Here's a cool video I just found,guy using wd40 too clean intake valves!it works! But,could it be used,via a vacuum line instead of removing everything?
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Fun vid using wd40 clean intake valves.use through vaccum line?
- Thread starter ziggy
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I would be concerned about the cleaners he is using leaking into the combustion chamber and causing a hydro-lock.
I made this post a while about about my mechanic friend that did just that:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/bent-connecting-rod-gm-top-engine-cleaner.289660/
I made this post a while about about my mechanic friend that did just that:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/bent-connecting-rod-gm-top-engine-cleaner.289660/
gathermewool
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Who would conclude that WD-40 is the appropriate choice for this job?
Those valves were not really that bad to begin with.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
WD40 has been used for so many years for so many applications. we used it at work to clean off (well really) to protect tools after cleaning them from rusting. Used it for finding vacuum leaks in equipment or engines by spraying around area suspected of leaks. Cleaned off and "oiled" down our big 4x12 metal shop work tables and vices. There are so many things folks use it for. It is really designed to displace water / moisture and leave a slight rust protectant surface beind. It aids in helping to speed up drying of things by driving off the moisture. Used it to buff smooth cement shop floors at end of day before passing over it with some real large electric power buffer machines. Shined those floors amazingly. I know guys who fish professionally and win lots of fishing tournaments who always have it in the boat and truck. They actually catch fish after spraying WD40 onto their lures. Yup! There is somethign about the smell that attracts freshwater and even saltwater fish even more.
Here's an odd one:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls...need-help-very-strange-timing-belt-issue.html
What's even more peculiar is it also happened to me too.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...-lubricant-what-is.351901/page-2#post-6048751
I didn't pour coupious amounts of WD in. Just 15 seconds from a spray can. Who knows what the issue was.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls...need-help-very-strange-timing-belt-issue.html
What's even more peculiar is it also happened to me too.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...-lubricant-what-is.351901/page-2#post-6048751
I didn't pour coupious amounts of WD in. Just 15 seconds from a spray can. Who knows what the issue was.
When we were kids,1986/87,88..ages 11-13,we used wd40 on our box ripoff dirtbikes. Its all we knew too use.still remember the oily smell.the blue can.used it on the bike chains.
But!.is it okay,you think,too spray wd40 into a vacuum line too clean valves?.or past the MAS sensor?if so,how much?
SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
No. I would not suggest to use WD40 to clean valves inside a running engine. Certainly not thru a MAF/MAS sensor.
They have specific valve / carbon cleaning products for sale everywhere these days.
WD40 is an excellent solvent. It cuts through motorcycle chain wax type lubes with ease, just like kerosene. These lubes are really hard to clean off with anything else.
In fact, based on that experience, it may very well be mostly kerosene with some aromatic stuff added.
In fact, based on that experience, it may very well be mostly kerosene with some aromatic stuff added.
