What's best to clean supercharger prior to rebuild

[oldskoolmat]

Gonna be rebuilding 'charger soon an it's got quite a bit of grease/oil in it,what's the best thing clean it up with,regular degreaser okay or is it likely to damage it? lashings of WD 40 maybe?
Any advice is appreciated,thanks in advance-Matt

[z3i]

Pete g40 uses some cheap degreaser which works wonders, so I wouldn't worry too much about chemicals damaging it. Saying that do not what ever you do, use wheel cleaner, acid or anything caustic as it will obliterate the magnesium alloy

I used surfex by bilt and hamber, it's water based but does a better job of decreasing oil than heavy duty solvent degreasers, top stuff! It's cheap too! A big bottle is £20 but dilutes down to 10 to 1 so last ages!! Gets thick gundge of really well!! Is even gentle enough to use on delicate things too as it reduces down with water

Taylor

[physicsfool]

I used petrol in a spray bottle because i am a pikey.

[z3i]

I used petrol in a spray bottle because i am a pikey.

And news paper to wipe it off?

[PeteG40]

petrol/carb cleaner/cheap degreaser - but be careful, anything such as parts washer can/will corrode the displacer/scroll!

[physicsfool]

I used petrol in a spray bottle because i am a pikey.

And news paper to wipe it off?

Mate, only the finest newspaper at that. Yes I must add I replaced every seal and bearing so didn't have any worries about damage to the greased/moving parts