hacker-pschorr

I've already tried this about three times with my motor......not on purpose but everything came out ok.

SharkSkin

I've done this on past cars, but not on the shark. Not that I think there is any reason NOT to do it on the shark -- I just don't think I have much carbon build-up in there. For a V8 from 318 to 440ci, What I would do is get a trickle about the diameter of a pencil coming from a garden hose, rev the engine to ~2500 RPM, and trickle the water into the carb throat. Worked wonders, and I never had a problem though I had a not-so-bright buddy try it and he poured water into the float bowl vents in the process. He wasn't so happy.

For a car with a MAF the key would be to get the water in downstream of the MAF, and to do it in a place where the water could get to all cylinders more or less equally.

fst951

Water works wonders at cleaning an engine of power and emissions robbing carbon deposits. The key is to get the engine really fully warmed up and running at about 4500rpms. At this point, use a bottle like a palmolive bottle and squirt a nice stream into the intake. If you have a high pressure pot and can mist the water, even better, but don't use too little, othwise you won't get a good result a couple of liters of steam and your engine will run really well. Make sure to give a couple of minutes between big squirts so the engine can heat up again. The shock of the steam will clean the pistons and combustion chambers very nicely. When in doubt use smaller amounts and only ingest water when runnin. Dont spray on a heated wire element either!

Stans wrong on this one....all those years I would have thought he learned more!!!!