'pest control'.... Now that is a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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