Dissolving carbon buildup from pistons - Cleaning piston ring grooves engine rebuild compression

[@screenshot123]

That's the correct chemical. If solution is fresh, soak overnight and it should come out clean without mechanical scraping. BTW, using an old ring to remove carbon can also remove metal. Try to avoid that.

[@ericthompson3551]

Can says max soak time is 4 hours

[@Wakeupdud3]

I use a razor in ring groves and cut in deep and never gave me a problem idk am I getting lucky or what

[@dustyc324]

A correct piston cleaning tool is a soft metal "cutter" it gets 90% of it after soaking. then soak again and scrub with nylon brush.

[@15743_Hertz]

You can also use Simple Green and warm it up to about 120 degrees F using a heater and then soak your parts in it overnight. The carbon that remains will be easy to remove with a toothbrush or rag. Smells great too!

[@Flightstar]

That's very impressive stuff to work that quickly. I always say that if you crack the can and sniff it, and Don't get instant hemorrhaging from the nose. eyes and your skin falls off and you start pissing blood. Then the stuff is just no good. The nastier the better.

[@jimmyhoward3015]

Hate it when spill whole can from passing out.

[@JohnAnderson4242]

GUNK makes a similar product, they both work really good for piston / rod clean up. You just wear rubber gloves, and scrub a bit with tooth brush. Tons of stuff comes off. Groves are hard, but this will help.

[@buckshot75two]

Did about 10 years of small engine work. We used cleaner like that. There were two kinds available at the time...don't remember the names but the one which had. A small parts basket seem to be a lot stronger. After you soaked the parts for 10 min, you spray it with carb cleaner. Believe it or not the carb cleaner from Walmart' in the blue can' is a lot better than other more expensive stuff at parts stores. Anyway' the carbon crud just ran rite off.

[@tinamcgarrah7794]

Have a little Saturn 1.9 SOHC also, was blessed it was a 2000 that supposedly has the holes in the oil rings the genius engineers forget to put in them in the earlier years.I didn't know this and till I saw "Old Nuc" RIP. ( You're a mechanic for God now!) state the years it affected. So I did the MMO oil soak 3 or 4 times, thinking it needed to do it for the coked rings...It sure slowed down the oil usage what ever it was doing in there....Best hard carbon dissolving agent I ever used was the" Liquud Wrench Super Penetrant" formula from the later 70's.. ( Not sure if it's the same now) Valves had set for years in a 383 head, and you couldn't drive them out with a 2 lb hammer and a punch... Old man we called "Mr.Mopar" told us to spray and let em soak with the" LWSP" I went "out to play" for a day or so. Came back and they pulled out like a straw in water...Most amazing thing I'd ever seen. I worked on Towboat engines,and no industrial cleaner we used was as good as that stuff..Bar None! I wonder if the formula of today is even close?.....I just use acetone and tranny fluid these days for rusted nuts and bolts etc...Thanx; Jethro

[@michaelpeterson4348]

I learned this trick years ago it absolutely works make sure you keep your hands out of this it’s very strong...

[@johndavid3598]

Unless you want your pee to be pink.

[@jefffuehr366]

it's a good thing that you made this video. maybe now people will realize that there is no such thing as a "miracle bottle" of combustion cleaner that you can simply pick up at autozone, and pour it into your motor, and expect to see results like that.

[@jw5031]

+Jeff Fuehr It only works on 1.9 Litre 4-cyl Saturn Wagons painted the same shade of purple as Barney the Dinosaur and have Bright Orange powder coated valve covers

[@johnferguson7235]

+Jeff Fuehr Steam works great for cleaning valves and intakes.

[@paulshamblin141]

I used diesel fuel on mine. Much cheaper. Probably not quite as good but got the job done. Love that sound of the first fire of a fresh rebuild.

[@jobseeker1612]

You should be brushing with a nylon toothbrush....on some parts a copper brush can be used. This helps a LOT.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

That is crazy I have used B12 to clean carboned up valves and my Dad has used it since 1991. The metal can that does not say "Fuel Injector Cleaner" should be insanely strong.Saturn's older I4 and V6's are well known for carbon issues and oil consumption and in general GM has been plagued with carbon issues on piston tops, valves and the injection systems that used popet valves and a central injector. MMO is fine for a continual use thing as a preventive or if you have a ticking lifter but it is not going to clean anything. It is too mild.

