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2.3 Vtec carbon deposit removal

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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Ok, my '99 Accord EX sedan in Manual has 170,000 on the clock. When I replaced the Denso plugs that I put in it 30k ago they were real worn. The car has started consuming oil at about a qt every 3,000 miles. When I replaced the plugs when I looked with a light down into the cylinders it looked like flakey, black, heavy carbon deposits. I am thinking maybe the pistion rings are stuck with carbon and need to clean out the upper engine.

Should I just suck Seafoam into one intake with one of the vacume lines while the car is running. Or should I pull the new NGK plugs I just put in it and use DEEP CREEP or Marvel Mystery Oil in each of the cylinders as well to help maybe unstick the piston rings?
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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1 quart every 3,000 miles isn't bad. The carbon on the plugs could be from your oxygen sensor needing replacing as its pumping too much fuel.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 06:46 AM
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Mopar Combustion Chamber Cleaner. He's using two cans on a V8, so one can should be enough for your car. The big difference here is that this stuff foams, and Deep Creep doesn't

http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3055
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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If you already have a bottle of seafoam, give it a try. That stuff never made any difference in my motors. I've had better results with spraying a mist of hot water into the throttle body.
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