<div dir="auto">New Minis need to be decoked. Real problem if you dont drive your car on long trips and blow them out.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, May 26, 2018, 2:48 AM Kees Oudesluijs <<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Modern fuels will also leave deposits, although much less than the old <br>
stuff. Additives will not change that. Perhaps a water mist through the <br>
carbs with a running engine may help to loosen up the carbon and eject <br>
it through the exhaust.<br>
<br>
Modern cars run on lean mixtures which are computer monitored all the <br>
time and higher engine temperatures. Our old barges run on relatively <br>
rich mixtures and lower temperatures thus producing more deposites.<br>
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<br>
Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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Op 26-5-2018 om 00:17 schreef Patrick & Caroline Quinn:<br>
> Hello<br>
><br>
> Is RedEx in its original formula still available?<br>
><br>
> It was very popular during the 1950s as it helped remove combustion chamber<br>
> deposits, thus delaying the need for a decoke and valve grind. If you look<br>
> at the RedEx website it refers to removing deposits on fuel injection<br>
> injectors, but nothing about combustion chamber carbon deposits.<br>
><br>
> Then again do new modern technology cars develop combustion chamber carbon<br>
> deposits?<br>
><br>
> Hoo Roo<br>
><br>
> Patrick Quinn<br>
> Blue Mountains, Australia<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Peter<br>
> Dzwig<br>
> Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2018 2:20 AM<br>
> To: 'Bob Spidell'; 'Healeys'<br>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Diesel BJ8<br>
><br>
> Dose of RedEx?<br>
><br>
> Peter<br>
><br>
> On 25/05/2018 04:16, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:<br>
>> Hello<br>
>><br>
>> The six-cylinder engine in the BN3 used to do the same and then we took it<br>
> on some long trips of 500 miles or so. Never happened again.<br>
>> Previously the use the car received was relatively short which allowed for<br>
> a build-up of carbon deposits in the combustion chambers. The long runs<br>
> managed to get rid of the deposits.<br>
>> Remember our cars were built in an era when a decoke and valve grind was<br>
> an annual or biannual event and I suspect that such a thing doesn't happen<br>
> in this day and age.<br>
>> Hoo Roo<br>
>><br>
>> Patrick Quinn<br>
>> Blue Mountains, Australia<br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Bob<br>
> Spidell<br>
>> Sent: Friday, 25 May 2018 12:09 PM<br>
>> To: Healeys<br>
>> Subject: [Healeys] Diesel BJ8<br>
>><br>
>> No, I haven't stuffed a Cummins 6-cyl in my BJ8. But, my car has<br>
>> started dieseling--aka 'running on'--more than it used to. Compression<br>
>> is high-180PSI give-or-take on all 6--but mixture is good (I think) and<br>
>> idle is usually around 700-750RPM depending on conditions. Timing is<br>
>> spec (15deg BTDC@600RPM, vacuum advance disconnected and port on carb<br>
>> plugged). I've always run Champion RN12YC plugs, and have never had a<br>
>> problem with them, but I'm wondering if colder plugs might help.<br>
>><br>
>> Thoughts?<br>
>><br>
>> Bob<br>
>><br>
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