Will Antifreeze clean an Engine? Let's try it!
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- Seafoam, Marvel Mystery Oil and Amsoil Power Foam each did an impressive job as an engine cleaner, but can Antifreeze do better? Let's find out!
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That copper wire trick was awesome! Thank you!
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It also works if you wrap a few of the threads around the bolt, but if you add too many you run the risk of having the threads lock before the bolt goes completely home. In a pinch for non heat environments a bit of electronic tape will work too.
Michael Rogers Geaux Saints!
Its called a shim. It should have been anything.. such as parts from a pop can.
Solid copper wire is used in cement and stone as a shim and a connector. Great for remodeling brick buildings.
used to work with a mechanic that did side work. He had a side "customer" - an elderly lady that never drove her car out of that small Montana town and rarely exceeded 20MPH .. for maybe 4000 miles per year. Needless to say, the engine had more carbon than a bag of charcoal. Once a year, Larry would do a "tune-up" on the car, that actually consisted of little more than letting the engine get Hot, revving it up, and slowly drizzling about 10-12 oz of water into the carb. The amount of black smoke and soot deposited on the floor at the end of the exhaust pipe was dumbfounding! He would then change the plugs, oil, etc. The old plugs looked nearly new after their "bath"
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Gotta love the Italian tune up to. My mechanic gets a few jaguar xjr's that never get driven hard, gets gummy injectors, then they miss and run like crap. All he does is adjust tire pressures, fluids, and a hard test drive. The customer then comes back saying now way just those things transformed the car
years ago we did this to engines that had spark knock we drip water in the carb and the sudden change in temp would break the carbon loose
my dad would do this exact thing! but would use a gallon of water! made the inside look brand new!
Willing to bet they added a couple drops of dishwashing detergent.
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On stripped bolts you can sometimes tap the hole for a slightly larger bolt or use a Heli-Coil. Great video!
Great recommendation and thank you for the positive comment. You've got a GREAT TH-cam channel.
Tap the holes for STUDS. get the bolt size for engine in 10.9 that are long enough and cut the heads off. Get nuts washers and viola youve got studs now. For a small gas engine theyll last the lifetime of the crankcase👍
I doubt the Antifreeze is doing anything useful. It's all the water. In fact if anything the Antifreeze is interfering with the water's ability to turn into steam effectively reducing the cleaning effect strait water would have. How water injection cleans carbon deposits in an engine is the water droplets land on the carbon deposit partially soaking in. Then the water is heated by the combustion pulse into steam. The steam takes up well over a 1,000 times more volume than liquid water. The pressure from this inside the carbon deposit breaks it up where it is then carried away in the exhaust gases.
Basically this is a process where you want steam, but the whole purpose of antifreeze after stopping water from freezing is to stop it from boiling, you know turning into steam. So for better results skip the antifreeze. Also using clean water woun't contaminate your oil.
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This was my thoughts as well. Small amounts of water violently boiling would be very effective at cleaning.
@@thechemtrailkid that's what my father use to run on our 361 ford Cleveland.. Water injection for yrs.. I pulled the engine down recently with over 200.000 klms on it was in beautiful condition inside the engine.. Water injection old school preventive.. It works..
During a high school shop class the teacher talked about "top engine cleaner" basically it's water with a little alcohol in it. Get the engine up to temp and then stream it in and keep it running. Then when about half is used up dump the rest in and let it die. Wait 20 mins and then drive it down the road for about ten miles on the interstate. Blows most all of the crud out. I did something similar with my 03 4.7l a few months ago. Ran a aquarium air line into the engine bay to a vacuum line after the throttle body and ran about two liters of water through it. Had a little blow past the rings but it floated on top of the oil and after a single trip the water evaporated off so not worried about it. Using pure water won't hurt the cat system either as often times a byproduct can be water so it won't hurt it at all.
I think I agree with this. Sounds very plausible.
I love watching your videos, even if I never intend on using any of the products you’re testing. It’s a cheap and entertaining way of getting knowledge. Thank you!
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I have to say, every video you have made is so well put together. Professionally done by a professional!
