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05-17-2007, 12:46 PM

dubld's

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Carbon build up

What's the best product to use to remove carbon deposits on an inboard. Keep in mind these are older motors approximately 1200 hrs.

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05-17-2007, 12:54 PM	#2
yottyboy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Capitol Hill DC Posts: 1,208	Re: Carbon build up Have the heads hot tanked and use a shop vac and a scraper on the piston tops. __________________ Bill Adams 66 109 2A Safari Wagon 93 LWB Allmand 23 Ticonderoga Chevy 350 EFI Cobra IO Carver Mariner hybrid cuddy twin jet drives Ford EFI 5.0 HOs "Practicing the ancient art of ren-ching"

05-17-2007, 02:18 PM	#3
dubld's Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bethpage, N.Y. Posts: 180	Re: Carbon build up I was thinking more of a product like seafoam or a fuel additive __________________ 1987 29 Blackfin Fly bridge

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