Ultrasonic Injector Cleaning

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Woah--sombody's got WAY too much time on their hands <BG> !!!

Lyndon
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cooley <n5xmt at bellsouth.net>
To: gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: October 20, 1999 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Ultrasonic Injector Cleaning


>At 12:52 PM 10/20/1999 +0800, you wrote:
>>If you're looking for source of naptha(lene), mothballs / flakes
>>are the place to get 'em. 99.9% pure for only a couple of
>>dollars. Napthalene as a petrol additive is rumoured to
>>increased octane so I tried it. I didn't notice any increase
>>in anti knock properties but I did notice that my idle
>>was much much smoother so it must have been doing
>>something.
>>
>>I'm not entirely sure if naptha and napthalene are the
>>same. Surely someone on the list can tell us.
>
>Naptha is a liquid, Napthalene is a solid.
>Mothballs do effectively raise the octane of gas, but they also elevate the
>combustion temps immensely.  The also leave deposits of solid napthalene in
>the injectors etc.
>An old prank was to dump a box of mothballs in someone's gas tank... their
>car would go like hell until they shut it off, then, because of the
>extremely elevated cylinder temps, the rings would sieze to the cylinder
>walls.  Not good for use as an octane booster!
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