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- Please your opinion about this type of treatment? (For my 1981 C3, 5.700cm, automatic)
- It helps?
- can he do something bad? Are there any negative aspects?
- not expensive
- I see this type of "cleaners" everytime in gas stations and i want to know if i make something good if i use it.
- Please detalied answer, i want to know if somebody use it and how much feel the changes.
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I haven't used that kind of stuff in years. Your better off removing the carb and do a thorough cleaning by letting it sit in a solvent over night, blow out passages with compressed air and reassemble.
For carburetors, do what resdoggie says. For injectors, I just don't see how that snake oil diluted in a tankful of gasoline will "clean" fuel injectors. Again, I would remove them, inspect and clean them in an ultrasonic bath or similar method.
They may not have "Top Tier" rated gasoline in Romania, but buying a high quality gas from a station that moves a good volume should produce the best results. Changing the filter at least annually should also help. Apparently there is a greater perception of poor fuel quality in Romania that in other parts of the EU.
Fuel system cleaners can have some preventive value in vehicles with electronic fuel injection, but will probably have little value in a typical carbureted engine. If the octane rating is low or varies frequently, the use of an octane booster can be useful to prevent preignition in the engine.
Warco Octane Booster or Rislone Super Concentrated Octane Booster are two products that you may find in Romania and aide in boosting or stabilizing to a degree the octane rating of your petrol.
By the way, welcome to the Corvette Forum. There can't be too many Corvettes like yours in Romania.
One of the more popular fuel system cleaners in the U.S. is a product called SeaFoam. Not sure if its available in Europe. I like to pour a couple ounces down the carb with engine running at part throttle. Prepare for smoke, but it will clean everything. Then the rest of the can goes in the gas tank.
What good does pouring it down the carb while running do? It doesn't go through the carbs passages or jets doing it that way. Your really just pouring it into the intake.
I'm about to rebuild my carb and I'm going to soak in in this:
Then blow out all the passages with compressed air.
Thank you all for reply.
I found Prolong Engine Treatment, Fuel System Cleaner. I will buy this. Please tell me, the Prolong is popular and have good rating in US? Here where i found it wrote that is Number 1 in the world and in US.
FOR oil change i found this: TRIAX Synergy MST 10W-40 Full Synthetic - Opinion? You know this company?
Please answer me. I wait your reply to proceed my online shopping
Gallon of lacquer thinner in half tank of gas. Drive 150 miles at higher rpms. Fill up tank with gas. All clean. Can't wait for the responses.
what kind of responses are you waiting for? Lacquer thinner is an excellent solvent for cleaning carbs off the car or on. it dissolves the gasoline residue
what kind of responses are you waiting for? Lacquer thinner is an excellent solvent for cleaning carbs off the car or on. it dissolves the gasoline residue
It's a controversial thing to do in some people's opinion.
what kind of responses are you waiting for? Lacquer thinner is an excellent solvent for cleaning carbs off the car or on. it dissolves the gasoline residue
I wouldn't put anything (lacquer thinner) in my gas tank that is not designed to be there. On the back of the can, does it say safe for rubber fuel lines? Safe for the gas tank sock? Safe for the fuel filter? Safe for needle valves & seat? I think not.
I wouldn't put anything (lacquer thinner) in my gas tank that is not designed to be there. On the back of the can, does it say safe for rubber fuel lines? Safe for the gas tank sock? Safe for the fuel filter? Safe for needle valves & seat? I think not.
its Funny, it does NOT say any of that on the STP bottle either or on the Motor Medic, or any other brand. ...hmmm guess they will ruin your engine too.. .......maybe you should look up components of Laquer thinner and then these shelf brand cleaners... .. Laquer thinner does no harm rubber lines or seals in painting equipment why would it harm a rubber FUEL line made to withstand gasoline and ETHANOL ? unless you still have your 45 year old fuel lines? That seems SAFE! You don t have to use what he recommended, but at least try to have some knowledge of the product before you trash his idea..
It's a controversial thing to do in some people's opinion.
not to anyone who has used it or is aware of whats in it..it is an excellent solvent for a multitude of uses. it works , that's what I care about, not what some guy's, who never used it, opinion ... lot of armchair mechanics in the world ..
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There can't be too many Corvettes like yours in Romania. 
You don t have to use what he recommended, but at least try to have some knowledge of the product before you trash his idea..