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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:26:12 -0500, RBnDFW
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Bill Noble wrote:
so the metal is my car's engine - a horizontally opposed 6, that has
some air passages (supplementary air injection) that are clogged by
carbon, which causes the check engine light to come on - this is an
emissions control only issue, but it's annoying.

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One thing I would probably do if it were mine, is add a water injection
system at the intake. Nothing like steam for removing deposits, and it
will not hurt the motor, and would probably help it. Of course water
injection is added to reduce detonation and thereby improve power. A
side benefit is it cleans combustion chambers and passages like nothing
else.

Holley used to make a nice kit. I still happen to have one, much to my
recent surprise. There are probably newer and better ones out there by
now.


Again, absolutely useless for the passages he's got problems with.

you are absolutely right - but there's gotta be a way, sort of dismanteling
the engine - I wonder what would happen if I used 3000 PSI air from a scuba
tank - .....(thinking)..... nope, that probably would not be all that clever
either.....