[@firebearva]

Gloves, eye protection and a brush. Scraping can mar parts . I have used Chem-Dip and it worked well for me.

[@PatrickBaptist]

Auto Zone has a piston groove cleaner on their loaner tool program just $25 and you get it all back when you bring the tool back. I used a rotary wheel brush to clean most of the carbon off I just couldn't get the grooves all clean.

[@Mr74runner]

You need to try Super clean, just spray the pistons, let them sit for 15 min then use a tooth brush.Repeat the process until all the carbon is gone.The carbon just seems to melt off! It's only $7.99 in Canada

[@FrozenHaxor]

Pour the contents of that can into an ultrasonic cleaner and clean in that. Profit.

[@SladkaPritomnost]

+FrozenHaxor heating the fluid up might help to speed up chemical reaction...

[@FrozenHaxor]

+SladkaPritomnost Some fancier ultrasonic cleaners have a heating function as well.

[@stevemurphy3242]

+SladkaPritomnost I dont see the point of heating anything up only to walk away and forget about an open flame. I just let it soak for days until I get back to it. No sense in babysitting parts. If I had a shop thrn yes I'd have a hot Dip Tank but for Joe Blow people like us, its good enough.

[@chennemeyer]

I use oven cleaner on Aluminum heads and it cleans them to absolute perfection

[@ernestorodriguez8228]

I did the same just didnt leave it in for prolonged period of time on the set i was going to use on my build and a test set i was going to junk i left it on for about an hour and it did nothing but left it looking amazingly clean

[@patrickladue439]

I use easy off grill cleaner. Just spray it on, wait 20 minutes and spray it off with a water hose. Only the toughest carbon will remain which will go away with a 2nd application.

[@Kaliver91]

Crystal Draino with a little bit of water and Aluminum Foil balls in a bucket works great!

[@techo61]

Spray can of cheap no name oven cleaner works for me every time. Just spray it on and work it in the grooves and stained areas with a paint brush for a couple of minutes and rinse. All done (actually many pistons done) for a couple of bucks a can.

[@kyral19]

I used the berrymans chemdip after watching this video. it works but it will not remove a thick build up so its best to use a brass bruss and clean it off as best you can first then dip it. I found that towards the end i was mostly dipping the piston to weaken the carbon in the ring grooves then scraping with a broken piston ring like suggested (most time consuming part of cleaning the piston)

[@nikkivix5640]

i've used chem dip bare handed for years with no ill effects, great for getting grease build up off hands if you don't have gloves, just still wash your hands with soap and water after and it does rinse off with water with no issues.

[@aqib2000]

Agree

[@electric-rideshare]

Thanks DoSumpthin.. Berrymans worked great on dissolving carbon on some valves out of a Jeep I am rebuilding upper valvetrain

[@kyetivids]

I wish they still made the Chem-Dip from 30 years ago. That stuff was awesome. It was pretty toxic stuff. They quit making it because people weren't wearing gloves and it absorbed through the skin readily.

[@buckwheat7424]

i've been working on internal combustion products for years on end, gasoline, all the carb cleaners, diesel, oils gear lubes, greases, propane, butane, acetylene etc, i forgot where i put the list but it took a full page and a half on lined paper, all the toxic stuff, oh and a daily dose of carbon monoxide exposure, and in a shop without windows, only the chimney, welding flux gasses constantly, without gloves respirators, only oily dirty rags and some cheezy hand cleaner. i'm almost 60 with 30 year old health. with all meat and alcohol diet. and only just recently did a health symptom appear out of nowhere, it was like a middle back pain that migrated up one side and then the other finally into my shoulder and elbow and hand, on one side only now. medical advise said to go immediately to the hospital, I got more motors to work on, no way was i going to the drs, they suck worse than the new cleaners, the pain is fading, but i think it could be an exposure thing from chemicals. we are plain products of what we do. i bought some disposable gloves.

