ha ha 'decarburizing' is easy.....
just remove 4 nuts and they'll fall off!
... no seriously... I believe you meant 'decarbonize'....
get the carbon deposits off the inerds of the engine combustion chambers?
they make quite a few products you can run through the gas
(engine running) system to get it to break up and blow out the exhaust.
Manually (engine dis-assembled) Acetone works well to break up carbon.
and can usually be purchased at any paint supply store/hardware store.
Just be careful not to scratch the metal work if scraping.
..another method (although I am sure some will balk at it) is to sprinkle/sprits
water down the throat of the carb while the engine is at operating temp. and
running.
...be careful if you do it this way.... too much water too quickly stalls the
engine
and can possibly cool the engine components too quickly.
But at the same time this is what breaks the carbon loose. The warm metal, vs
the sudden cooling effect
on the carbon from the water, cracks it and it blows off.
(as usual... no warranty expressed or implied... YMMV my $.02..)
Paul Tegler
1973 BGT - Daily Driver
1975 Spitfire -in Cherry Shape
980 Spitfire w/ O/D - in re-hab
GT6 MKIII - in the works
1978 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 1:19 PM
Subject: decarburizing(?)
does any one have any suggestions for decarburizing the cylinder
head? i am replacing my head gasket, and i want to get all that
black soot out, but i am unsure as to how to remove it from the
piston tops, and the cylinder head combustion chambers.
thanks for advice.
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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