Here are my tidbit contributions:

Degreaser: Most spray-can degreasers seem to perform similiarly, hence I go for the in-house cheapie brand at Wal-Mart (Super Tech, I think) - runs about 78 cents a can in Maryland. I have also used the "Purple Power" brand (in the gallon jugs). Have used this liquid straight (just poured it into a plastic pump bottle), and gone to town with it under the hood. Purple Power will, however, promote evil crud on electrical connectors if it gets past the seal.

Fuel Injector Cleaner: I have experimented with way too many of these. Red Line SI-1 (available at Pep Boy's, about $5.99/bottle) was better than most. The best, however, was my indy using a set of injector cleaners made by 3M. This set had three components: First was a can of liquid hung upside down (from the open hood), which fed a narrow plastic tube. This tube was inserted into the loosened intake boot at the throttle body entrance. Once this can emptied itself, the throttle body and intake manifold were cleaned using a spray from this set. Final portion was a bottle of cleaner which was poured into the gas tank - fill 'er up, and wait to run the whole thing through your intake system. This cleaning (my indy is a great guy, and only charged me for the chemicals - $30) is the ONLY procedure I have ever been able to comfortably say really made a difference.

Coolant: Townsend warns against the "cheap green shit", and I think this is good advice. Pay the $10/quart for Pentosin (eEuroparts.com). One word of advice: In warmer weather, you do not have to run a 50/50 mix of water to antifreeze. 25% antifreeze is more than enough, and will also make a noticable difference in your cooling system's ability to shed heat. When I reduced the water/antifreeze ratio to 25/75 on my '92 9000, I noticed an immediate and consistent difference in both the average reading on my temperature guage, as well as an increased ability to recover from warm running.

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• Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, buckmath, Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:54:02
  • Re: Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, Lawrence, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:20:39 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Gunk's the stuff!, Urby, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:39:15
  • Re: Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, Paul Broeckx, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:13:49
    • Other Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, buckmath, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:24:00
    • Survey an such things, buckmath, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:17:26
  • For rusty bolts, MarkusD, Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:47:10
    • I second the Kroil!, rhale, Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:10:27
  • Re: Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, Mike B UK, Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:10:39
    • Oh, UK huh?, buckmath, Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:06:51
    • Re: Favorite shop chemicals/lubes/additives.etc?, buckmath, Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:38:17

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