I don't have a ton of knowledge on this, but on the diesel lists I'm on
ATF has fallen into disfavor of late as any sort of fuel/combustion
additive/detergent.

Apparently the refiner/producers now add "friction enhancers" to the mix
that somehow aid the torque converter into beig more efficient, and
these friction enhancers are not friendly to the injection/combustion
process.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Marketing & Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
AIM = IExplain4u
Phone: +1.919.658.1278

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of SpaceKommander
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 9:24 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Compression Question

Well, it's close to fryday . . . .

>Also, another thing that really gets rid of the carbon build up is the
old
>school pouring tranny fluid into the carb.....It burns that carbon out
of
>the chamber..............

A buddy of mine in high school had a car that he hooked an extra
windshield
washer tank and pump up to - that had the hose vent in to the carb -
he's
fill the extra tank with automatic tranny fluid then hit the extra
"spray"
switch and the AT fluid would be dumped to the carb - he'd have to
downshift to keep it running and get the revs up - but huge clouds of
blue
smoke would come pouring out the tailpipe like james Bond . . . .