Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: GREGBLACK on April 08, 2010, 05:32:05 PM
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Hi I recently added some acetone 100ml to my fuel tank to clean the injectors the xj wouldn't pull above 2,000rpm, I am now now on my 4th tank with acetone and it it sorted it. Diesel consumption is also better but I suspect this is because the jets are cleaner and it is not a real gain but more like getting back to what it should be doing, consumption was 28.6 and is now 32.1 It will now cruise at a decent speed and hold it on hills.
I would recommend it as an injector cleaner.
Cheers Greg
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cleans your hands quickly as well
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yep, that nail varnish is a bastard to get off aint it Dave :icon_biggrin:
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too right but putting it on is easier
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:hysterical:
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can you not get acetone from builders merchants [brick cleaner] ?
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cheaper from a glassfiber supliers
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would not know dood as a cleaner you prolly just as well getting as nail remover as for cleaning you only using a smidge
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Nail polish remover has other nasties in it that your engine might not like.
I get acetone from Walmart. They sell it with the paint, but it's cheaper from
the beauty aisle in 1/2 litre bottles.
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Tim's right, nail varnish remover of mixed with other oils like sent and moisturiser,
just a quick look came up with this (http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/CFS_Catalogue__Acetone_533.html#aAAC003_2d005) as an idea of price, but my local place is cheaper still
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OMG!!!!!!!
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While we're on the subject of disclaimers.......
Acetone or Propanone is a very strong solvent. It will disolve many plastics and rubber conpounds.
It can also dissolve paint, so remember that even pouring it in your tank might ruin your paint job
if you spill it. You may also ruin rubber or plastic in your fuel system. Keep these risks in mind.
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Man it's like the stuff come from chernobyl........
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Hi I will continue to use it but only every 4th or 5th tank to keep the system clean, it can take paint off if you spill it although it did not on mine I wiped it of straight away. My wife says that nail polish remover is 80p for 500ml at the chemist but I got mine from a paint shop 100%acetone 1000ml £2.30 but the more you buy the cheaper it gets per litre.
cheers greg
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Greg have you got OCD?
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Man it's like the stuff come from chernobyl........
Это вероятно сделало, Вы западная свинья
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Man it's like the stuff come from chernobyl........
Это вероятно сделало, Вы западная свинья
This probably did, you western pig
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Actually i am going to Chernobyl on 1st May , i am meeting my Russian girlfriend in Kiev Ukraine , which is just 75 miles south of Chernobyl...
Last time i went there was not any shops open in Chernobyl , in fact nothing at all open , and very few people , but i shall keep my eyes open for some diesal injector cleaner...
There is quite alot of radioactive material about , would that be any use to put in the fuel tank..? anyone else tried running their diesal Jeep on nuclear fuel...????
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Lamb vindaloo can cause a form of nuclear explosion..
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isle of man "greg have you got OCD"
Hi probably, you get so many things as you get older and lose a lot more.
Greg
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There is quite alot of radioactive material about , would that be any use to put in the fuel tank..?
Sure, why not. Worked for Michael J Fox.
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true, but the side-effect was parkinsons
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Is he not brown bread?
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Who...? Parkinson..???
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Actually i am going to Chernobyl on 1st May , i am meeting my Russian girlfriend in Kiev Ukraine , which is just 75 miles south of Chernobyl...
Last time i went there was not any shops open in Chernobyl , in fact nothing at all open , and very few people , but i shall keep my eyes open for some diesal injector cleaner...
There is quite alot of radioactive material about , would that be any use to put in the fuel tank..? anyone else tried running their diesal Jeep on nuclear fuel...????
I would just like to say that im very happy that my woman isnt yours, but fair play, love conquers all, includin self preservation :003:
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Does it work on petrol engines? Injector cleaner is expensive here.
Is he not brown bread?
Not yet. Apparently he is happy to be sober
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/tv/2010/04/09/13524541-wenn-story.html (http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/tv/2010/04/09/13524541-wenn-story.html)
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love
you can not beat love it wins over all sense every time
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Whats sense???
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Of course...this great romance depends on sorting out a small problem i have with my Jeep....somewhere...on a thread...far far away....is my pushrod problem....Dam..! only 19 days before my 1,000 mile trip....!
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Does it work on petrol engines?
Yes.