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Old 04-09-2007, 03:23 AM
cantona156 cantona156 is offline
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Originally Posted by hotrod
Not using WI but that was a common shade tree mechanic tune up technique back in the 1950's and 1960's to blow all the carbon build up out of a high compression engine. We would hold the engine at a fast idle and pour water down the carburator as fast as it would accept it. A couple pints worth was not uncommon. You did not do any harm I suspect ---- tell everyone it was intentional

Those AFR's would be reasonable targets but only the dyno knows for sure!

Larry
Well, the strange thing is the car feels bit more perky after the ...'steam cleaning'.
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