[TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please help!

[FRED E THOMAS]

I also remember "Coke Cola" being used for this.  "FT"
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr at notwires.com>
To: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>; "'triumphs'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please 
help!


> Back in the day, back home in England, we used to pour a product called
> RedEx (an upper cylinder lubricant) into the carb for the same effect.  If
> you google Redex you will find a lot of discussion in English car
> maintenance forums relating to its efficacy.
>
> Mike
>
>> It does work, at least to some extent, and has been around for a long,
>> long
>> time (longer than I have).  But the real "old time" mechanics didn't
>> bother
>> with sissy garden sprayers, they just slowly (!) poured from a cup right
>> into the intake.
>>
>> Personally, I would rather just go find a back road and run it at full
>> output for awhile, which will also help clean out combustion chamber
>> deposits (assuming it's now running cleanly).
>>
>> Randall
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