In the Army, before we got chemical flush, we cleaned compressors and turbines by tossing pecan / peanut shells into the inlet at idle.

Donald Garrett    flyrotarynospam@avamail.net

On 06.10.18 16:23:01, bmears9413@aol.com wrote:
> Yep,
> I've done that before too. Volvo has a special tool to blow pecan shells through the combustion chamber to clean carbon. But the best I've
> personally seen...and this is real....a washer was dropped down an intake
> manifold. (v8) You could hear it banging around when the motor was started.
> The mechanic revs up the motor, pours in Uncle Bens Rice...a whole box....
> and the rice sweeps out the washer. This was before catalytic converters.
> probably wouldnt work today.
>
> Bob Mears
> Supermarine Spitfire
>
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