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Old December 12th 04, 06:17 AM
Leon
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Default Tranny fluid in the gas tank

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:25:37 -0500, Mike Romain >
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>I know the ATF works great, I even used it recently on mine before
>changing a head gasket so I could inspect it. It came out like new with
>the odd loose 1/8" chunk of carbon left sitting there because I didn't
>drive it after the clean.
>
>I have been told by lots of folks water works as well, but have never
>tried it.
>
>You just trickle it down the carb while keeping it running. This won't
>hydrolock anything.
>
>Mike
>

The drawback of using ATF is that your neighbors will call the fire
department. The smoke that comes out the tailpipe is unbelievable.
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Bye,
Leon
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Old December 12th 04, 04:38 PM
Mike Romain
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Leon wrote:
>
> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:25:37 -0500, Mike Romain >
> wrote:
>
> >I know the ATF works great, I even used it recently on mine before
> >changing a head gasket so I could inspect it. It came out like new with
> >the odd loose 1/8" chunk of carbon left sitting there because I didn't
> >drive it after the clean.
> >
> >I have been told by lots of folks water works as well, but have never
> >tried it.
> >
> >You just trickle it down the carb while keeping it running. This won't
> >hydrolock anything.
> >
> >Mike
> >

> The drawback of using ATF is that your neighbors will call the fire
> department. The smoke that comes out the tailpipe is unbelievable.
> --
> Bye,
> Leon


LOL!

Yup, I had the whole street out wondering what I blew up that time.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
 




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