Flushing out oil cooler

Hi all,

I just picked up a second hand oil cooler for my 92 XR250 and wanted
to flush it out before it goes into service. Just wondering what i
should use solvent wise, or just stick with compressed air?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Ben.

 

to flush it out before it goes into service. Just wondering what i
should use solvent wise, or just stick with compressed air?

Got paraffin? It doesn't contain alcohols that might damage any paint
on the cooler, but it will leave the surface oily and the cooler will
smell like paraffin for a few days...

 

If you are USA, paraffin is kerosene.

 

Or in South USA, kerosene is "coal oil"

 

I live in southeast USA. I have never heard of coal oil.
We call it kerosene. I thought paraffin was an opaque
waxy substance?

 

Lorry, lift, flat...UK and USA English varies esp in nouns.

 

When the US censors banned Cleland's 'Fanny Hill' they knew something was
amiss but didn't know it started with the title.

 

My Mom used to use paraffin to seal the lids on Mason jars when she
canned fruit, and my Dad's responsibility was to keep the stove's tank
full of "coal oil", AKA "kerosene"...

Since the OP's e-mail addy indicated that he probably lives in
Downunda, I used the British term "paraffin" to avoid confusion...

"Kerosene" comes from the Greek word "keros", meaning "wax"...

In the USA, though, it's true that paraffin is usually thought of as an
opaque waxy substance. And you can get paraffin from crude oil, coal
oil, or wood...

What United Statesians call kerosene often comes from boiling hot crude
oil in the first distillation process, it's taken off what's called an
"atmospheric tower" between the naphtha fraction and the diesel
fraction. Then the waxes and lube stocks are separated from the
asphalt-like material that remains in the bottom of the atmospheric
tower. The "bottoms" are pumped through another heater into what's
called a "vacuum tower" so they can be separated into wax oils, lube
stocks, and asphalt. And the solid black stuff under the asphalt is
called "coke", but it doesn't taste anywhere near as good as Pepsi...

I hope that last statement doesn't start a new controversy ;-)

 

Thanks for that info Krusty, i'll give it a shot.

Regards,

Ben.

 

Just another quick question, does anyone know what path the oil takes
through the engine? I have a feeling the cooler i've just picked up
has been sandblasted and resprayed at some stage. If there was grit
stuck in the cooler, would it be picked up by the oil filter before it
gets to my main bearings? I'm thinking about adding an oil filter
inline after it passes through the cooler for a few runs, just to be
safe. good or bad idea?

Thanks in advance,

Ben.