<div dir="ltr">Peter,<div><br></div><div>Seems like this valve can be easily taken apart. There should not be too many parts; if you keep track of everything while disassembling you should be fine with putting it back together. Make sure the sealing materials are compatible with whatever solvent you use to clean it.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM Peter Gordon <<a href="mailto:peterggordon@gmail.com">peterggordon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi all, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I've had an oil pump backflush up into an XMD-40-XN1A valve (<a href="https://us.misumi-ec.com/vona2/detail/221300205892/?HissuCode=XMD-40-XN1A" target="_blank">link</a>), which now no longer works. Does anyone have any advice regarding cleaning? I'm not familiar enough with the internal workings to decide whether it's a lost cause or not. Any advice is appreciated. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cheers,<br>Peter</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Peter G. Gordon, PhD<br>CU NanoFab Facility Administrator<br>Department of Chemistry<br>Carleton University</div><div>(613) 520-2600 ext.7561<br><a href="https://carleton.ca/fanssi/" target="_blank">https://carleton.ca/fanssi/</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
labnetwork mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu" target="_blank">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Ahdam Ali<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial,sans-serif">R&D Engineer II</font></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial,sans-serif">UCSD Calit2 Nano3 Facility</font></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Atkinson Hall <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.33px">M/C0436</span></font></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.33px"><font face="arial,sans-serif">9500 Gilman Drive</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.33px"><font face="arial,sans-serif">La Jolla, CA  92093-0436</font></span></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px georgia,serif;overflow:visible"><font face="arial,sans-serif"></font><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px georgia,serif;overflow:visible"></font></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;line-height:19.99px;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial,sans-serif">E<font style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px georgia,serif;overflow:visible">mail: <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:pdriscoll@eng.ucsd.edu" target="_blank">aali@eng.ucsd.edu</a></font></font></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial,sans-serif"></font>Phone: (<span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">858)-534-4768</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>