Can You Strip The Sad Apart To Clean?

[yanto 0]

As title,ive taken the sad off the car just wondering can you undo the nut and pull it apart without doin damage to give it clean?

[Kennyb 0]

dont think you can touch them inside....I know the nut is used to adjust the valve but dont think you can take them apart at all :-(

[yanto 0]

dont think you can touch them inside....I know the nut is used to adjust the valve but dont think you can take them apart at all :-(

 

I've took mine off and i can see the piece of pie slot even tho i took it off and i hadn't long picked the missus up from work so not a cold engine(probably was cold the time it took to get off tho)

Should i be seeing the slot or not?

[Kennyb 0]

when engine is cold it should be open......when engine is fully up to temp should be closed.....

 

you can check them by giving them some straight voltage from battery

 

or when engine is defo defo up to running temp .....and with engine running......crimp the hose leading off it to air intake and if tick over drops then will be faulty

Edited February 5, 2009 by Kennyb

[Ryan 99]

If you soak the whole thing overnight in something like meths or brake cleaner and then move the disc inside back and forth with a bit of wire then you can often get a faulty SAD working again. Repeat a few times and you can get it almost as good as new.

[Kennyb 0]

If you soak the whole thing overnight in something like meths or brake cleaner and then move the disc inside back and forth with a bit of wire then you can often get a faulty SAD working again. Repeat a few times and you can get it almost as good as new.

 

 

Is this right??? would it not cock up the electrics in it? if so I might give it a whirl

 

Anyone done this and it worked???

[welshpug 1,657]

electrics? its a simple valve with a bi-metallic strip and small heating element, so yes thousands of these have been subjected to this and worked absolutely fine afterwards

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

I put mine in the Dishwasher!

 

Then again, I put loads of stuff in the dishwasher when Abby is out, even had a cylinder head in there before.

 

Dont tell her though!

[mickie 3]

I put mine in the Dishwasher!

 

Then again, I put loads of stuff in the dishwasher when Abby is out, even had a cylinder head in there before.

 

Dont tell her though!

 

i tried that once with engine parts, man the dishwasher was a mess after

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

allow pleanty of time to run a cycle after you remove the parts and also make sure all filters are removed

[large 33]

allow pleanty of time to run a cycle after you remove the parts and also make sure all filters are removed

And the wife is out

[mogsman 2]

I've used the dishwasher many times for car and bike parts, always when the wife is out. I always put it through a cycle afterwards to clean it out. She caught me out once when it was full of bits from my bike. She didn't get too upset.

Ian