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Oven Cleaner Safety
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Baz
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I used it, but my pistons are dished so it didn't 'spill' down the sides of the cylinder walls.
Once on, I let it soak in for a few mins then got the softer wire brush and the carbon came off.
I let it dry up then used the vacuum cleaner hose to get it all out. Don't tell the missus.
Others may crucify me for what I did, but it did the job.
Have rags handy.
Once on, I let it soak in for a few mins then got the softer wire brush and the carbon came off.
I let it dry up then used the vacuum cleaner hose to get it all out. Don't tell the missus.
Others may crucify me for what I did, but it did the job.
Have rags handy.
regularman
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Thats a good idea, I never thought of that. I always just used a piece of ring to scrape them off. You know they should make a special spark plug or something that you could use on each cylinder right before a rebuild that injects a littl bit of water in there while its running. Have you ever seen a cylinder that was getting water from a leaking headgasket? It is clean as new money, valves and everything.
Be careful of using Easy-off or any other form of Draino on aluminum- that chemical (can't remember the name) eats aluminum really quickly so if you do use it be sure to flush it very thoroughly afterwards or you could easily have holes in your pistons. I did a project at work about 20 years ago where we put Draino in an old icecube tray (aluminum) to strip wire insulation (varnish) and it ate through the pan in about 10 minutes, I wouldn't want to see a piston that had that stuff on it the next morning.
Bill
And we used to get our engines running at around 2000 rpm and SLOWLY pour a Coke bottle of water into the carb to blow out the carbon. Works well.
Bill
And we used to get our engines running at around 2000 rpm and SLOWLY pour a Coke bottle of water into the carb to blow out the carbon. Works well.
Atrus
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They have cleaner to use instead of the water now. I think one is called Seafoam, and I know Delco has one at GM dealers. They have a spray or a can. With the can, you use a vacuum line and slowly drain the can. When there's a little left, you stick the vaccum tube in there and let the engine stall out as it pulls in the last bit. Let it sit 10 minutes, fire it up, and it's supposedly clean.
Westfield_XI
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I remember using that in the 70's, got it @ my local Cadillac dealer under the name "Top Engine Cleaner" It was a Delco product too. I recall the part about letting the car stall out on the stuff, I also recall being astounded by the huge amount of white smoke that came out of the tailpipe after waiting the 10 minutes for it to work!
