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- From: basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: the Best Fuel Additives!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.064916.29722@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 06:49:16 GMT
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- Slightly off the subject...I got around to pouring water through my carb
- just before my last oil change. I used about a quart, pouring it in the
- primary venturi over the course of about 5 minutes. It stalled once but
- started right back up (phew!). Afterwards, I pulled a plug and found
- that while it wasn't squeaky clean, what carbon there was on the plug
- came off easily with a fingernail. I changed the oil and found that the
- old oil had a significant amount of water in it. I suspect this wouldn't
- have been the case had I run it at temperature for a while. Anyway, it's
- been a week of spirited driving (well...as spirited as you can get in an
- '85 sentra, 120K mi.) and milage has gone up about 5%, pinging is gone
- (usually very pronounced when pulling away from lights, up hills, etc.), and
- power is noticeably better. I've never been one to subscribe to miracle cures
- or too-good-to-be-true additives but this is definitely one I'll do again.
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- David Basiji
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