Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
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Re: Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
Originally Posted by chris
medium style toothbrush. Try to clean the best you can without doing any major pushing. I actually had an ecu that was a rust machine was a dead ecu. Used 3 tooth brushes on it and about 2 hours of cleaning. Worked like a charm. I would be a little scared of any fluids on there.
i do the same thing he does but ive used isopropyl alcohol and it dont leave any.
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Re: Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
meh, only use acetone on what you need to clean to socket it, then alcohol to clean the acetone up... the acetone will remove the lacquer, and you dont want to remove ALL the lacquer, just where you need to (de)solder. just air-dust the rest with ~50-psi
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Re: Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
tooth brush or acid brush and cut half the bristles off to make it more sturdy. its probably just flux that never got cleaned off.
sounds like brake cleaner works although ive never tried that. we always use isopropyl alcohol.
sounds like brake cleaner works although ive never tried that. we always use isopropyl alcohol.
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Re: Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
Originally Posted by t_cel_t
go to radio shack and look for stuff called board wash, its made for this exact thing. although i am pretty sure it is just some alkene
tell me more about this stuff calld board wash?got a link anywhere?
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Re: Cleaning An ECU, what can I use?
Originally Posted by zccr-xsi
tell me more about this stuff calld board wash?got a link anywhere?
here is what my dad uses
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/produc...uct_id=20-4480
