removing fluid from cylinders(3B.)

[Kneale Brownson]

MightyVac?


At 06:20 PM 12/29/2000 -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>Now, I'm trying the DSM-list procedure for decarbonizing and it's working
>great.  First I do the part where you inject the Mopar Combustion Chamber
>cleaner into a vacuum line to the manifold w/ the car running.  Super.
>
>Now I do the "spray it in the spark plug holes and let it
>sit" part.  Seems to be working wonders(see next.)
>
>So, I confidently plop a towel over the holes to keep the stuff from
>spraying everywhere, disconnect the ignition module, and turn the engine
>over.  The cloth bounces up and down(very amusing to watch.)  After a few
>seconds, I stop and get out, inspect the cloth...5 very dark brown soaking
>spots with -lots- of carbon bits and dirt all over.  Great!  It worked!
>
>So, I do a little double checking with the old flashlight(equipped with
>fibre extension.)  Hmm.  There's still liquid in there.  That's not good.
>
>Seems that the engine doesn't have quite enough oompf to get all of the
>liquid all the way up the rather deep holes on the 3B engine.  Ooops.
>
>So, after several 5-10 second starter runs, there's still a decent amount
>of the stuff in each cylinder.  Nasty browish, carbon-chunk-laden
>soup.  Tough to guess how much, but it appears to be about an eigth of an
>inch "deep."
>
>I've tried, without much luck, blowing it out with a compressed air
>gun+extension tube and a bunch of other things.  I have not(given the
>flamable nature of said cleaner) tried using a shop vac, with good
>reason.  Also tried plugging one plug hole to "encourage" the liquid to
>exit via the valves, not the cylinder hole(didn't work, I got a nifty
>shop-rag-cannon.)
>
>  Any other suggestions?  Pulling the head is -not- going to happen.  I'm
>also curious to know how much fluid I need to be concerned
>about; most of what I've heard and read says that it takes -very-
>little water, so I'm not about to just pop the plugs in and turn it
>over.  What will probably happen is I'll simply let it drain
>overnight; the fluid should seep through the rings and in the morning, the
>fluid will be all gone.
>
>But I'd like the use of the car tonight, so suggestions on accelerating
>the process are fully welcomed.
>
>Brett
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