Best way to clean out black plastic intake manifold post turbo failure.

[nebula72]

Hi All

I'm putting together my new engine post turbo failure and I was wondering the best way to clean out the stock black plastic intake that I would like to reuse.  Since the turbo let go and sent bearing dust throughout the old engine, I'm trying to figure out how to effectively clean out the intake.

All suggestions are appreciated.

Tom

[nebula72]

I ended up using foaming engine degreaser and plan to spray the hell out of it and let it sit for a few days to dry

[KZJonny]

Good plan.

I would think anything that is a good detergent/oil and grease buster will help to break up and lift any oily residue that could theoretically still be holding bits of metal. That, followed by lots of rinsing, thorough drying then blasting with compressed air should do the job.

Running some fresh white painters rags through when you're done to look for any evidence of remaining metal contamination would be the last step.

[m sprank]

Replace it. With the "plastic" manifolds I found even 24 hours in an industrial parts washer left debris embedded in the manifold.  But its your call.