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Post by SmellyTofu on Aug 18, 2005 18:57:25 GMT 10
Not advertising for where I work at... but I recently used this on my RAV4 after it had a very very light pinging at certain conditions.
Spray 1/2 the can in directly into the throttle body through any vacuum hose when the engine is warm, let it sit for 10 mins, restart the car, rev the engine and purge the stuff out and then repeat with the other half. I hear a lot of modifiers love this stuff and I am now a believer. Normal carb cleaners never worked for me before which I tried the day before with even worse results (Nulon carb cleaner).
Retails for about $14 I think at the Subaru parts dept. I bought the fuel additive as well but not 100% sure if that helped too.
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Post by Half Schumacher on Aug 18, 2005 19:03:19 GMT 10
umm i guess i'd need to put my hand on a bottle.
is it just called "Subaru upper engine cleaner"?? do u have a pic?
cheers
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Post by SmellyTofu on Aug 18, 2005 19:14:33 GMT 10
The part number is SA459 but yes, it's just a small can. Smaller than a Rexona deodourant spray can. Looks like this but the packaging has updated since this pic.  |
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Post by SmellyTofu on Aug 18, 2005 19:24:46 GMT 10
Oh.. one more thing.. don't sniff them too hard. You WILL get dizzy quite quickly so keep the winds going away from you. I guess for them to work harder, the chemicals has to be a bit "dangerous" but that goes without saying.  |
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Post by Half Schumacher on Aug 18, 2005 22:56:01 GMT 10
cool. will get some soon.
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Post by SmellyTofu on Aug 19, 2005 8:23:01 GMT 10
OK.. retail price, $17.15 inc GST. The SA718 fuel additive is $14.85 inc.
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Post by jazzpro on Oct 27, 2005 19:25:47 GMT 10
Not advertising for where I work at... but I recently used this on my RAV4 after it had a very very light pinging at certain conditions. Spray 1/2 the can in directly into the throttle body through any vacuum hose when the engine is warm, let it sit for 10 mins, restart the car, rev the engine and purge the stuff out and then repeat with the other half. I hear a lot of modifiers love this stuff and I am now a believer. Normal carb cleaners never worked for me before which I tried the day before with even worse results (Nulon carb cleaner). Retails for about $14 I think at the Subaru parts dept. I bought the fuel additive as well but not 100% sure if that helped too. ok... so wats the difference u feel after doing this? it was never mentioned in more details.... thank u |
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Post by SmellyTofu on Oct 27, 2005 20:52:17 GMT 10
Well, it stopped my pinging I had... basically cleans out all the carbon deposits. This will improve fuel economy if there has been a bit of deposits lodged on the valves and pistons. Fuel additive does the injectors. Of course this stuff is useless if your car is brand new but my car had 18,000km on the clock when I got it and showed slight signs of pinging and I didn't want to do the "pour water in the vacuum hose" trick on the "new" car.
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Post by ahcash on Oct 28, 2005 9:51:32 GMT 10
Do I take out the vacuum host and spray that thingy into the hose which then leads to the TB?
I wonder if it fixes "rough idling" problem.. (on another car.. not Jazz)
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Post by SmellyTofu on Oct 28, 2005 19:54:42 GMT 10
Yes... soak half in the TB, leave for 10 mins, purge and repeat.
It'd fix rough idling to a certain extent.
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