Could the thin flush be getting into the combustion area and being used as fuel?
Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve MacSween" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The sick OM616: one last gasp? > on 5/30/06 12:49 AM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> My wrench suggested another flush, combined with a gallon or so of ethanol > >> in the fuel. > > > > What's the point of the ethanol?? > > Might help to clean out the combustion chamber, more a heroic measure than > anything else. > > Right now I've talked to two wrenches and neither thinks its a ring issue, > anymore, but they're absolutely flatfooted to explain why it ran better with > the flush in. > > There is another option: pour a bit of the flush down the intake, with the > engine running. > > By the way, the flush smells like hi-test varsol with something added. I > sort of laughed when I smelled it, as there is a good-ol-boy trick involving > running the car for a short time with 2 qts of varsol in the oil, which I > was tempted to try, but I never had the guts to do it. > > Mac
