did the last round of water injection today. I got a new spay bottle at autozone that had a nice misting head on it. I used the water bottle and pump this time as my hand got really tired last time. Cranked wired throttle open to 2300 rpms about and misted about a gallon of water in the intake after the turbo. I had to disconnect the charge air crossover tube and mist in that opening. Thinking about it now, i should have disconnected the temp sensor on back of intake and stuck head in there. Oh well.
I also did a diesel purge while i was doing this. I ran two cans of sea foam fuel treatment through it from a jar under the hood. It seemed to run a little smoother.
#3 ist still making the tick tick tick. However, while revving at 2300 I loosened injector #3 the bad cylinder. The rpm's dropped down significantly , like 500 to 1000 rpms i would guess. I should have looked at gauge to see. But it was enough to make me think i could never run the engine without #3.#3 is part of the team as weak as it may be. Hopefully it has gotten stronger.
After the water injection there was still a lot of blow by. Oil cap would bounce in time. I added two quarts of Lucas oil treatment in lat two days.
Next I'm going to soak it with Marvel for a week or two and see how that does. Hopefully it won't use too much oil after that. After that i don't know. How hard is it to just replace that ring on that cylinder? If its a huge deal Ill just drive it til it quits or sell it.
So far i have tried about every snake oil and trick i can
25.00 -- 2 cans of Sea foam for diesel purge (It says helps stuck rings on can)
25.00 -- 2 quarts Lucas oil treatment in crank case
13.00 -- 2 quarts Marvel mystery oil in crank case
5.00 -- 2 bottles Iso Heet Methanol in water injection
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78.00 Damn expensive
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