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Old 10-24-2013, 07:04 PM
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Whats a good way to clean injectors? Is additives good enough or i saw somewhere t soak the tips in carb cleaner any thought/advice? Also thought on seafoam in the ls2.
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I think the best way is to run one through a specific cleaner.


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I’ve seen where they will pull the fuel pump fuse and the car will run only from a aerosol can of cleaner hooked to the Schrader valve.
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Originally Posted by 69stangscj
I’ve seen where they will pull the fuel pump fuse and the car will run only from a aerosol can of cleaner hooked to the Schrader valve.
never ever do this!!
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Originally Posted by punishmentcycle
never ever do this!!
Whys that?
A lot of shops I deal with use those cans
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Ive used that on several other cars and had great results.
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Been doing this over 20 yrs and have never found anything that cleans as well as 40+ PSI of gasoline. The old style injectors were poorly engineered and had all sorts of problems (spray pattern, wild swings in lb/hr, etc). The injectors they have now do not clog...and if they somehow did, cleaner will not help you.

If you want to see a bunch of smoke come out your exhaust, drop a vacuum line into a bottle of Trans fluid.



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