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As always I am impresed by your scientific method as well as your wealth of practical knowledge on an seemingly inexhaustible array of subjects. Todd you are a treasure trove of useful information.
So thanks again.
Excellent video *Project Farm* keep them coming. I've watched them all, and they are informative and well made.
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Project Farm on the engine that you used wd40 in did the compression go up after you put regular oil in it? Why I ask is because wd40 is thin and engin oil would make the rings seal better- maybe? In a pinch I have use wd40 for a cleaner and it would remove all the oil on the oil control ring. By the way excellent videos and thank you!
Another fun video!! Love all your projects, they’re all so interesting.
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This is the best channel ever. Thank you so much for doing this.
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I really love your testing. You get lots of good ideas from your viewers. Keep challenging and proving what actually works. Great show.
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I love the wall of projects gone by in the background. You're going to need a bigger shelf!
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I've been watching your channel for months now, mostly late at night on my TV. I only recently subscribed, sorry for the delay in supporting your excellently entertaining and informative channel.
I would like to see you test radiator sealant products. I used something called copper seal or maybe it was glass seal (not sure which brand it was as it was like 16 years ago). Anyhow, I had this 83 Thunderbird with the V6 (notorious for blowing head gaskets) and it overheated one day and after that it would actually pour water out of the tailpipe like a garden hose. I suspect the head gasket did indeed let go. So, I bought this product and followed the directions to a T. It took probably three hours to finish the treatment. As the time passed during the treatment the water pouring from tailpipe slowly decreased until it completely stopped. I did no further repairs. I drove it about another 10K miles and felt confident selling it to my Sunday School teacher for his son. He drove it for several months with no problems. I am confident you can devise some type of test for this purpose. Actually, that is one of my favorite parts of your channel, the ways you come up with to perform your tests.
Thanks for watching and subscribing! Thanks for the video idea.
i have no need for this knowledge and yet i keep watching. these videos are just so interesting. kudos, sir!
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thanks for all your videos man, you really motivated me to start working on my broken leaf blower that has an engine. i finally got it working again. i work alot on cars but never tried something on the engine. but all those videos on how you try stuff and how often you just take them apart are really motivational.
thank you and keep making nice content.
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Greetings and than you very much! Great job on getting the leaf blower going again!
Project Farm thanks man :) keep it up!
Nice video! Keep up the good work.
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You are definitely one of the most interesting video makers out there. Great experiments !
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I’ve been wanting to see this for awhile thank you, great videos !
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Another great video! It's nice to have a channel that answers the what if questions!
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Your videos are better than Christmas! Keep it up my man.
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As far as the AF effect on the oil, I have a story of my own to share. I built my 383 stroker for my '70 C-10 and was losing AF. The radiator had a leak, the heater core had a leak, so I didn't think too much of it. I wasn't aware how much was really leaking.
One day I drove my truck, and I watch the oil PSI like a person obsessed with not melting my several thousand dollar investment, and the oil PSI was fine. I shut the truck off. Went out to start it a few hours later, no oil PSI.
I checked my stick and it was dry.
Put some oil in and had PSI again. Drove it a few miles home. All was good. Checked oil level the next day - none again. But there was globs, like jelly on my stick.
Poured some oil in again, had PSI. Got it warm and pulled the oil plug. It pooped out. It had the consistency of room temperature strawberry preserves.
My AF leaks weren't all external. The intake was leaking into the crank case and the oil was doing exactly what it was supposed to do. Trapping contaminants.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this experience.
I’m 19 and watch all your videos, I learn so much from them.
Hello! Great! Thanks for watching!
This is a high quality channel! Than you for your videos! I just enjoy watching your content despite I am not mechanic or technical person. Keep going and I would love to have such a hobby like you! Cheers!
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I love your videos!! I searched your videos for "transmission fluid" cleaning and did not find anything. I knew an old guy that swore by it for cleaning valves (dribbling it into the carb). And I actually witnessed it operation!! If you already have done this, please forgive me. BUT, if not, and you do try it, please be warned that there will be "TONS" of white smoke!!! God bless you...
I'd like to see that as well!
