How can I clean this?


 
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JohnnyYukon

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Q200 is about 3 years old, and I've used a clean brass bristle brush, but read someone soaked in warm soapy water overnight? Is that advisable?

I don't mind buying a new burner tube, but would like to try to clean this one first.

Thanks!



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I did the whole soapy water soak, poked the holes with a push pin, etc. on my Q200, and it worked just as new. Just make sure you don't bust open the holes any wider than they should be. If they are brittle with rust (which I doubt), then i wouldn't touch them at all. Nowadays, I just scrub them with a grill brush to open them up. I figure with heavy use, you should soap/clean the burner tubes every three years or so.
 
ChangL said:
I did the whole soapy water soak, poked the holes with a push pin, etc. on my Q200, and it worked just as new. Just make sure you don't bust open the holes any wider than they should be. If they are brittle with rust (which I doubt), then i wouldn't touch them at all. Nowadays, I just scrub them with a grill brush to open them up. I figure with heavy use, you should soap/clean the burner tubes every three years or so.
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Yes, this was what I was thinking. I've already brushed them, time to step it up a notch. Did you just soak in a dish liquid with water? How long a soak?
 
JohnnyYukon said:
Yes, this was what I was thinking. I've already brushed them, time to step it up a notch. Did you just soak in a dish liquid with water? How long a soak?
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Hot water, dish soap, big bucket submerged for about 30 min. Scrubbed with non abrasive scouring pad. Power wash with garden hose. Make sure you get all the crud out. Hang dry overnight.
 
Seems like a lot of work. I have never had to resort to that. I don't even take it outta the grill. Never have except to clean the grill housing itself. Never had to push anything in to the holes either. A stiff brush has always done the job perfectly. I keep a good grill brush that I never use on grates otherwise IMO I would just be forcing grease in to the burner
 
LMichaels said:
Seems like a lot of work. I have never had to resort to that. I don't even take it outta the grill. Never have except to clean the grill housing itself. Never had to push anything in to the holes either. A stiff brush has always done the job perfectly. I keep a good grill brush that I never use on grates otherwise IMO I would just be forcing grease in to the burner
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Well, as I've already mentioned, I tried that. With a clean brush. Several times. And you see the results. Virtually the entire top of the burner tube is weak, with half totally clogged or something. With a long lighter, I can actually get those ports to light, but it's weak and they go off eventually.
 
I use wet dry vacuum pulling vacuum on the small burner holes, light brushing, clean each hole with welding torch tip cleaner being careful not to enlarge holes and then re-vacuum out well.
Then vacuum attachment fits the curvature of burner pipe well creating lots of suction on the very small holes. Little time consuming but burns like new.
 
I just cleaned the tube on my 220 yesterday. I took some fine sand paper to it, went at it until the top where the holes are looked clean. Then took my compressor at 120 psi and pushed air through the holes. Working great now.
 
Claude M said:
I just cleaned the tube on my 220 yesterday. I took some fine sand paper to it, went at it until the top where the holes are looked clean. Then took my compressor at 120 psi and pushed air through the holes. Working great now.
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Did it blow the gunk out the one end of the tube? I was noticing the further away I got from the main opening, the more clogged the holes were. I used a tiny little pin, like a nano-milimeter smaller than the holes.
 
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