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maxpower wrote:
> "Bill Putney" > wrote in message > ... > >>maxpower wrote: >> >>>"Bill Putney" > wrote in message ... >>> >>> >>>>Dogface wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Thanks Maxpower! I'll try it tomorrow (with my wife's toothbrush. >>>>> >>>> >>>>Make sure the container of the cleaner you use specifically says it is >>>>for *fuel injected* vehicles - there are some g.p. carburetor cleaners >>>>that will destroy the o-rings used on fuel injectors. The manufacturer >>>>that claims it is OK for use in fuel injected vehicles is certifying >>>>that it does not contain chemicals that will damage the o-rings. >>>> >>>>IOW, if there is no mention of fuel injection on the label or in the >>>>name of the product, do not use it. >>>> >>>>Bill Putney >>>>(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my >>>>adddress with the letter 'x') >>> >>> >>>Interesting Bill, Explain?. If you are spraying the cleaner into the >>>throttle body how is the cleaner going to get into the fuel rail to be >>>sprayed thru the injector? >> >>You may be right about the Voyager. I was speaking in general. For >>example, the fuel injectors in the LH cars are, according to the LH car >>FSM, "in the cylinder heads with the nozzle ends directly above the >>intake valve port". There are two o-rings: One where it seals to the >>head (in intake air stream), and the other to the fuel rail. Of course >>it is the former one that would be exposed to whatever cleaner is used >>to clean the throttle body and would therefore be at risk. >> >>Just curious: Are the fuel injectors in the Voyager engines not in the >>intake side air flow downstream of the throttle body and sealed by an >>o-ring at that interface? >> >>Bill Putney >>(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my >>adddress with the letter 'x' > > > I think the warning on that would be not to spray the liquid spray on the o > rings, such as bench cleaning. Im sure the possibility of swelling could > happen. but by spraying into the throttle body, I wouldnt think it would > cause a problem. It may also be a matter of cracking ( = leaking) where it gets exposed. I certainly will not take the risk on my cars. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') |
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