Its been a fix the talon week this week and I wanted to try to clean the combustion chambers to get rid of what I think was pre-ignition/detonation caused by carbon buildup. This in turn (I thought)would cause the timing to be pulled (sometimes) after the car warmed up.
Although my knock sensor had goo on the outside, @ $155.00 new, I wanted to try something cheaper first.
I decided to try shooting some water in there, with the car running, to steam clean everything. I didnt want to do the MCCC treatment because of cost and mess.
Well, after just one session, I can report a huge improvement! The car now runs strong all the time. No massive timing issues like before. I am looking forward to pulling the plugs and looking at the tops of the pistons to confirm the cleaning effects, but I feel this is a good option to MCCC.
Do this at your own risk. Spray too much water too quickly and you can do some nasty damage!
