Ultrasonic Injector Cleaning

[Craig Moates]

For parts cleaning, Toluene is very very good. It will dissolve lots of
stuff, particularly if it's in an ultrasonic bath. Most organics (tar, gum,
etc) can be dissolved using toluene or hexane. If you mix the two, you
should have nothing but good luck removing deposits. Both should be
available readily. through local distributors.

-----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: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:56 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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