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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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Is there anything I should be concerned about when taking a power washer to my FMIC this summer? Regular hose wont get all the crap, bugs, and dirt out of the front. I think a power washer will clean it pretty good.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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nope, no issues as long as your couplers are on and you aren't spraying water into the path of the air (for example: taking a coupler off and spraying the insides of your charge piping)
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Test a small area first juuuust in case it's powerful enough to bend fins!
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 06:36 AM
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I put some plastic gutter mesh in front of mine to stop the bugs from directly hitting the IC.. If you soak it in some sudsy ammonia it will loosen the dried up bug guts very well.
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