>"I really shouldn't be telling you this 'cos I want to sell injector >cleaner but putting >a litre or two of diesel in with the unleaded fuel when you fill up will >work just as >well but at a fraction of the cost" I used it many times in my Beetle by trickling it into the carb while the engine was running at 2K rpm. It made HUGE clouds of smoke but it did seem to clean it up and it did run better. I did this before an oil change. This was Italy '91-'94 and I was running leaded fuel. I would have concerns about what it might do to injectors and/or the oxygen sensor.
Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion |
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