Someone once told me of this method of decarbonizing an engine but
they said to use water mist in the carb. I never tried it and always
wondered if it was safe to do.
Jeff
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Subject: Valves
Author: Michael Fisher <fisher(at)tomahawk.dst.battelle.org> at INTERNET
Date: 2/4/97 9:03 AM
I was doing a quick tune-up last night and setting the timing when I had a
rather loud backfire and then lost power in cylinder three. As this was at
10:30 last night, I quit!
Tonight when I get home I plan to pull the valve cover and go exploring. A
friend at work thinks I have an intake valve stuck open either from a broken
spring or a carbon deposit on the seat. He also said a method of dealing with
the carbon deposit is to steam clean the engine while running, i.e. pour water
into the carburettor. He cautioned against this as it is easy to put to much
water in and consequently destroy the engine. Has anybody heard of this before
and if so how much water do you use? I am not going to do this, but just
wanted to know.
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