Recent content by svaric2

Yeah Yeah, I know its not PERFECTLY safe. But half a quart of water to 4.5 quarts of oil, and not driven hard, equals mostly safe. :)

I can't really tell, chevrofreak. Two days ago I filled the tank up with 3 oz of acetone, and she growls with more vibrato now (musical term, look it up) and starts with 2/3 cranks in the morning, as opposed to the usual 5/6. But I really think these improvements are from the acetone, not the...

Final Update: It's been almost three weeks, right? Anyways, I took a look under the oil cap, and saw that the green mucus was completely gone now (it was covered in it, and I didn't wipe it away the first time I saw it), the color of the oil is right back where it should be, a clear tan...

Everything in Illinois is defiled with ethanol. EVERYTHING.

It's been almost a week... I still didn't change my oil. She's still running exactly the same, in perfect order. The oil is almost back to its original condition, clear light brown, but it still has a slight tinge of green. I'm not worried though, I think the water is gradually evaporating and...

Originally Posted By: BuickGN Originally Posted By: svaric2 Update- So anyway, I didn't change my oil. But it seems to run like its normal self, scanguage is showing me the same consumption at idle (which is what I always go by) btw it's about .37 gallons per hour. She seems to be completely...

Update- So anyway, I didn't change my oil. But it seems to run like its normal self, scanguage is showing me the same consumption at idle (which is what I always go by) btw it's about .37 gallons per hour. She seems to be completely fine. But ummmmm.... yeah... I checked the oil cap and saw...

Originally Posted By: BuickGN Originally Posted By: svaric2 I just had a look see through a plug hole, the piston's top doesn't look like pure black anymore, its more like an uneven spread of brown and tan and a few splotches of black. Hmmm... maybe I'll do another gallon sometime. But I...

Thanks for the advice, chevrofreak. I just hope leaving the car overnight with water in the oil didn't mess with anything.

I just had a look see through a plug hole, the piston's top doesn't look like pure black anymore, its more like an uneven spread of brown and tan and a few splotches of black. Hmmm... maybe I'll do another gallon sometime. But I think that I should've driven for at least 15 or 20 minutes to...

Alright, I just boiled a gallon of water and let the engine suck it up through the pcv. At first I was scared to dip the whole hose in the water, but 3/4 through the gallon I saw that it was taking it fine (a friend was inside keeping it at around 1700), and I submerged hose in the boiling...

heck, can I do this to my diesel van? that MUST have carbon built up inside, even if its only at 50k miles.

sooo, for my 3.4 liter GM engine, how much hot water do you guys recommend? and how hot? the hottest that can come out of a hot water faucet or what?

This is supposedly the best way of cleaning? Or the cheapest? I've heard powerfoam is great stuff, but if water is better, then heck, why spend the money?

I seem to have stumbled onto 1 or 2 threads that mentioned cleaning the cumbustion chamber with water, but I never found out exactly how it's done. Can anyone give a little tutorial?