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- From: jbm@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jeffrey Mulligan)
- Subject: Re: Run On
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.012201.13181@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
- References: <1992Jul21.151937.1@sc9.intel.com> <5328@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:22:01 GMT
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- met@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Millam Tackitt) writes:
-
- >when you get home tonight leave your car idleing, open the hood and turn
- >the idle screw up until she idles at around 1600rpm's. get the garden
- >hose and turn it on to a slow but steady dribble. remove your air
- >cleaner top and let the water from your hose dribble into the engine.
- >If the engine starts to bog and die pull the hose away and turn the
- >dribble down or set the idle up. then return the water to the engine for
- >about 10 minutes.
- >this will remove carbon build-up from the cylinders and probably remove
- >the run-on problem also.
- >NO this will not harm your engine. I have used this technique for 20
- >yrs. and on every make of vehicle.
-
- One caveat about pouring water down the carb:
- I did this on my truck a few years ago and water got into the float bowl
- through the bowl vent tube which projects out over the throat in this
- particular carb. Surface tension at the water/gas interface prevented
- any flow from occuring, I had to tear the carb apart and clean the
- water out. Moral: keep the water away from the vent tube.
-
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-
- Jeff Mulligan (jbm@eos.arc.nasa.gov)
- NASA/Ames Research Ctr., Mail Stop 262-2, Moffett Field CA, 94035
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