In the early '80s I had a piece of crap Pontiac four cylinder car. In the
middle of a trip to Fl. with the wife and two screaming kids the engine
started to make a loud rapping sound. After finding the nearest service
station, the mechanic (yes they still had mechanics at service stations back
then) listened to the noise and proceeded to dump Automatic transmissions
fluid into the carb. It smoked like hell for a while but the noise went
away. His diagnosis was a piece of carbon stuck to the top of the piston was
hitting a valve!! So I guess it does have some cleaning properties.
Ralph Jannelli
-----Original Message-----
From: Zempel David <Zempel_David@spmm.lmms.lmco.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 11:18 AM
Subject: ATF in the petrol
>On Sunday I finally got the TR4 on the road. Had to rebuild the
hydraulics.
>And with all of the unexpected travel out of town due to work that task
took
>much longer than expected. Where did the great weather go? Anyway, the
darn
>thing has taken up smoking (read, stuck ring or bad valve guides). Now I'm
>wondering, I knew someone in college some 25 years ago that used to add
>Automatic Transmission Fluid to every tank of gas in order to keep the
engine
>clean (on the inside dummy). In fact their dad had installed a 2 gallon
>container with a small crank pump and a feeder line to the fuel tank. The
>instructions were to give one turn on the crank every time the tank was
>filled. I digress. Anyway, I'm thinking a adding a small amount of ATF to
my
>tank and crossing my fingers. Has anyone done this? Did it work? Did it
>cause any problems?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Dave Zempel
>'62 TR4 SurreyTop
>Sunnyvale, CA.
>
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