RigRunner

whats this new thing called carbon cleaning of engines? Supposedly it incease mileage and other stuff. Is it worth the money?

Los Gatos?

I don't know what this process is, but I bet if your engine has a lot of buildup, and whatever they do removes the carbon, it would probably improve your mileage and decrease friction and wear....

Churnd

A bottle of carbon cleaner costs about 8 bucks, and you'll need some extra hose to run from the bottle to the vacuum line, which costs about another 2 bucks... so figure 10 bucks for a cleaner engine. Not a bad deal at all if you ask me. Jroc knows how to do it, so I'm getting mine done soon. I'll take some pics and let you guys know which vacuum line to hook it up to.

oly884

I can't warn you more about this! This is EXACTLY what I did to my engine and it snapped a rod, costing a new engine. There isn't really much you can do other than take it all apart and clean it that way.

rimpainter.com

Either Gadger or Corey (or both) did some kind of engine clean that seemed to work well. Check out www.gadgetonline.com, it might be on his site.

Billf6531

You damaged your engine by injesting the fluid too quickly. It all went into one cylinder, and since fluid doesn't compress, something had to give. In your case, that something was your rod.

The proper technique is to clamp the vacuum line with a pair of vice grips, or something similar, then start the engine. Slowly release the clamp, but keep it partially closed so that it takes 3 to 5 minutes to empty the container.

BTW, I've used plain water for 40 years with good success to de-carbonize a hot engine. It turns into steam, which fractures the carbon in the combustion chamber, and the exhaust stroke blows it out of the engine.

Google this topic for much more information that you ever wanted to know. Google is your friend.

Best regards,

Bill

Churnd

But that's only if you hook it up to a hose with too much vacuum and try to suck in the whole bottle at once. The proper way to do it would be to use 1/3 of the bottle at a time. Jroc said he's done it to his brothers truck before and aside from the truck blowing out enough white smoke to cover a continent (which is normal), it went fine. If it was a bad thing to do, then the Toyota dealership wouldn't sell the stuff off the counter in the first place.