ATF into the intake is a new one on me. I've heard of mixing half a quart of ATF with the engine oil to remove varnish and deposits from within the crankcase though.
Thank you for this recommendation!
I add atf when I do oil changes on stuff that I havent touched for a while. Cleans them right up in the oil. Don't see why it wouldnt work in the intake.
It was an older video. Check the "I can't believe what Seafoam did to my engine" series.
I'd be interested in seeing you do this with some home degreaser, like awesome cleaner. Try a couple different brands of degreasers to see how well they clean out the combustion chamber.
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Formula 88 is an amazing degreaser.
Do not use degreaser inside of an engine unless you want the engine to seize up due to all the oil on the cylinder walls being stripped off and bare metal on metal contact would heat that sucker up quick
@@iPunisher sure, if you're gonna put it in the block alone but you're not, you're adding it to the oil. It's no different than adding a retail bottle of "Engine Flush".
@@MrCougar214 engine flush is not a degreaser
Nice trick with the copper wire. I figured out the same on my own to fill some space in the holes in a custom panel for ATC use when the shop forgot some pem nuts but the holes were too large to put in rivnuts of the required size instead. I used wrapped up cross connect wire (22 awg if memory serves) because we toss out tons of that rewiring our interconnects between systems.
Owesome work as always project farm !!
So nice of you!
You should try using vinegar as a carbon cleaner! I thing it would be really interesting as vinegar is well known for its cleaning properties.
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Denis Divi
Find a baked-on-carbon, crusty skillet. One that’s also greasy would be better. Test your theory by hand washing with vinegar and a sponge. Then try boiling it. Note its failure to do much.
Isnt vinegar acidic? It would promote corrosion more than anything else.
@@commodorevn6557 Most metal it'll leave a patina or do nothing if it's minimal
Liquify some bacon grease and drip it into the engine. Maybe cut it with some olive oil....
I have heard mixing Diesel fuel with Motor oil before oil change will clean out sludge. None of My engines are disposable, so I wont test it.
Randell Darcky I've done it, I used kerosene though. worked well, but you gotta flush it with new oil after so... would I do it again.... not really
Randell Darcky I think it will lube the top of pistin and the piston rings and the piton wall
I did it before. Except I drained all my oil, filled it back with diesel, ran it for 2 minutes, and then did a proper oil change. I put another 200k on the engine after that. I wouldn't advise it on newer engines with VVT though.
did that to my s13 with a ca18det engine.
I added 1 ltr. of diesel to the old oil,
let it idle for 30 minutes,
drain it,
fill up with fresh oil.
still runs like a maniac for a almost 30 years old turbo engine
don't use oil. use ATF. BMW actually does this on their routine services. it helps make seals more playable and seal better. also helps clean deposits.
Awesome video as usual. And the copper wire trick will definitely be useful too. Thanks
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Hey all of your videos are awesone. I have learned alot while watching. So keep making great vids
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I've done oil analysis and my car has a minor head gasket leak. My oil looks normal and clean but it shows that sodium and potassium (coolant) enters to my oil. Just sharing my experience. Great video.
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Yes this means your head gasket is leaking or you have a warped or cracked head. Eventually, the coolant leaking into your oil will cause sludging and bearing wear.
buckaroobonsi555 Yea, I know it's my beater but I still care for it. It's a 4th generation civic so I will be doing a engine swap anyways.
Check out the channel OldSkoolFunk. You could wet-sand the head and re-lap the valves instead of swapping engines. search "cylinder head resurfacing" and "how to grind valves." A real money-saver if you can spare a couple hours.
999thenewman I'm going to be upgrading the engines to a more powerful one but thanks for the tip.
can you try pine sol iv'e used it to clean oil and stuff off heads and stuff without the harmful fumes.
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I love how each video is the same format. It's also nice for people who have never seen your videos because you explain the same things every time. Keep the videos coming!
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Quality content as usual. Thanks for exploring this concept.
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Used oven cleaner on carboned / coked up intake manifolds before...that really strips even hardened carbon off (eats aluminium though...)
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What about popcorn kettle cleaner? One I have seen before is Paragon Carbon Off. Says it's for removing carbon and grease. Could be fun!
