It does work, it will clean the pistons and combustion chambers, the water
turns to steam and "steam cleans" the pistons. However there is a risk, if
you get too much water in one cylinder you will either hydrolock the engine
or bend a rod.
both of these are generally considered as not a good thing.
Rick
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Greg Lemon <glemon@neb.rr.com> wrote:
> Have heard of it, was explained to me as an old mechanics trick for
> decarbonizing, water gets in the carbon a little bit, rapidly vaporizes and
> takes the deposits off in theory I think, I have tried it, you get all sorts
> of interesting noises from the car, no apparent damage, no idea if it
> worked.
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