Coca-Cola As An Engine Cleaner?

[XB70]

Excerpted from Revealed: Secret Tricks to Sell Junk Food to Children (if you want to get it in context) we get the following: "...my father pried the cylinder head off an old Studebaker and poured a generous amount of Coke down each cylinder. Next morning he put the head back and fired the Stude up--the car hadn't been run for more than twenty years and prior to the Coke the engine had been completely seized!"

Comments?

 

[JavaMan]

Maybe it's the "real thing".

 

[Dominic]

No. Absolutly a myth.

 

[Quest]

LOL! I'm looking forward to a guinea pig whose willing to try the same trick on their engine and then report back he result, in a scientific manner....

Lemme seeeee....: if it's coming from da internet its gotta be true, right? Afterall, isn't coke "da real thing"???

 

[XS650]

Sounds plausible, I've heard of soaking rusty metal in coke to de-rust it. Throw a piece of rusty nail in some regular coke for few days and see what happens.

 

[Chris Meutsch]

Someone better do a UOA on that to cover their warranty.

 

[Shelby]

Coke = Sugar
Sugar and Cylinders don't mix

 

[psudaytona]

Bet if ya mixed coke and a few ounces of acetone, you will get better mileage.

 

[fred]

I like to drink my coca-cola.

 

[Blue99]

A liberal dose of Coke to free up stuck rings is a farm type remedy that has been passed down thru the generations.

If you ever get into a betting situation involving this method, either pick the Coke or stay out of it as odds are the guy in the "Oshkosh-by-Gosh" coveralls is going to empty your pockets!

There are obviously better products suited for this task, but the Coke does work, as something in the Coca-Cola syrup will start softening up the corrosion seizing the piston, rings & cylinder walls.

 

[Maximumcanon]

its called carbonic acid.

 

[obbop]

The mind is reeling.

 

[Big Jim]

And just think, some people drink that stuff.

 

[DJStillman]

Well, there is also Phosphoric and/or Citric acid in Coca Cola, too. As a matter of fact, Coca Cola is one of the most acidic sodas, with a pH of 2.5.

 

[JavaMan]

"Coke = Sugar
Sugar and Cylinders don't mix"

What about Diet Coke?

 

[psudaytona]

Quote:

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"Coke = Sugar
Sugar and Cylinders don't mix"

What about Diet Coke?

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Try Splenda, its better than Redline SI-1!

 

[RTexasF]

Hmmm...... Pepsi looses another test.

 

[JohnBrowning]

Coca-Cola has phospheric acid in it. Phospheric acid is used to remove rust from metal dureing body work.

 

[hone eagle]

also in the trunk of troopers patrol cars -cleans blood stains off pavement like nothing else.

 

[Reg# 43897]

True on the last...