Oil pan cleaning

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Oil pan cleaning

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Hey guys,

I had to pull my oil pan now I'm in the process of cleaning it before fitting it back onto the engine. I was wondering how you managed to clean the part underneath the baffle-plate? I already ran a liter of break clean trough it and blew it out with compressed air but it seems to still not be 100% clean


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Re: Oil pan cleaning

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Just remove the baffle plate and those plastic bits.
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Re: Oil pan cleaning

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Hi, sorry for the late reply, been on vacation the last couple of days.

I'm talking about this plate, is it really removable? I thought it was fixed to the sides of the oil pan.

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Oooh! That’s not the same as mine. You will just have to flush that through well after soaking in degreaser.
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Re: Oil pan cleaning

Post by julian.rx8 »

Interesting to see that there are different oil pans out there apparently. Thanks for the help Chris