>If you want a very inexpensive way to cleanup the carbon deposits in the
>combustion chamber...here's how:
>
>(1) Get your engine nice and warm
>(2) Remove the airhat - start the engine and let idle
>(3) Grab a glass of water (yup...H2O) and slowly pour it down the TB throat
>(Keep one hand on the throttle linkage to open the bores a little bit when
>the engine starts to die)
>(4) Once the glass is almost empty, pour the rest down the bores and remove
>your hand from the throttle linkage...let engine die
>(5) Change your plugs (if you want to) and fire it up again
How often would you recommend doing this to clean the carbon. And at what
mileage should you start doing this?
Thanks,
John
>That's a very old-fashioned way of doing it...and the least expensive of
>all.
>
>(The water turns into very hot steam and softens the carbon. The carbon
>then looses its grip on the combustion chamber and goes right out your
>tailpipe...no harm to catalytic converters either.)
>
>- Bernd
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