Removing Carbon Deposits Inside A Engine

[musiclover2000]

I was surfing the internet and came across this. I read that people actually spray water mist slowly in their intake to steam clean their engine. Is this safe? I would think the water could get into the oil but then again I read water vapor is a by product of combustion. I’d also be worried about the catalytic converter getting plugged up with carbon, but if the engine is well maintained this probably wouldn’t be necessary.

I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts for or against this

Thank you

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[college man]

I was told a long time ago by a seasoned mechanic to only do
this as a last resort. except back when we poured cups of water
in the carb. here is my preferred method. skip the part about moving
the car. The cleaning procedure is the focus.

[Nick]

I agree, Last resort. Get this wrong and leave any water vapour in the engine at all, it’ll rust very fast and to coin an Eric term, you’ll be hating life.

It is critical if you do this, you make sure the engine is at operating temperature to give the water loads of time to evaporate, Ideally go for a drive immediately afterward. I don’t advise it.

I know someone who did this and the next day he had a hole in the engine after starting the car.

Personally I’d go the fuel additive route. It’s much safer to use a fuel additive like BG44k, Archoil AR6000 series, takes a bit longer and few miles of driving. Additives like Archoil AR6200 cure the problem by making fuel burn cleaner and more completely in the first place rather than fixing the symptom later, it also works out cheaper and better than premium petrol or gasoline in many cases. I’m sure other products are effective too but I have used these 2 products and they are very effective. and cap it off by making sure you have a nice clean throttle body and air intake, catalytic converter safe carb cleaner is a good one to spray down the air intake like that water in the video to catch other crap further down the air intake.

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