Cleaning Cylinders

With the engine about 1/2 wide open keep the water coming at a rate that will almost stop the engine.

Something else I have used is brake fluid trickled in.

It seems like the brake fluid does better but the water will work.

Do I trickle the water through the main gas tank? How much should I use and how do I know when it's "washed?"

Do I run any risk on doing it with water in such an old engine ('23 Fordson)?

The age of the engine don't make any difference.

You use a small stream of water into the air intake and keep it trickled down so you don't compeletly stall the engine.

When it starts to stall out just let up on the water hose til the engine runs smooth and start over again. The engine will sputter and act like it is stalling out. It will stall out if you add too much water, too quickly.

I usually keep flushing for 3-5 minits.

When you get thru putting the water thru it put the engine under a load so it will burn the loose carbon out. You should see small flakes of carbon shoot out the exhaust when you load the engine.

Am interested in doing this with my tractor as well. Are you familiar with the Holley 295 system for the Fordson? Where would you trickle the water through? The mixing chamber primer? There's no real air inlet valve on the carb that would allow the introduction of water.

I'm just thinking out loud so please bear with me.

There has to be somewhere that inducts air thru a carb. Maybe by taking the clean air duct from the air cleaner and put water thru there. If it's and updraft carb it will still suck the water in.

Paddy the water works extremely well on diesel engines that idle alot. Mack, Cummins, and Detroits even if they have turbo.

It might would screw up something on the newer air to air systems but for regular diesels without the air to air induction it works fine.

If you flush an old style 6.9 or 7.3 non-turbo Ford pickup wait til dark and load a tractor up on a lowboy and shower down on the pickup when ye get up in high gear. It'll start throwing sparks out the tail pipes that look like sparkler fireworks.

I have'nt tried it on the newer air to air systems because I would be afraid the water could mess up the oxygen and/or heat sensors in the air cooler.