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Great tip using copper wire on stripped bolts! Your videos are super informative, keep up the great work.
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A lot of old timer's I know have used regular water to "steam clean" engines. Use it just like fogging with seafoam. Mist it into a carb, or vacuum line into the intake. They say it works as good or better than "all that snake oil". But they also say it takes a little longer but works better. Love your videos! I watch them all. THANKS!!
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Not a perfect test for oil contamination, but why not put the oil (before and after antifreeze tests) through your lubricity tester seen in some of your other videos?
Yes, I should have done this.
Project Farm What about just plain water instead of antifreeze? Distilled water is just 88¢ for a gallon at Walmart.
Project Farm Plus it shouldn't hurt O² sensors!
O2 sensors would be fine... The catalytic converter, however would be damaged.
@@olsonc7022 It will destroy the heating element in the O2 sensors.
you should get 2 stroke weedwacker for oil premix testing, like vegetable oil gas mix etc.
No, something bigger like chinese 70-130cc chainsaw, if those fail, they fail explosively
sounds even better, and fairly cheap for its displacement
The slow motion shows and the clear cylinder head shots are the best...I think an entire video of both would be really satisfying, somehow.
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Awesome video as always!
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Ah, my favourite lawnmower-torturing channel!
On another note, have you considered using your lubricity tester to do a shootout between several popular motor oil brands of the same viscosity? I know it might seem like an obvious one but you’re always hearing people say brand doesn’t matter; it’s all about the oil spec. Would be a good test to determine whether this really is the case. I was surprised by how differently the threadlockers you tested performed, for example. Would be an interesting test even if it only confirms the traditional thinking on the subject.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Yes, I'll have a synthetic oil shootout in an upcoming episode.
Try using water as a carbon removal fluid. Some folks years ago used water in carbureted engines to remove carbon from the cylinders. Some of them referred to this as giving the engine a drink
Marshall Heartley ...done already
he did, didn't work so well
I might be wrong, but I think he already tried that. But I wonder if there would be any difference if water mist is used (a real mist, made by an ultrasonic mist generator). It might work better not only for cleaning, but supposedly it should also decrease fuel consumption, that might be worth testing as well :)
Hmmm then I need to go back and see then. My memory isn’t so good so I could have forgotten that he tried it. I know that other in the past did it with carbed vehicles and had fairly good success. So if he did and it didn’t work, then I’m not sure why it didn’t work so well. Off to the archives to look! Thanks folks!
Marshall Heartley Do you have a link to that video?
Also did the copper wire trick many times in the past. Enjoy your videos. Proved me correct in that JB Weld is the best.
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Wow, completely awesome..
Keep em coming!!
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In shop class in the late 80s we learned to rebuild a 3 hp briggs and stratton. If there was a stripped head bolthole teacher had us put a small price of steel wool in the offending hole. That would it to tighten up.
This is a great tip!
I've tried both steel wool and copper wire. Copper wire works a lot better. Steel wool tends to worsen the threads.
Please try boric acid mixture with oil thanks
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You must be the real Superman.
Another great video. I’ve had a few old timers say siphoning ATF through the carb will clean out an engine very nicely but don’t point the tail pipe in your neighboor’s direction because it really puts out a lot of smoke.
Thanks for the feedback
There was an old-timer back in the 90's who reconditioned R/C airplane engines. I gave him a couple of old ones my great uncle gave me. When they came back to me newer-than-new looking, I asked him how he did it, he told me he boiled (cooked?) the block/head and parts in anti-freeze. I have never tried, but this video reminded me of that old story. I enjoy your videos.
Thanks for sharing.
Have you tried using a mixture of 20% of ATF in with the oil and see if that will clean an engine from the inside?
Not yet. Thank you for this recommendation!
