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  • Member For: 17y 3m
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Macksville NSW.

My power steering pump has died and subsequently drowned my alternator in oil.....short of stripping it apart, what is the best way of cleaning it? 

It's still working fine but I'm not sure dropping it in a bath of degreaser is gonna do it much good. ....:/

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  • Member For: 7y 10m 9d
  • Gender: Not Telling
  • Location: Radioactive wasteland

Hmmm I had a similar dilemma on a BA I sold recently. It had a weeping hose so it wasn't too bad but I left it. 

Brake cleaner? 

Maybe pulling it apart would be the only option. 

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  • Member For: 15y 11m 18d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Melbourne

To ensure it won't die, pulling it apart is pretty much the only option as everything else won't get in where the oil did, and if it does, it may not get rid of it.

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