[@suzukimethracer1403]

10 milligrams of Valium before bed will fix your back if its muscular you will know by the morning even works on my old dog

[@buckwheat7424]

suzuki methracer (lol) no really, i bet that'd fix almost anything. that'd be a whole different adventure. only tried them once as a teenager, and a couple lilly F40s(a different time as a teenager, I kind of like those, felt like the baddest assed teenager,) then in early 20s' alone i got a motel, bought a 20 dollar bag of tar split it and did one half of it, instantly threw up but didn't feel sick and went to sleep for 16hrs, woke up did the other half, same exact thing my late 20s an ex girlfriend of my brother's talked me into by a "lode?" for 40 bucks, I did. woke up the next day in her trailer, all that was left was a pair of boxers, everything else was gone, wallet and all. but 4 months ago, i wrote about the strange back pain, muscle, nerves or psychologically caused. it went away, only to return as an entire different set of what felt like life threatening signs and symptoms 2 more times that ended with tooth aches, to which I prescribed myself some fish mox250 mg 3 times a day for 2 weeks, the third was some hellacious radiating and travelling pain in my head, from another toothache, i ended up taking over 4000mg daily of acetominophen tylenol, with 1000 mg of exedrin pm on top of 8x's over the maximum allowable alcohol (40 ounce king cobras) limit daily with the stuff, for 4 days in a row, only then i found out it i might die from taking that much. plus it only helped for an hour or 2, on the same night found out that another treatment of fish mox was needed, i bumped up the dosage to 500 mg 3xs daily for 1 week. the first 500mg completely ended the pain within an hour. my face was swelled up. I don't go to drs. or hospitals nor dentist. I got a couple of teeth that broke off piece by piece and figured what did we do before dentist? besides grunt and hunt. I probably should get those teeth pulled. after i cram in a newly put together carburetor rack, keihin 20 or 22mm that goes on a sweet red cb400f 1976. been riding it since early 80s. putting a yellow one together, from the ground up, all on the floor.

[@Clueless2daWorld]

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[@spencermaiers8322]

Let buck wheat live like a boss till his dying day which I hope is a long time from now. It's a mental game too. Worry like a nervous wreck about everything and you'll be in the grave.

[@MrUfish2pt]

Oven Cleaner works very well. Spray, let soak for 30 minutes, scrub with brush, and you should be good to go. Do it all the time. Use gloves.

[@brianzero9738]

Use BBQ grill cleaner, found at Lowes, Home Depot or any hardware store. That stuff will turn the carbon deposits to liquid, that you can wash off. This is the zero labor method.

[@donrutter6765]

Brian Zero Read the ingredients in oven cleaner.

[@324kca]

Careful...Sodium Hydroxide eats aluminum. However I'm not sure how it acts with high silicone aluminum alloy...I'd stay on the safe side.

[@sporsterini]

Just run you a sink full of very hot water and some dish washing liquid. Let the parts soak for awhile. Run another sink full of hot water. Use some SOS pads and they will come clean and shiny. I've been doing this for years and it works every time. The great thing is, it's so cheap and your parts get washed in the process. Ready for assembly.

[@andygray563]

Does anyone know if any of these cleaners might eat-into the various cylinder coatings that any of the manufacturers use these days? I.e NickaSil, AluSil etc

[@phollero]

Thanks for posting this video. I've been trying to clean intake valves with Seafoam and its not as effective as what you demonstrated.

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

They make this thing called a ring groove cleaner and any one that has done engines knows how to use it you should give it a try next time.

[@stevemurphy3242]

Another smart azz know it all as usual. This guy nor me are Engine Builders by any means so we work with what we have thats FREE. I'm an Electrician and done my motors this way for years. Big Deal. The only thing he didnt do was pay some shop $1,000s so that some in-house $12 an hour Floor Dog Flunkie could do it for them. The man was kind enough to take the time to share a Valuable Life Experience with us all through Self Help but all and you can do is Sharp Shoot him down. Says allot about your character as a person. The end result was money saved $.

[@edpaine7982]

I see your offended about a comment, for educational purposes he said that can of chemicals was 30$, for 17$ you can get the actual tool!

