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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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you have to try sea foam auto marine....its awesome stuff...just buy it from your local parts store...pull the vacume line off your brake booster while the car is running and suck about a 1/3 of the can through that line..(vehicle must be warmed up) then shut off...let sit for 10-15 min...start back up and rev and watch the smoke come out your tail pipes dont do this in your garage...and then take the car for a drive (drive it like you stole it)

i can't get over how good this stuff works..and with the price of gas right now its a great thing
 
Old May 24, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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i use this stuff with each oil change, dump a can in the crankcase, another can in the gas tank and holy crap its awesome. but if you really wanna see something cool find a old carbureted car and pour a lil bit of tranny fluid down the carb looks like a smokebomob just went off

 
Old May 24, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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yah thats what this stuff does if you do it in the vacume line instead of in the gas tank...filled our entire parking lot full of smoke quiete a few times yesterday lol
 
Old May 24, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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[align=center]Mod Wiz Kidd,
I keep learningmore about carson the MCF

I found the below articles to understand more
about Fuel Injector Cleaning.

Thanks for your post : )
[/align][align=center]Fuel Injector Cleaning
[font="arial, helvetica"][size=2]by Jim Kerr [/align][align=center]I get a lot or questions from car owners about their vehicles. Many of these questions are related to "driveability". Driveability is the automotive industry's term to identify any problems that have to do with engine performance. It could be a rough idle, stalls, hesitations, poor acceleration, low fuel economy, or even hard starting. As you can see, there are many potential problems related to driveability.
While there can be as many causes of poor driveability as there are types of problems, many of them are related to fuel and fuel injection. In the past, there were two types of fuel injection systems commonly used on vehicles: throttle body and port.

[/align][align=center]Throttle body systems use centrally located injectors mounted in a housing complete with throttle plates. These systems were pretty trouble free. Throttle body injectors sit up high above the engine and are not subjected to as much heat as injectors mounted directly in the manifolds. They also flow a lot of fuel through each injector because one injector feeds several cylinders. For these two reasons, throttle body mounted injectors have few problems and cleaning them usually made no difference in engine performance. [/align][align=center], on thePort injection other hand, uses one injector for each engine cylinder and the injectors are mounted directly in the intake manifold. The fuel sprays into the intake port and sits behind the intake valve until the valve opens and the fuel in drawn into the cylinder. Because of their mounting, port injectors get "heat soaked" almost every time the engine is run. A heat soak occurs when a hot engine is turned off. Heat from the engine rises, and fuel sitting at the tip of the port injectors evaporates. Left behind on the tip of the injector is a gummy residue from the low ends of the fuel. This residue causes the problems.
Gum on the tips of the injectors changes the fuel spray pattern from the desired cone-shaped mist to an off-centre stream of fuel. When fuel is injected in a stream, it tends to drop out of the air stream or takes longer to evaporate in the cylinder. Either way, the fuel doesn't burn properly and a driveability problem results. [/align][align=center]Cleaning the deposits off the tips of the injectors can be done several ways. One way is to take the vehicle out on the highway and accelerate hard several times. The increased fuel flow tends to wash away the deposits. Most fuel companies add fuel injector cleaning additives to their fuels to help remove these deposits. [/align][align=center][b]Another way to clean the injectors is to add concentrated fuel injector cleaner to the fuel tank. Available at dealerships, corner service stations, and automotive parts stores everywhere, this type of cleaner adds more detergents to the fuel. Several aftermarket companies supply injector cleaner but directions on the container are usually the same: add one container of cle
 
Old May 24, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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I second Seafoam...
 
Old May 24, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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wiz.... how does suckin cleaner though a vacuum line clean injectors?
 
Old Jun 15, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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where is the brake booster line on 3800 please post a pic
 
Old Jun 15, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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ORIGINAL: thatrealcreole****

where is the brake booster line on 3800 please post a pic
Hi PD, I searched for a pic that showed the brake booster line,
but none was clear enough to post : (
What I would do, is stop at any parts store & they are helpful on showing
customers where's it's located & how to use the cleaner.
I go to AutoZone & they are great @ helping.
If not, slide into a Chev Dealership Service dept & I'm
sure that the ServiceAdvisor will show you or get a
Tech to point it out.
Good Luck & Post some pic's.
`Space
 
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 12:29 AM
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Brake booster sits behind the brake master cylinder on the firewall
 



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