Recent content by Festiva_Man

Originally Posted by Duffyjr Try some Star Tron, seen it work first hand on my blower when it started stumbling under load. Couple of tank fulls is all it took, now I add a couple cap fulls every time I fill it up. Thanks, found it online for $30/bottle. Ill see if i can find it locally

Originally Posted by Quest air-cooled, side valve engines shall always run a tad rich and have carbon deposits on the top of the piston (or combustion chamber) no matter how meticulous you try to keep it clean. Compounded with carburettor system, these "crude" engines will never run clean no...

Originally Posted by das_peikko The best cleaner is to take the carburetor off the engine and disassemble it. Spray it with carb cleaner and poke it with wires. I was hoping to avoid that never taken a carb apart before, i would probably put something back togeather wrong.

Originally Posted by Delta Berrymans Chemtool. I've successfully used it on my snowblower that had slight carb troubles even after cleaning. 1/4 of a can in the tank and ran it for 20 minutes; smoothed right out and has been working great all season. I was told to use this by someone else but...

I did not have much luck searching, but i am sure this has been discussed before. Could you guys give me your thoughts or direct me to a thread where this has already been discussed. I have a few lawn mowers, snow blowers, rototillers and so on that are older than me and could use some fuel...

So what would be best going forward on this engine? I was thinking of using brake cleaner and seafoam to spray down timing area and cams to try and get some gunk off, that will end up in the oil pan, flush that out. Big pan under the oil pan drain with a solvent pump and hose, use a brush and...

I am working on one of these now. From what i am seeing the 3.6L seems to have crankcase ventilation problems and timing chain issues. Chain stretched on the one i am repairing now. Oil changes were done with synthetic every second time the olm came on. Olm comes on after 4 or 5k miles so these...

how much oil do you loose? if its less than a litre every 600 miles and you dont want to fix the leak i would suggest not trying to slow it down with oil. buy the oil you want irrespective of the leak and just top it up every time you gas up, or every 2 weeks, or whatever it takes. i had an...

i would do a bit more research into your vehicle to find out if sludge is common. can you see with a flashlight into your oil fill home? is there sludge in there? when you drain the oil what does it look like? shine a flashlight into your pan through the drain hole next oil change to see how it...

Originally Posted By: Kuato Originally Posted By: Festiva_Man Originally Posted By: Inspecktor That much wear and damage suggests either oil starvation or contamination, then it was run until final failure. Maybe a jealous ex boyfriend added something, or she did- I once saw a high school girl...

Originally Posted By: BigD1 That filter has been on that car so long it's rusting and pitting. nope, like i said, this sat outside in the weather for several years before i took it apart and i sprayed it down with a strong degreaser and pressurewashed it off before starting. all the paint was...

Originally Posted By: Hiryuu Use Honda OEM DW-1 fluid (formerly Z1) - that's all I've used in my old 2004 Honda Civic EX, annual drain and fills with 3 quarts. The filter is inside the transmission and not easily accessible to be replaced. oh? have you opened it up to see the filter? i was...

Originally Posted By: Rendezvous Originally Posted By: Festiva_Man Originally Posted By: Inspecktor That much wear and damage suggests either oil starvation or contamination, then it was run until final failure. Maybe a jealous ex boyfriend added something, or she did- I once saw a high school...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix Yep, most likely something else caused the rapid decline of this engine. But having a tear in the filter probably helped make the total destruction occur a bit faster. Even without the tear, if the filter got loaded up to the point of bypass, then it would...

Originally Posted By: Greasymechtech Photos of a self destructed engine does not mean the filter caused the failure. If there was so much wear in the engine, then the filter isn't going to fix it or prevent catastrophic destruction. I believe in unrestricted flow vs. overly restricted...