Bill ATF at any amount will not clean an engine. It has less than 1/1000 as much additives as a cheap oil. ATF does not have more detergents than engine oil! WHy would it a transmission does not need any detergents it is a fairly sealed system with ZERO combustion products. Just like hydralic systems do not have detergents in them in any amount they do not need them. The base stock in ATF is junk compared to what is used in modern crankcase oil. Why dont you send an email off to any oil or atf formulator about this and post their response. I have been trying to educate people on this topic for over 20 years and am getting tired of wasting my time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_oil www.amsoil.com/newsstand/drivetrain-lubricants/articles/transmission-fluid-as-an-engine-flush/
I've done this trick for 40 years on older crappy cars and it works but not with only one oil change. I did it each winter until it was looking much cleaner.
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Farm, hello, way back,,I a 78 FORD GRANADA, STRAIGHT6 CYL 250 CU INCH, Whitney had an plastic bottle, w/hose into carb,,it used water, winter w/anti freeze,,it surely helped with the engine pinging
Using the recommended octane . Cheers From NJ🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Cool trick with the copper wires, thanks for sharing that!
You are welcome!
have you tried pure watersteam to clean carbon of? heard this would do the job, (as with antifreeze seems to appear with bad headgaskets)
Not yet. Thank you for this recommendation!
Finally you tried antifreeze!!!!!
LOL! Yes, finally.
You're video are always fun to watch.
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Awesome video!! I knew guys who would dump a capful of brake fluid into their carburetor and this supposedly cleaned the motor too...ever try this yet?? Thanks again for an amazing video!!!
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Alright, glad to see you back on engine cleaners. How about doing that same test with the highest strength Hydrogen Peroxide you can find?
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Yes..35% H2O2 is pretty cheap.. it will burn a hole in your skin.. would love to see what it does to carbon buildup.
Ooooo, rocket fuel, now that would be awesome.
35% H2O2 will also melt rubber. It can be dangerous if not handled properly.
HWandW yeah I'm not thinking of what else it would destroy. .. I just know it will clean like crazy at higher % levels.... I bet it would also destroy paper/cork gaskets also..
you must get through a lot of lawn mowers
I dont think there's a single used one left in his town :)
LOL! Yes, I buy a lot of mowers.
What does your wife think about all this? :D
Need to buy Lawn Mower Stock in his town.
What is your opinion of powered reel mowers? Do they pull as much as self-propelled rotary lawn mowers?
Interesting test! Love this stuff and I learned a new trick. Copper wire to hold a stripped bolt in! Thanks again.
I use a toothpick for stripped wood screws in wood such as hinge screws in doors and cabinets
Awesome video man, I watch all ur videos 👍🏻. I have a common rail turbo diesel truck and decided to install a catch can and blank off the egr. Because of the way the engine is set up u get a lot of gunge build up in the intake manifold. After installing the catch can and blanking plates I took the manifold off and cleaned it with oven cleaner, worked like a bomb. Maybe try spraying oven cleaner into the carb to see if it’ll clean the engine. Not sure how safe that will be though 😬.
Greetings from Perth Australia.
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I would like to see how much carbon buildup on a two stroke engines, by using Klotz Benoil (Castor) Blendzall (Castor) versus synthetic like Amsoil, Yamahlube, et al. Using a 25:1 versus 35:1 versus 50:1 versus 100:1 ratio.
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You're welcome.
tried MMO on a chain saw that didn't even run when I got it. Added it to the pre- mixed fuel, primed it and gave it three pulls then let it set for an hour. Gave it one pull after the hour was up and started right up. Inside of engine looked like some one used old engine oil and gasoline as 2 cycle mix in it before me, filthy inside. Spotless after
Use a emulsion(oil+water)in engine. And will it work as oil, and how it will perform in a cranccase.
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It would foam up like crazy. Foaming oil is bad.
Thanks for the tip about using copper wire to compensate for stripped threads!
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Unbiased test, and cool results!
Who woulda thought it?
Thanx buddy! :D
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Would lemon juice be any good as a carbon remover?
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I now know what I'm going to do with the old coolant that's sitting in the jugs at the corner of my garage...
That see-through cylinder head was really cool!
Thank you very much!
When I changed my leaking head gasket you could easily see exactly where the leak was coming from. Mine was leaking between #2 and #3 cylinders, and those pistons were spotless, emanating at the common cylinder wall. But, like you said, I would not do this just to clean out the combustion chambers, as the risk isn’t worth the reward.
