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i was trying to clean out my carbon deposits from my engine because i just got my car and i heard that cold engine knock was a problem with the northstar engine. i followed the directions left in a post. i got a arosol can of top engine cleaner and i warmed up the engine to operating temp and then i put it in the pcv valve everthing was going good i then reved the engine to 2000rpms and the white smoke started comming out it was making a funny sound so i let my foot off the pedal and the engine stalled. did i do something wrong. put to much cleaner in. i hope i didnt hydrolock my engine should i start my engine or not is this normal
 

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You can start the engine. Whenever you do something like this you need to keep those rpms up. Slowly let off the gas, but keep on it enough to keep it running.Once it burns through you will be back at normal idle. You put the pcv valve back in, right?
 
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