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- Subject: Re: Carbon Buildup in engines ( valves ? ).....
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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 25 Jul 92 20:31:00 GMT
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- Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059
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- -> mix of denatured alcohol and water right into the intake method of
- -> removing carbon. It worked. the engine shuddered
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- Last year the head gasket on my D/SP Capri blew while my brother was
- going down the back straight. Big gush of steam out the tailpipe. Got
- it back home, pulled the head, and there was a couple years' worth of
- carbon coating in the first three cylinders. #4 was squeaky clean; the
- piston was shiny on top, the valves were shiny, and the chamber was
- clean.
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- It cleaned the cylinder a-verra-nahss, but I wouldn't recommend that
- method for normal servicing...
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