Try comet and water and mix it with a lot of comet and also see if it takes the glaze out of the cyl wall like a quick hone.
I would wonder if such a cleanser would not cause damage more than cleaning. It's an interesting concept you have here.
The reason I ask to see it was some old and gone junkyard owner I knew years ago said he would use that method to reseat the rings. I wanted to see what it really did to the cyl more than anything.
Since comet is abrasive it would probably do the same thing that putting dirt in the engine does.
Maybe baking soda?
Any abrassive compound will hurt the engine more than help it as you would lose compression from slightly etching/thinning the walls and head.
Do you think it might make a difference with the red or purple antifreeze?
This is a great question. Not sure.
I believe it would. We have every color of antifreeze / coolant where I work, if my hands get greasy or oily I will get the red heavy duty extended life and dip my hands in it followed by soap and water. Not as good as GoJo but way cleaner than soap and water.
Man thx for all the entertaining videos
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My dad used water from the hose 50 years ago to remove carbon from car engines that ran-on or pinged. It worked then, so plain water is really all you need. Big fan of your videos and I appreciate all the research and testing you do.
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Thanks and you are welcome!
What will happen if you replace the engine oil with diesel fuel?
That's something I've done a few times and I kind of swear by it. Diesel by itself has some lubricity but I make a mix of about 25% motor oil for safety. I run the engine at idle or slightly above for a couple of minutes and drain immediately. Spotless inside.
I've done it to, but with pure diesel. Engine lasted over 200k afterward. Don't do it on a VVT engine though.
Lol don't do it, it spins bearings don't ask how I know well I'm glad I did it cuz that car had to go
Great Test Project Farm I Use Water To Decarbonize Gasoline Engines HydroBlasting I Call It 🔧😎😀😊
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I've heard this for decades (like 4 to be more precise)
I sometimes do this too. I like to call it "steam cleaning" the engine.
My question was is it the water as we do the water cleanse at times ?
No end to the useful and interesting videos!
Thank you
Great job, Todd!
Thanks so much!
some crafty old mechanic told me to run brake fluid (alcohol based not silikon) thru an engine before tearing apart. Should clean like crazy he said. Never was brave enough to try though ... lol
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Yeah, that's a terrible idea. If you're tearing it apart, just clean it the right way...
Andreas Glatthar, I’ve never heard that one. I’ve been told flushing with brake fluid can help an older slipping automatic transmission. It will make newer transmissions worse because the bands are a different material or something though.
Eric Fixalot Kinda. Adding brake fluid to a transmission that slips due to leakage of pressure will cause the leaking seals to swell and hold pressure for a short time. The seals become very soft and degrade rapidly thereafter. This was an old scummy sales tactic used by crooked dealers, sort of like using gear oil in the engine to mask a rod knock or adding saw dust to the differential to mask the whine of a worn pinion gear. The leaking seals would hold up long enough for the car to be bought, and then they'd disintegrate shortly after the buyer used it for a while. We now have specifically engineered compounds that rejuvinate seals in a controlled, predictable manner. High mileage oils contain these additives to help with shrunken, hardened old seals. These compounds work very well when the seal is not too terribly damaged, but of course you can't buy magic in a bottle.
Back in the day when I was a mechanic in the British Army in Germany on manoevers we would use brake fluid as a quick decarbonisation in our lighting plants when we couldn't take them out of operation, worked well, lots of smoke then clear!!
test some bedroom lubes in a crank case :D
and at some stage apply a Nitrous hook up to the engine with the see through cylinder head!
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Glad I'm not the only one to suggest this.
@@ProjectFarm thatd be a funny one.. and compare silicone vs water vs hybrids
Thanks for doing this! Great video.
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A other great one. Water itself has very good carbon scrubbing properties. There are commercially produced water injection systems for diesel engines and I have water fogged old engines with positive results. You are one of the very few testers and experimenters that I have a lot of trust in because your work is complete and, though not cutting edge scientific, comprehensive enough to always give an OBJECTIVE result. Thanks for what you do
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Medical Grade Nitrous vs OxyAcetaline as HP Booster on a Multi Cylinder Engine Gasoline 😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥓
Or propane in intake with fuel from carb as well
I use the blue NOS cans that can be found at most fuel stations in the cooler section. Cleans my engine and adds 10 HP
LOL! I actually prefer Full Throttle.
