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Re: [TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please

To: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>, "'triumphs'"
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:28:01 -0500
Back in the day, back home in England, we used to pour a product called 
RedEx (an upper cylinder lubricant) into the carb for the same effect.  If 
you google Redex you will find a lot of discussion in English car 
maintenance forums relating to its efficacy.

Mike

> It does work, at least to some extent, and has been around for a long, 
> long
> time (longer than I have).  But the real "old time" mechanics didn't 
> bother
> with sissy garden sprayers, they just slowly (!) poured from a cup right
> into the intake.
>
> Personally, I would rather just go find a back road and run it at full
> output for awhile, which will also help clean out combustion chamber
> deposits (assuming it's now running cleanly).
>
> Randall
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