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Re: [oletrucks] Doesn't Wanna Die -- spray, don't pour!

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Doesn't Wanna Die -- spray, don't pour!
From: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 16:15:30 -0600 (CST)
This makes even more sense than the old waterglass trick.  I guess we
didn't have many leftover Windex bottles back then.

Bruce Kettunen
bekett@uslink.net
57 3200


>>>Several things to try:
>
>>>2.  Pour a glass of water SLOWLY down the throat of the carb while the
>beast is idling hot.
>
>    actually, using a spray bottle full of water is alot easier, and won't be
>as potentially messy and damaging if you "accidently" pour too much. I've
>sprayed water down the carb, it's alot easier than pouring it and gets to the
>cylinders much quicker, as it's already airborne particulates of water. Just
>set the bottle for spray or mist, and keep pumping slowly, making sure the
>engine doesn't die from over-spraying. If your engine is carboned up badly,
>however, you could knock loose big fragments, and have them bounce around
>inside the cylinder. But it's worth a shot ( or spray ).
>
>Jerry Casper
>'55 Suburban
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959



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