[Roadsters] Smoker?

[Tom Hendricksen]

Years ago just after high school several of my friends and myself messed with
Moris Minor 1000's.  We had one with a particularly dirty engine, and one of
my friends had heard that tranny fluid would clean it out.  I put in a quart
at the oil change and ran the car gently for about 100 miles, then drained the
engine oil.  What came out was mud.  Another short oil change with regular oil
only and that turned out to be one of the best engines in the group of cars we
had.  Tranny fluid is a very good gentle cleanser for the inside of your
engine.

Tom
69 2000 - Mr. Hyde
Portland
http://www.datsun2000.com
http://www.nowroc.org

On 8/21/2010 8:50:56 AM, Dave Cooke (cookefam314 at gmail.com) wrote:
> A friend at the office who used to be a mechanic suggested running trans
> fluid thru the carbs...any thoughts on this?
>
> I've had a piece of carbon get underneath valves all the time. 60% of the
> diagnosed valve jobs were dirt underneath valves. Before I tore down a
motor
> I would run a qt. of trans fluid through the carb. at high speeds. That
> cleans the motor very well. If it ends up not taking care of it at least
the
> internal motor is cleaner to work with.
>
> -Dave Cooke
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Gary and Cindy Ault
<aultgc at att.net>wrote:
>
> > Tim,
> >
> > Not likely.
> >
> > Gary
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <tputland at charter.net>
> > To: "'Datsun
> Roadster
> List'" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>; "RWM"
> > <RWM at RWMann.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Smoker?
> >
> >
> >  Would the fact that Dave is running 5w30 have anything to do with this?
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >>
> >> ---- RWM <RWM at RWMann.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> =============
> >> Looks like rings -- or did someone oil your SuperTrapp?