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Subject:Re: Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
From:Chris Mills
Date:Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:10:20 -0500

>"I really shouldn't be telling you this 'cos I want to sell injector
>cleaner but putting
>a litre or two of diesel in with the unleaded fuel when you fill up will
>work just as
>well but at a fraction of the cost"

I used it many times in my Beetle by trickling it into the carb while the
engine was running at 2K rpm. It made HUGE clouds of smoke but it did seem
to clean it up and it did run better. I did this before an oil change. This
was Italy '91-'94 and I was running leaded fuel.

I would have concerns about what it might do to injectors and/or the oxygen
sensor.

Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee

ICQ# 5944649
scm9985@tntech.edu

'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion