snake oil

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TerryG
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Re: snake oil

#11 Post by TerryG »

I've found an "italian tuneup" to work better than injector cleaner ever has. EGR cleaner didn't do anything for me when mine started sticking but taking it apart and cleaning it with carb cleaner got it working just fine.
Getting your engine good and hot should deal with any carbon build up issues that have occurred.

As an alternative, how about ghettocharging your car, it's guaranteed to clean all the crud out of your intake and exhaust systems ;)
https://youtu.be/eVmJ-bW7IpM?t=11s
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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rich.
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#12 Post by rich. »

some odd people about..
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#13 Post by rich. »

i have seen similar on rotary forums,
http://www.leboncoin.fr/prestations_de_ ... tm?ca=18_s
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#14 Post by JPB »

Today, having discovered that a really dry banjo had been left in my front garden, I felt that I had to save the poor instrument from a fate similar - or indeed identical - to being hoyed in the biomass boiler and, after a brief web search, I found something that appears to be ideal for the task, what do you reckon? Is this stuff (pictured below) OK for use in the salvation of banjos? :?

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I'm guessing that it would work, because the label shows a picture of a banjo. One thing worries me though, which is that no minor celebrities have as yet given their blessing to the substance. Maybe it's just because the stuff hasn't yet appeared on Dragons' Den?
I may order a bottle and see how it goes.
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#15 Post by suffolkpete »

I look forward to a picture of a hairy frog. :D
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#16 Post by Luxobarge »

It cures Lackanookie too? I very much doubt that, even on Valentine's day!

I might give it a try though..... :lol:
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
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#17 Post by JPB »

suffolkpete wrote:I look forward to a picture of a hairy frog. :D
Your wish is my command..

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There he is, good old Trichorobatrachus Robustus. Why people prefer cats and dogs is beyond me.
Yes, I too was surprised to find that the hairy frog is a real thing.
Luxobarge wrote:It cures Lackanookie too? I very much doubt that, even on Valentine's day!

I might give it a try though..... :lol:
Hmm, if it fixes my foot-in-mouth disease then anything's possible.. :|
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#18 Post by rich. »

here's another big hairy frog..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ioSf9WYhw
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#19 Post by JPB »

Meh, what a big soft girl! :scared:
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#20 Post by rich. »

i will let you tell him :scared:
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