ATF is a great fuel injector cleaner

Add about 2-3 oz ATF(automatic transmission fluid) to a gallon of GAS . It burns hotter and cleans the tip of the fuel injectors. $1.22 a quart at walmart. It works better than any of the off the shelf fuel injector cleaners .

Seafoam works good along with it through the intake.



[edit on 15-9-2005 by IXRAZORXI321]

ATF is the commonly accepted abbreviation for Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Both in the auto industry and in the field.

Did you perhaps mean mix ATF into gasoline?

lol yes. I'll edit it to be more clear.



[edit on 15-9-2005 by IXRAZORXI321]

yes i have heard of many people who before they change their oil and put fresh motor oil in they will run the engine around with ATF in it for like 30 mins to clean the enigne out. if i recall correctly i think most modern Atf has detergents in to help keep the gum and worn off particles out of the transmissions hydrolic systems and stuff.

after you use seafoam, be sure to change your plugs, and oil filter.

i would put 1/3 into brake bppster line, (ive heard some like to put 1/3 in oil ) and 1/3 in gas.

also seafoam has a small reputaion of messing up cat, converters

I'm not sure what Seafoam is.


I will say, running straight ATF in an engine is not doing it any favors.
ATF is about a 7 wt oil viscosity-wise and the engine's bearings are going to take a beating driving around with ATF as their only protection.

Flushing an engine is not necessary.
Changing the oil at regular intervals will do what you want without resorting to methods from the past that were questionable at that time and today as well.
Today's engine oils have the needed additives for the protection you need.


Pouring a liquid - oil or not - down a brake booster line accomplishes what?

you add it to the gas. It cleans the fuel injecters and valves

it draws it right into the intake.

[edit on 10/15/05 by FredT]

Kinda figured that.
Looks like you're trying to 'clean' valves?

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[edit on 10/15/05 by FredT]

What I'm saying is my vehicles will start to lose power and idle erraticly every 10000 miles or so. I fill the tank and add a quart of Automatic Transmission fluid(dexron 3) to the gas. After that tank of gas is gone and I refill with gas my idle smooths out and all the power is back. My mechanic suggested this to me years ago and it works great.

Before that i was pouring in 5 dollar bottles of fuel injector cleaner that barely even helped. ATF is $1.22 at wal mart and it actully works.

[edit on 27-9-2005 by IXRAZORXI321]

www.seafoamsales.com...

having seen the insides of engines before and after using the product i can say it works very well.

you add it to the brake booster so it geta direct shot into the intake manifold.

There's a new fuel system cleaner from Chevron called Techron. It's supposed to be something entirely new (polyether amine (PEA)), for cleaning deposits out. Don't know yet, I haven't tried it. But I did buy some to try.
www.chevron.com...

I should point out that the better brands of gasoline do a good job of holding deposits down compared to cheap gasoline. Plus a few of the better brands are starting to use the PEA additives. Although I suspect the main reason why is that more PEA can be added than was practical with the old PBA additives. www.findarticles.com...

BTW, I wouldn't drive with ATF in the oil. Just let it idle in the driveway for a while, and drain it. Don't stress it out while it's removing goop from the inside of your engine. The old practice was to add a quart or two to your oil just before your oil change.

For your fuel system, both Ford and Chevy sell a "top end cleaner", that is just about the best thing around to use. It goes in the fuel line, in place of the fuel. People hang it up like an IV bag, and idle it till it's done. It wasn't created for fuel injection.

I have no idea what ATF does to a modern fuel injected engine. I actually like carburetors...

[edit on 14-10-2005 by ZPE StarPilot]

how does atf efect new car warranty?

I know automatic transmission fluid will burn hotter, but it also releases a great deal of toxic smoke. Here's a trick from an old school mechanic, works to clean valves and intake manifold.
Put some distilled water in a glass bottle, we used to use a Coke bottle, but now they are all plastic, be sure to use only glass. Run the engine at about 1500 RPMs, you can do this with a wooden clothes line clip, use half of it to wedge into the throttle cable hookup. Slowly trickle the water into the throttle body with the engine running, and you will see a lot of steam coming out the tail pipe. This method will steam clean your intake, vales, and plugs. For cleaning those pesky fuel injectors, use Gumout or a similar brand of injector cleaner. This stuff does leave deposits on the plugs, so change them after you run the car for awhile. What I do is install a cheap set of plugs for the cleaning process, then put my good Bosch plugs back in later.