[@1995dresser]

that stuff is like the old Safety Kleen Carb cleaner that came in a 5 gallon pail. we used to call carb acid but it was not acid . in the pail went a dip basket with an agitator on top that was air operated. carbs came out like the day they were made . and pistons looked brand new. but this stuff was nasty

[@mikebuck8846]

Yep, eat your skin if you get it on you, and those fumes!!! Used Gunk Carbeurator dip for years!!

[@jimagnew767]

when I was a kid working on anything I could get my hands on, and old airplane mechanic told me to rev up my flat head Ford 59 a.b that I was going to take apart , to around 2000 r,p.m. and por water in the carburetor 5 or 6 time's, and it would spit and sputter and back fire, and it would clean the carbon off the pistons and combustion chamber, well I did it and it worked, so I have been doing this every time since, on ever engine I have had to build, that would still run,. in a few cases when I was to broke to fix it at the time and had to drive it regardless and it burned a lot of oil and smoked real bad sometimes it cut the oil usage in half, and the smoke the same way. try it before you take it apart, it will be much cleaner in side .

[@LBSolar]

The version I heard was to put an ice cube on top of the carb and let it slowly drip water into the throat.

[@sbond1963]

I don't see any piston oil return holes, are there any? Think that was the engine design flaw in that year. The piston oil return holes are located (supposed to be) inside the oil control ring groove. Without the holes oil has nowhere to go, problems return after a while.

[@dougankrum3328]

...Good deal....Berrymans is about the last supplier of anything that works....and they used to be better, but the EPA made them remove a few of the ingredients that made it work for carbon.....still works pretty well for carb's....a gallon of that stuff is waaaay over $30 here in Calif..... Another dis-continued product is Gunk Hydro-seal.....it was terrific for aluminum, and other 'soft' metals that you couldn't put in the heated caustic soda tanks that were for cast-iron blocks... Gunk Hydro-seal was the only cleaner recommended by Harley-Davidson for cleaning pistons and other carboned-up stuff....and you know how old Harleys were, right..?

[@ZombieSC]

I was at the local WalMart today picking up some automotive accessories and was surprised to find that they carry the Berryman Chm-Dip. The price? $18.54. Pretty good deal... :)

[@samjohnson466]

You can purchase a ring groove cleaning tool from NAPA, inexpensive. We would use ultrasonic tub for jet engine parts, even the re-useable filters. I wouldn't want to purchase though, however I'll bet there are shops around that would clean them ultra-sonically for a small charge.

[@jimzivny1554]

I've been using that cleaner to soak parts for years, it does a great job but needs time to work. Also pick up an assortment of medium stiff nylon brushes to work the crap out of the nooks and crannies on parts. I stopped using oven cleaner a long time ago, some brands can be caustic on non-ferrous metals and etch the surface.

[@mikebuck8846]

Good stuff but, Don't breathe too much of it, it's deadly.

[@jimzivny1554]

+Mike Buck Absolutely, you have to be safe.

[@deniseprettner2020]

A brass, round, 3/4 inch brush a Dremel tool works fantastic.

[@zerbinauto]

Great tip. I wonder where I can find this in Baja Mexico. I'm doping a VW Gol right now. Not golf GOL. Weird Mexican car made in brasil. It's a VW with no options; no air bags nothing and its a 2014. I'm doing new piston rings head gasket etc. I'll probably post some videos about it in the future.

[@LD9user]

I've used the Chem dip before. It works very well.

[@ricker92]

I cleaned the pistons with BBQ/grill cleaner. Worked great!

[@a.m.7060]

Ya?

[@donrutter6765]

Nothing beats oven cleaner after all these years. Spray wait 10 minutes, wipe it off.

[@jcaashby3]

What I have found that works GREAT is paint stripper. The kind that comes in a aresol can. Use gloves as this stuff burns. Spray it on....it starts to fizz and bubble....eats right through carbon. Wipe and/or spray off!

[@HowardSupra]

Do you know if that eats into the aluminum?

[@jcaashby3]

HowardSupra nope. Looks like new (almost) when done. No issues over the years.

