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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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WOW!! , that's just knutts

Send out the stupidity patrol to reclaim your motor - you don't deserve it !!
Thats how any of these cleaners are run into the motor. Dealerships do it all the time
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Yea , what's up with Spam? , I have 4 or 5 cans of that in cupboard - next to the Ravioli's (italian double stuffed). They been in there for awhile , but there still good according to the expire date..

It will kill yuh? Let me know for sure, I can save it for guests or feed it to the neighbors dog of I have to..

Thanx.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Man i love grilled spam and cream cheese sandwiches. you have to grill it just right so the edges are crispy, but the middle is still soft.

now thats good eatin'!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Thats how any of these cleaners are run into the motor. Dealerships do it all the time

Really ? - can anyone explain the MotorVac Service - I'm not sure how that works , thought it may be the better alternative - a safer one anyway..
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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- can anyone explain the MotorVac Service - I'm not sure how that works , thought it may be the better alternative - a safer one anyway..
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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sorry didn't mean to hijack, just got carried away
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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BG-44K goes in the gas tank.
http://www.bgprod.com/products/fuelair.html

Let's talk a little shop. If you wanted to remove carbon from the internals of your engine, the best thing out there is water. But if you add the water/mist too quick, it will hydrolock the engine. The same thing goes for most any other liquids. Some will stand some compression, some won't stand up to any compression and parts start to break. Now you also have to have an engine at operating temps for the water to work. What do you think is going to happen when the cold water hits the hot pistons? Same thing for any other liquid. It's not smart to introduce any liquid to any engine at temp from an external source.

Motorvac:
http://www.motorvac.com/products/CarbonCleanMCS245.html
All of the specs and procedures are on clickable links.
 

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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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I do not use seafoam all that often. Once a year at most. I just put it in my tank when I fill up. I do not try the other route.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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Where can I find some of that BG? Is that something I might find locally or will I need to order it? I think I might try a can of that in my truck just because I have no idea what the previous owner ran as far as gas is concerned, nor do I know what was done maintenance-wise.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Thanx Labnerd

Downloading real player , thought I had that ..
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 01:16 AM
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ok can someone explain exactly where this vac hose is on my 05 f150 5.4 so i can suck up some of this chit
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 01:41 AM
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ok can someone explain exactly where this vac hose is on my 05 f150 5.4 so i can suck up some of this chit

On the brake booster behind the master cylinder.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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The dealer here uses a BG machine to clean the intake - I assume it's similar to the Motorvac? I had mine done a few weeks ago - they used the machine and put a load of BG44K in the gas tank.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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Yea , I wish I had access to one of those - not for the motorvac (clean mine by hand) , but - it's gotta a colored smoke tester and EVAP tester on that same machine it looks like..

They just came out with a cheap colored smoke tester for leaks - auto zone carries it now. That little hand pump I have works ok, but colored smoke would tell the story as far as leaks - real quick....
 
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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I bought 3 cans of sefoam and added this to the tank and booster line on all three vehicles. I used one can in my truck(f150 2002) with 58k miles on it. No smoke came out if it. The next can I used in my 93 accord 220k miles on it... little bit of smoke came out of it. Third can in my 99 odyssey 102K miles, wow!!! smoke everywhere. It looked like I was hosting an 80's "air band" concert. Good thing there was a breeze moving around the neighborhood. So for those who think seafoam has a special chemical that makes all cars smoke are wrong. Let me guess the special "smoke chemical" is added to every 4th can during production...:
 
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