moth balls (naphtha) have been put in air cleaners for added oomph, but I wouldn't recommend it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Saul Juliao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Putting O2 to the air input > > Hi all, > > This method of cleaning out the crud sounds similar to a technique used > up here in Canada for cleaning out the soot from an oil fired stove in a > fishing ice hut. Start the oil stove, bring it up to a hot heat, then > throw in a dozen moth balls. The stove will then start sucking in as much > are as possible and will suddenly start making a wolfing sound. It tends > to start moving up and down a little (the stove). At this point you leave > the hut and watch the soot come flying out of the chimney or the stove > blows up. I have seen it done several times, the stove and the chimney > both seem to be cleaned out nicely. > > Scary, and dangerous ... oh well could not help it > > Saul A. Juliao > > Andres Yver wrote: > > > On Friday, September 10, 2004, at 05:06 PM, Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > How about what Ed Beggs calls an Italian tune-up? (Pardon me Ed.) > > > What's the general opinion of Italian tune-ups anyway? > > > > Usually done to carburetted gasoline engines. Idea is that the high > > revs create large volume flow through the system, burning/blowing out > > any accumulated crud and carbon from your carbs, intake, combustion > > chamber, and exhaust system. Can attest to it's efficacy on a number of > > old Alfas and Jags. Fun to do. The technique is to accelerate up to > > about 9/10ths of redline, hold it there about 20 seconds, and lift off > > gradually. Shut off without idling as soon as possible afterwards. > > > > Don't do this to an engine that is in poor shape, low on oil, timing > > belt/chain past due replacement, or has damaged motor mounts. You could > > break expensive bits. > > > > andres > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
