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Old 03-17-06, 11:40 AM
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Re: Cleaning your engine of evil carbon

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Originally Posted by Tailfin
Yeah I realize they were for N*...does it really build up THAT much more carbon than other engines though? It just seemed like it never got all of it out...as I can add another can and still get more smoke. I'm thinking I might try the isopropyl method...or at least do that after the water method...would ensure getting the water out.
The smoke is not carbon. It is the solvents evaporating under the heat of the combustion chamber.

Leaving the solvent/vapors inside overnight is what insures that you dissolve the most carbon.

I think the situation with the Northstar, is that it was designed to be a high performance engine, and it is mostly underutilized in that role. So either it is more sensitive to the carbon or it builds more due to it's underuse.