[@HowardSupra]

jcaashby3 Good stuff, thanks

[@gravityalwayswins1434]

Berryman chem dip is absolutely phenomenal at dissolving carbon buildup on engine parts that you look at and go ' how the fuck am I gonna clean that?'. My experience on a Honda inline 2 liter and a ford 351 is it works just as well as is demonstrated in this video. If you can get the part submerged in this stuff it WILL get the carbon off and come out totally clean. On really funked up pistons it might take about four dips and cleaning, scraping loosened crud between dips. You gotta scrape off the crud between dips so the chem can attack deeper carbon buildup. Rinse and repeat. Every last speck of carbon is off. Then measure piston, and toss in trash can. lol

[@johndavid3598]

Worked for me. My Buell piston is super clean.

[@barenekid9695]

Chem dip is basically Laquer thinner So you can save some Bux if you don't need the basket.

[@IronNam]

oh chemtool, you work so well. Great video man!

[@cliffcampbell8827]

I had to remove carbon build-up from a lot of Continental and Lycoming airplane engines. There could be up to an 1/16th of an inch of carbon on the top of the piston and a fair amount was lodged in the ring grooves. I used a glass bead cabinet blaster (same as a sand blaster but uses a different blasting media) for the piston crown and a modified piston ring to scrape the grooves (not supposed to blast the ring area because the media has a tendency to round the 90° edges). The reason we used glass beads instead of sand is the glass would break apart upon impact with the surface, removing the carbon but leaving the cast aluminum piston in tact where sand would start causing damage shortly after exposure. This carbo dissolving chemical looks promising.

[@FingersBlazin]

The worst car I ever bought was a brand new 1995 Saturn SL. Pistons were always full of carbon and getting the spark plugs filled up with gunk and had to replace them every couple of months. They replaced the pistons for free at 30K miles, then when the warranty was expired I noticed the spark plugs getting dirty again. It had oil/filter changes often and burned oil. Worst car I ever bought. I will never buy a Saturn again.

[@gravityalwayswins1434]

I use chem dip on all funked up engine parts. It gets them clean just as in this video. iN fact some come out looking so clean that wear areas immediately appear even before a thorough rinsing. Cleaning pistons is an absolute snap with a new jug of chem dip.

[@jw5031]

+Robert Rowlands Im gonna hire you for my next commercial!

[@ThatEEguy2818]

I wonder if this would clear out the gum in the compression and oil rings while still in the engine. I wonder if it would work if you poured some into the spark plug holes and let it soak overnight.

[@travistravis3620]

Rick West I was thinking the same thing and I’ve been trying to find someone who has done it and posted their experience on KZbin.

[@JohnnyCamaney]

Did u find something?

[@TonicofSonic]

Anything yet on the spark plug hole soak idea?

[@tomashton7208]

glass bead blaster will clean em up, but you have to tape over the wrist pins

[@darrenpickens7147]

Nothing cleans stuff like that better than pressurized steam. The only problem is trying to find a steam pressure cleaner.

[@stuartcookie133]

he had a hard time opening the box

[@paulg444]

whatever is in oven cleaner, that is what you want to use. There is no way that any solvent can beat oven cleaner. Im going to guess that a mild caustic soda is the best solution.

[@jackpatteeuw9244]

I use Chem-Dip when I'm doing SERIOUS carb cleaning. Put the parts in the bucket, put the lid and wait 24 hours. An ultrasonic cleaner would make the process go a lot faster.

[@jesuschrist1732]

took you suggestion on a 305 sbc rebuild i found out that i could do 4 pistons at a time 2 face down and 2 with rod end down after 30 to 45 minutes i just switched them around 30 to 45 more minutes 4 pistons are clean while i am rinseing the first 4 off the other 4 are soaking, thanks

[@zedcartwright5267]

After you soak it in Berryman carb-parts cleaner, which I have, what do you use to remove all the cleaner residue and then what do you do for the needle bearings for the wrist pin as far as lubricating them? Needle bearing grease, or just coat them good with 2 cycle oil? Maybe some one can give some advice. I think I will ask a boat mechanic before using this stuff on my pistons, even though I don't think it will hurt if I get all the Berryman's off and lubricate the bearings. I also thought about putting the piston deep enough to get to the grooves but not deep enough to submerge the wrist pins.

