Old wives tales??

[agr071]

I've been told that if i add some Kero to the fuel in my VS Commodore, it'll clean the injectors???
Never heard of this one.
I know of the metho to remove water traces from the tank but not the Kero one.

[GNW1974]

I've been told that if i add some Kero to the fuel in my VS Commodore, it'll clean the injectors???
Never heard of this one.
I know of the metho to remove water traces from the tank but not the Kero one.

I am not a mechanic but from reading about old tractors Kerosene was quite abrasive, don't know if it would clean the injectors.

A teaspoon full in a bucket of hot water was good for giving a dull paint job some shine years ago.

[Rico]

Yea I dont know that kero is the right idea, maybe calibration fluid.....even then I doubt it. Old paint job?? I used to use a rag soaked in Diesel, much the same I guess....

[ozbox]

considering injector cleaner is very much like a solvent and doesnt have any wd40 like properties i would think that its crap...
kero is excellent for preventing rust and brightening paint and mouldings in any car by adding to the bucket of suds when you wash...

[Dago]

I am not a mechanic but from reading about old tractors Kerosene was quite abrasive, don't know if it would clean the injectors.

A teaspoon full in a bucket of hot water was good for giving a dull paint job some shine years ago.

Have heard this one. Old mate told me when he was in the fire brigade they used to wash the trucks with a scrubbing brush and Kero mixed with hot water. Reckons it bought the trucks up better than anything else.

[wbute]

Pepper in the rad to fix a leak. Never tried it but is meant to work.

[BIGCAV]

this is my understanding of the kerosene/petrol cleaner argument

from what i understood most injector cleaners were actually a partial mix of kerosene and alcohol as it is, i know they smell similar too last time i used some (straight gas car now)

the kerosene works as a solvent and cleans out all the gunk, from what i understand its also safe on rubber hoses etc too

kerosene is also jet fuel so im sure it burns ok, would probably need the heat from petrol ignition to get it going well tho, iv always assumed it would burn semi like a diesel fuel but iv never actually bothered to play around with it

i know a few people who claim to use it and they all say it works fine, but iv never actually used it

on a carby car i still love the old method of bringing the revs up then using your palm to block off the carby so it sucks the carby dry in an instant, just sucks all the crap into the motor, every time iv done it it works better then any injector cleaner

[BIGCAV]

Pepper in the rad to fix a leak. Never tried it but is meant to work.

same with an egg supposedly

[GNW1974]

Pepper does work, floats on top and obviously works it way to holes, not good for the system though, definitely emergency only

[ozbox]

raw potatoe cut in half and wiped on the windsceen if wipers cease and desist..

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