Ultrasonic Injector Cleaning

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Also, very good at destroying the gray matter in a cranial hemisphere.
Stuff is what the glue sniffers got off on.  One of the llast chemicals I'd 
every work with is Toluene....
  Even in very small doses
Grumpy  

>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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>>David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT at bellsouth.net
>>Packet: N5XMT at KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068
>>We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated!
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