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Originally Posted by Paulc66t
...I filled the wiper resevoir with water, removed the hose connection from under the hood. I poped the top off the air cleaner and stuffed the hose down the intake. Most of the ride home I kept hitting the wiper/washer switch. You can feel the motor bog slightly(have to be careful not to hydrolock it with too much water). This was all done at highway speeds. When i got home the resevoir was empty. I replaced the hose etc.
I was very surprised to find that it now runs as good as ever...
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Now that's the kind of "quick and dirty" I was talking about!
I had been thinking along the same lines, maybe with a motorcycle carb jet hose clamped to the end of the tube for a little bit of flow control and misting effect. Not a permanent mod, just a quick engine steam cleaning.
I've seen posts by others that indicate that with this particular engine, there really aren't any significant performance gains to be had with water/methanol. The gains to be had by cleaning up the carbon though... I figure running a couple gallons through as a cleaning cycle every fifty or hundred thou (maybe less with wvo) could be a simple way to keep the system clean. Run the water, then do an oil change and a valve adjustment.
If I was planning on a permanent system, I'd pay for the wiper fluid, but its only temporary and it isn't freezing around here yet.