Does not matter, medical grade or auto grade. Same diff as medical grade O2 and welding grade O2. Only diff is signature on a piece of paper.
@John Bango The difference is the allowable percentage of included contaminants, and what those contaminants can be.
Step 1: Like video. Step 2: Watch video. That's how I do it because I know Project Farm videos are ALWAYS good haha! =D
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You are quite welcome sir! Love your videos. I would suggest that the rapid growth of your channel is because of how good the content is.
Agreed!
I totally agree!
I've repaired plenty of heads and never thought of this at all, so funny how so many things can be so relative to each other.
Thank you for the feedback
Another good video. In the past I've used water or trans oil dribbled down the carb or sprayed into the intake after the throttle body with good results. GM used to make a liquid to pour into the intakes at about 2k rpm untill the engine stalled and you could see foam growing in the manifold, wait 20 minutes and restart, wow the cloud of crap that came from the exhaust! This was late 70's when early emissions controls had there problems and caused problems including carbon buildup.
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Let's see KY jelly personal lubricants as oil
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I'd say silicone. Water based is gonna expand a lot when heated.
Can you imagine what the cashier's thinking when he puts a gallon of KY on the counter?😂
Just order it off Amazon lol
You would need a fast piston.
Does shell primium really work?
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Shell gas in general has performed better in everything I've used it in. If only there were more stations nearby, it'd be all I use.
Project Farm welcome had this thought the other night while thinking of your channel.
I had a turbo vehicle years ago being mapped via laptop, as soon as I went to Shell Premium fuel we could increase the boost and make the timing more aggressive. That was coming from another premium fuel. So it does work. I saw the results on a laptop on a GEMS ecu.
Very interesting. You hear about things like this but to see in in the works is pretty cool.
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Cool trick with the copper wire!
I learned alot from you :-)
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Ive always heard ATF cleans an engine really good when mixed 5 quarts of oil to one quart of ATF
My dad used to use that ratio to help seat the rings after a rebuild.
Substitute 1 qt of oil for 1 qt of Trans fluid (i.e. a small block that requires 5 qts of oil, you'd use 4 qts of oil and 1 qt of trans fluid)
I've done this for years. Works great!
ATF doesn't need much detergent to be an effective cleaner because it is composed some pretty powerful petroleum solvents, namely Naphthenic, Propanol and Toluene. It also has some very powerful dispersants that will keep sludge in suspension until it can be delivered to the filter for removal from the oil stream. As such, it makes a very effective internal engine cleaner when added to the crankcase at each oil change. Testing I personally performed back in 2005-2006 using as low as 5 weight synthetic oil shows it is the addition of the ATF, and not the thinness of the oil, that is responsible for the cleaning effect observed. I speak primarily of Dexron III, as that is the type I am most familiar with the composition of.
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Try transmission fluid as oil
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Hey. Loved to see you try out the Wallpaper steamer carbon cleaning method!
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That's really impressive! I love the videos. Definitely some really bad don'ts. I wonder if you could have some videos showing practical things that actually improve the smog test results and don't ruin the engine.
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Have you tried using water instead of antifreeze in the same cleaning manner? I had old mechanics tell me to dump water in a hot engine to "steam clean" it- never wanted to try on my own though...
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Don't dump it in, do a drop at a time or spray it
If you dump water in an engine, you might as well kiss it goodbye. Mist it if you're going to try it.
Nabre Labre I didn’t literally mean dump- I meant dribble or trickle like the antifreeze
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Engine steam cleans itself as it runs. What do you suppose becomes of the fuel?
What would have happened if you had used pure anti-freeze instead of the one mixed with water?
This would be an interesting test!
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I concur, I suspect it may have simply been the water cleaning the carbon as the glycol would have just burnt with the fuel..
thanks for that tip with the copper wire, I'll definitely do that out on the field now
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Another great video! Thank you
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