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- From: murthy+@EDRC.CMU.EDU (Sesh Murthy)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Buick Century now has power!!
- Message-ID: <C01CuH.FH9.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:30:16 GMT
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- I replaced every damn thing I could on this car. Things
- improved but not much.
-
- Finally I decided to decarbonize using the water in the
- carburettor method. I poured in (using an old dishwashing
- liquid bottle) about 1 quart of water into the carburettor
- in a steady stream keeping engine rpm high enough not to
- stall. At the end of this I drove the car about 10 miles
- to get rid of any water that may have remained.
-
- The car feels GREAT. I can accelerate really fast, I can spin the
- wheels and overall the car is really smooth now. Finally this
- car is drivable. It seems to have something like its rated 110 HP.
-
- Thanks to all the peole who suggested this.
-
- I think the surging was because the knock sensor was sensing the
- knocking and retarding the spark. Then it would try again. Now
- this is gone. This probably also accounted for the low power
- previously. (If it had not been for the computer I would have
- heard the knocking and done this earlier.)
-
- So how exactly does this decarbonizing work? Is it necessary only
- on American cars? (I took the head off a Honda Civic 1.3 L and it
- had no carbon on it at 100,000 miles.) Why did my car have all
- this carbon anyway? (it has 104000 miles.)
-
- Sesh Murthy
-