This is colloquially called an "Italian tune-up" around here. :D -Kurt
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Javier Garcia <jajgar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul, > > not to diminish the wonders of seafoam, but sometimes the machines just > need to be ridden hard. Back home I had a '78 bug. It was my baby and in > perfect condition. My first trip to the US was for about two months, so I > left it with a friend of mine. When I came back, I took it for a ride and > it was running like crap. I asked to the guy's wife, who was also my friend > "what the hell did he do to my car?". She replied annoyed "everything! he > was so afraid about your car, that he hand washed every two days, changed > the oil like 10 times, constantly checked everything... and the worse is > that he never rode it faster than 20 mph!". It was a Sunday, so no > traffic. I took it down the mountain where I used to live. 10 miles going > down like a maniac, then 10 miles coming back up the mountain, with the gas > pedal on the floor. When I got back home you could barely tell if the > engine was running. > > Javier. > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Paul <p...@hondanighthawks.net> wrote: > >> *Just had to tell you guys about this. My daughter is getting ready to >> sell her 1994 Nissan Pickup just before getting married next month, and so >> I took it out for test drive since she wanted my help selling it. It ran >> ROUGH, especially in lower gears. Hesitating, jerking, etc. Definitely felt >> like carb issues.* >> * >> * >> *So, I ran down to the auto parts store and picked up a can of SeaFoam. >> [super hero music enters here] Poured the can into the gas tank and then >> put about 10 gallons of fuel in before taking it out on the freeway to open >> it up. We went about 2 miles on the freeway and by the time we took the >> off-ramp the pickup was running smoothly again.* >> * >> * >> *Another satisfied customer. [?] >> * >> * >> ** >> >> Paul LeBoutillier * >> *www.hondanighthawks.net* >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
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