"Decarbonizing" Honda Odyssey

It may include cleaning the injectors, I believe the Acura dealer
quoted me about that price for the service on a V6 a year or two ago.
I declined the honor ... and the service rep half-apologized for
offering it! Guess I was giving him the skunk-eye.

J.

 

It may include cleaning the injectors, I believe the Acura dealer
quoted me about that price for the service on a V6 a year or two ago.
I declined the honor ... and the service rep half-apologized for
offering it! Guess I was giving him the skunk-eye.

J.

 

A bottle/can of solvent carb/throttle body cleaner, a toothbrush, what
ever tool is need to pull the intake pipe off, and about 30mins-1hr time
to clean it. No problems, and very little work.

Might run lumpy for a little while when the residues burn with the fuel,
but it will be much cheaper than dealer job.

 

A bottle/can of solvent carb/throttle body cleaner, a toothbrush, what
ever tool is need to pull the intake pipe off, and about 30mins-1hr time
to clean it. No problems, and very little work.

Might run lumpy for a little while when the residues burn with the fuel,
but it will be much cheaper than dealer job.

 

I advise you to only buy gas from major brand stations such as Chevron and
Shell. Shell says that they have a new type of gas that contains lots of
cleaning solution--it cost more than regular gas. I think that it is
called V-10 or something like that. You should also visit a auto supply
store and ask the salesperson at the counter to sell you a bottle of a
special solution that cleans out your entire system. I don't recall the
name brand. You mix it with a full tank of gasoline. If you use a bottle
of that solution in your gasoline about once every two or three
months--it'my guess that you won't have any problems with your thottle
body.

 

I advise you to only buy gas from major brand stations such as Chevron and
Shell. Shell says that they have a new type of gas that contains lots of
cleaning solution--it cost more than regular gas. I think that it is
called V-10 or something like that. You should also visit a auto supply
store and ask the salesperson at the counter to sell you a bottle of a
special solution that cleans out your entire system. I don't recall the
name brand. You mix it with a full tank of gasoline. If you use a bottle
of that solution in your gasoline about once every two or three
months--it'my guess that you won't have any problems with your thottle
body.

 

Good for them, but does anyone know of a source for independent
laboratory assessment of such claims? I'd much rather buy a bottle of
additive every few months than pay $.15 more per gallon every time I
fill up.

Abe

 

Good for them, but does anyone know of a source for independent
laboratory assessment of such claims? I'd much rather buy a bottle of
additive every few months than pay $.15 more per gallon every time I
fill up.

Abe

 

if theyre snowing you like that, you must be a chick, right? carbon
migration? LOL!

sometimes, on some cars, the TB *might* need to be cleaned to get some
varnish and crap out. simple as using a $3 can of throttle body spray
cleaner, and possibly a toothbrush. usually can be felt as the throttle
sticking a bit, or idling a little off even after a tuneup.

but a $179 "soak" every 2 years? sounds like they want to "soak" you.

id bet you anything their "soak" involves a $3 can of spray cleaner, and
$176 in pizza and beer for the service techs that day.

 

if theyre snowing you like that, you must be a chick, right? carbon
migration? LOL!

sometimes, on some cars, the TB *might* need to be cleaned to get some
varnish and crap out. simple as using a $3 can of throttle body spray
cleaner, and possibly a toothbrush. usually can be felt as the throttle
sticking a bit, or idling a little off even after a tuneup.

but a $179 "soak" every 2 years? sounds like they want to "soak" you.

id bet you anything their "soak" involves a $3 can of spray cleaner, and
$176 in pizza and beer for the service techs that day.

 

yeah. id bring this to the "stealers" attention as well. bring your
owners manual and ask where it is.

 

yeah. id bring this to the "stealers" attention as well. bring your
owners manual and ask where it is.

 

LOL!

 

LOL!

 

: In article <7FqSc.65$>,
: says...
: > But, none the less, has anyone heard of this and is it worth it?
: >
: A bottle/can of solvent carb/throttle body cleaner, a toothbrush, what
: ever tool is need to pull the intake pipe off, and about 30mins-1hr time
: to clean it. No problems, and very little work.
:
: Might run lumpy for a little while when the residues burn with the fuel,
: but it will be much cheaper than dealer job.
: --
: The poster formerly known as Skodapilot.
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Not to say $179 isn't excessive (see my earlier post), but I downloaded the
instructions for doing this job on my '00 Accord and it didn't look like a
trivial process to me. Granted, I am not a trained mechanic. I thought it
was well worth the $64 it cost me to have it done by people who really did
know what they were doing.

BTW, before having this done, I went through three bottles of "fuel system
cleaner" (gasoline additive) over a period of several weeks and it didn't
cure the sticky throttle. Didn't hurt anything, though, as far as I know, so
I chalked it up as an education expense.

Paul

 

It is certainly a trivial thing to somebody that has experience working on
vehicles.

To the mechanically challenged individuals of the world this could certainly
appear to be overwhelming.

CaptainKrunch

 

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If it is added to the fuel, unfortunatley it wouldn' go anywhere near
the throttle plate, because it is added downstream of there, through the
injectors. Normally they are either in the manifold, or direct into the
head.

 

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alt.autos.honda...

It isn't exactley rocket science, but with the complexity of modern
engines, I can see it might be difficult to actually work out what you
are supposed to remove to get to were you want to go, before you
actually get there, and what you need to remove to get in.

I'm lucky, while I looking for a nice generation 4 prelude, the car I'm
currently driving is an 80's Saab. While it is fully injected, the
engine bay is huge for the inline 4 engine, and you can get to, or at
least see most things very, very easily.

Hopefully, by this afternoon (UK time), I shall be the owner of a fairly
low mileage metallic black JDM 1991 Prelude VTEC, with just two owners,
and about 5k miles away from a cambelt change.

Needs it's annual inspection/MOT at the end of this month, so I will put
it in early, incase anything needs doing, but I'm hopeful.

 

I used Chevron Techron fuel system and combustion cleaner a few times.
Can't say if it worked, maybe it did but surely there was no negative
effect. So for $5, you can try without any risk.

Quality gas ads from Shell are not confirmed. Don't trust them. Go to
their web site and asked for independent lab test.

No noticeable difference if I used gas from Costco, Walmart.

 

I used Chevron Techron fuel system and combustion cleaner a few times.
Can't say if it worked, maybe it did but surely there was no negative
effect. So for $5, you can try without any risk.

Quality gas ads from Shell are not confirmed. Don't trust them. Go to
their web site and asked for independent lab test.

No noticeable difference if I used gas from Costco, Walmart.