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Followup: RE: fighting ping/deposits with the "internal (steam) clean".

I posted the original article in complete seriousness.  The trick does work
in some situations.  However I had forgotten there is something better
than water for this; I used it on my own car once, which doesn't have much
problem with pinging (in the interest of preventive maintenance).

Pouring water down the carb of a running motor won't hurt anything; at the
worst you'll flood it and have to wait a while.

Better yet, though, go to a GM Parts Counter and ask for a can of Top Engine
Cleaner.  It's probably still ~$3.00.  Read the directions and you'll see
they're much like my directions, except you are told to eventually stall the
motor out and wait a few minutes.  Later when you start the car and see deposits
coming out the tailpipe, you'll know some cleaning ocurred.  You might want to
repeat the treatment at a later date.

Obviously you can't use this on cars without carbs (fuel injected cars).

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