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1. RE: Carbon Buildup Preventative Maintenance (score: 1)
Author: GDonati@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 01:54:35 EDT
Water injection is a very good remedy for "blasting" carbon build-up within cylinders. That used to be a popular add on system to prevent pinging before the advent of knock sensors and electronic ig
/html/shop-talk/1999-04/msg00027.html (7,450 bytes)

2. Re: Carbon Buildup Preventative Maintenance (score: 1)
Author: Mike Frerichs <maf@radiks.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 01:54:20 -0500
Just a warning: Be VERY careful to dribble SLOWLY if you try the procedure listed below. If you get too much water in any one cylinder you get a hydraulic lock. What this means is that the piston wil
/html/shop-talk/1999-04/msg00028.html (7,540 bytes)

3. Re: Carbon Buildup Preventative Maintenance (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:09:14 -0400
My brother-in-law recommended using a glass of water and dribbling it in very slowly. Claims it works. His background is an owner of an auto parts store and been working on cars for 30 years. I have
/html/shop-talk/1999-04/msg00030.html (7,890 bytes)

4. Re: Carbon Buildup Preventative Maintenance (score: 1)
Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:01:00 -0500
In practice you'd be hard pressed to feed in enough water to hydraulic a motor. You'd need a bucket or a hose with a pretty good stream to do it.
/html/shop-talk/1999-04/msg00032.html (7,334 bytes)

5. Re: Carbon Buildup Preventative Maintenance (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:25:19 -0700
Unless your combustion chambers are a lot bigger than mine, a cupful of water is enough to do some damage, if it goes in all in one slug. (9:1 CR in a 3.0 6-banger = 62.5 cc, which is about 1/4 cup.)
/html/shop-talk/1999-04/msg00033.html (7,499 bytes)


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