Thanks GM,,,that is exactly what I was looking for,,,,Yea ,,the local parts stores all have the Seafoam,,,and I thinlk I know where I can get some BG44,,,so I'll give those a try as soon as it stops snowing down here in Ga,,,this is nuts,I lived through less winters in Wash State
Originally Posted By: GMBoy
Originally Posted By: beaker60
Hey GM,,,I got a question for you,,and this has nothing to do with this post,,,this is an "old school" kind of question.I have a circle track engine in my s10,,it has double hump heads,they like to leak oil because of the guides,,and yes,,,I know I should fix it,,,just haven't gotton around to it yet and,,,I don't have the money or the enthusiasm at the moment,,that being said,,,what would you recomend as a top cyl cleaner,,now remember,,,think old school,,,some of my friends say dump tranny fluid down the carb,,another said MMO,,and yet another said water,,,now,,I'm not going to dump water down it to watch the engine lock down,,,and I know,,there are top engine cleaners available,,just wondering what you have to say about it.I know it sounds crazy,,but this part of Ga,,no longer has any Chevy dealers,,,well,,,within decent driving range>i would really like to have some of the top engine cleaner GM has,,just can't find it.Anyway,,no hurry on a answer,,just when you get the time,,,Thanks
My best recommendation would be to get the GM cleaner mail order if there are no dealers nearby. I've seen GM TOP END cleaner available on ebay, GMPARTSDIRECT.COM and here:
http://sdparts.com/catalog/additives-and-chemicals/oil-additives-and-lubricants/gm-additives
Be sure to get the liquid bottle, not areosol. If you want to go another route - try Seafoam, which is available from the auto parts stores near you. The old school method, to me, would be to use carb cleaner/parts cleaner in the gallon can and siphoen it up a hose into the intake. That BG44 in a gallon (or even the smaller can size) would sure be an old school metheod....but then introducing water in slow amounts would clean the carbon up BUT you have the additional problem of oil leaking in there to and the water won't clean that.
So - I recommmend running the engine and spraying carb cleaner to clean the carb then introducing a liquid via hose/vacuum line to burn the oil/carbon mix out. Start with Seafoam and/or BG44 and see what happens. If not - mail order or drive and get the strongest stuff - GM Top engine cleaner.
Sure hope that's what ya looking for! But, do not do transmission fluid! You already got oil in there!