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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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can i spray carb cleaner in my spark plug holes or is this a bad idea
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo98xj
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can i spray carb cleaner in my spark plug holes or is this a bad idea
Why? if your cylinder's rings are bad you'll have carb cleaner oozing into your oil before you can get the plugs back in and hooked up (it might just get vented out but still.. I wouldn't want that for mine). Why not just run some sort of cleaner through your tank or brake booster vacuum?
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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agreed, not necessary or desirable.
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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thanks guys
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 02:09 PM
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run a can of seafoam thru it
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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thats what i plan on
now is it safe to spray your throttle body with carb cleaner
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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only if it is safe for oxygen sensors and catalytic convertors.
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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well lol i put a bottle of seafoam in the gas tank
half a bottle in the oil
and half a bottle in threw the brake booster
and i also cleaned out the throttle body with some deep creep
god!!
i had soooo much smoke it was ridiculous i wish i would have video taped
i think yall would have thought it was a loooooooooot of smoke too
well since i have done this everything seems alryte now
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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seafoam-smoke = carbon dying = happy engine
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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is it ok to seafoam your car twice like one after another
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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also is there any possible way to clean spark plugs
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