mingbling

I have interchanged them for a lot of things. i have used carb cleaner when working on brakes and use brake cleaner when cleaning my throttle body. To me, they both seem like they do the same thing. What is the main difference between then?

SecretAznMan4u

glad I am not the only one that does this.


How about tranny fluid for power steering?

tobeS2000

brake cleaner is alcohol based so there is no oily residue left on the brake components which would decrease the cars stopping power, carb cleaner is an oil base which will clean and lubercate the throttle body all at the same time.

cougar10ag

hell i'd just say use brake cleaner for everything then oil it if it needs to be. i'm weary of that multi use crap, like the **** that cleans and waxes your car at the same time. hmm odd, how can you wax the car when the cleaner is trying to take crap off it. one step at a time.

tobeS2000

the carb cleaner eats away the build-up which can make throttle bodies stick and then the oily residue left from it is what lubricates it

tobeS2000

to answer the question about power steering fluid and tranny fluid is it depends on the kind of car

slo2kgsr

ATF (automatic transmission fluid) is the same as power steering fluid. Also I wouldn't use carb cleaner on much it is more flammable then brake clean. Plus it does leave a residue

florduhdude

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tegraLS97 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ATF (automatic transmission fluid) is the same as power steering fluid.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No it's not. ATF is interchangeable with power steering fluid in most cars but it's not the same thing. Would you put power steering fluid in your tranny? Hondas/Acuras use Honda power steering fluid only, not ATF ever.