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- From: eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: Carbon Buildup in engines ( valves ? ).....
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.013236.10486@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <4768@calmasd.Prime.COM> <1992Jul22.073213.4161@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 01:32:36 GMT
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- >:
- >: * How can one diagnose if in fact there is carbon buildup ?
- >:
- >Perform a compression test. If the compression is substantially above
- >what your service manual says it should be, there's carbon in there.
- >
-
- I'm not so sure about that. I assume you mean the compression will go
- up because the VOLUME of the carbon changes the Compression ratio?
- My experience says that it only takes a LITTLE bit of carbon to cause
- pre-ignition (run-on). I can't see how one could measure this small change.
- Especially since the specs differ from measurements vary WILDLY. It will
- be different from cylinder to cylinder (and NOT duee to more carbon in
- one cylinder!) I suppose you could argue that when you do a "wet"
- compression test (oil in the cylinder), it's higher than the dry (no oil)
- because of the volume of oil you added ??????? :^)
-
- Anyway, to answer the original poster's question about how to get rid of
- it, yes, a long HARD drive is good. If that doesn't work, I have a method
- I've used for years, and it works: Take about 1 qt of water and slowly
- dribble it into the intake airstream of the hot, running engine. it
- may take 15 minutes to use all the water- set the idle fast if you desire.
- You can try this over and over. Try running the engine hard between
- doses (up hills at full throttle). The next best thing is 1). install
- a water injection system, or 2). disassmeble and clean!
-
- -Eric
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