[@360Prairie]

I recognize that voice from The Ammo Channel! I wish you would return to youtube. A lot of people miss your videos.

[@davidcampbell3415]

best thing i ever found that is also clear coat safe is a product called super clean (non foaming formula) it removes carbon and 40 year old brake dust build up almost instantly- 1 gallon jug bout 9$ @ walmart- u can literately watch it desolve in front of your eyes

[@tpsandiego]

Bought the Chem-dip yesterday to clean the pistons and the engines head of my Harley. This stuff didn't work like the video shown. I dipped my pistons for in the can for over 1/2 hour then removed them out but nothing change the carbon still there.

[@xcalibre222]

WOW, That Chem-Dip stuff really works!Thanks for sharing. :)

[@Drunken_patient]

HOW ABOUT PISTON PIN , I KNOW THATS CHROME , WAS IT OK ??

[@mwm2929]

If you have an ultrasonic cleaner it should clean those bits out of the ring grooves fairly quickly with plain laquer-thinner. It might be worth the investment given the amount of time you will be spending on this project.

[@erik61801]

I wound up using very hot water dawn dish soap and plastic bristle brushes and some scotchbright. Ive heard the epa compliant berrymans sucks now; the old stuff lasts years, dunk carb pull jem...before the bath i used a metal can just a bit larger than the piston filled with acetone to handle inside the wrist pins, the liquid after was blood red. and concluded with them looking new with the oil control ring land perfectly clean (h22a)

[@teasdalebm]

Use Mean Green From Walmart. 6.95/GL and will clean those in 4 hours. Just a small amount (10 min max) of soft brushing after the bath and they are like new! 😊

[@plastite]

Drill 3/16 holes through the oil ring groove. At least 6-8 holes. If you don`t the rings will gum up again. Thats how I fixed my Saturn for good.

[@5hawks]

I just use Easy-Off oven cleaner and old tooth brushes but that Chem dip works well. Solvents don't do much against carbon deposits

[@denniswhite4446]

Yes, solvents tend to harden them. The brake fluid I recommended above does not do this which is why it works so well.

[@jackpatteeuw9244]

I have also been told that naphtha will dissolve carbon if your leave your parts to soak in it overnight.

[@daniequezada6]

I used a copper wire brush with Dawn Platinum and it cleaned up like 80% on the junk on the Pistons of my truck in like 45 min

[@RumpleXstillXskin]

Hi a chap on here says that that stuff you are using shouldn't come in contact with a shiney surface ...like the gudgeon pin ??

[@22DISA22]

Hey whats up man am doing my mk4 vr6 24 valve engine and am having some trouble on putting back the pistons with the new rings. Any links or ideas on how to put it in i dont want to brake my new rings thanks

[@pownd01]

I think they make a tool for that piston ring expander or something like that I could be wrong but you might be able to rent one at Autozone

[@buckshot75two]

Yes man! Pretty cheap tool called a ring compressor, and you put the piston in from the top of the cylinder rod first. Of you are talking about putting the rings on the piston. There is a tool for that. A ring expander.

[@d.c7464]

The absolute best carbon remover is a "AIR INTAKE CLEANER" nothing else comes close or near as fast.

[@sfcd4757]

Really? Ill give that a try that to see how it works

[@AndTodaysProjectIs]

Any luck using that stuff to dip a piston with stuck carboned up piston rings...And actually loosen the rings using this stuff?

[@jaymeez]

I took the intake manifold off of my 2001 Honda odyssey in order to clean the carbon build up in the EGR port. While the manifold was off I cleaned out the ports using carb cleaner and it cleaned up nicely. I looked at the opening ports on the motor and since they were built up with carbon I sprayed them as well. After I was done I started my van up and it's idling rough. After a lot of googling I shouldn't have sprayed carb cleaner in the ports on the motor. What to do next? Is this something a normal auto shop can fix or do I need to take it to a specialist? Is it an expensive job?

[@peterchang9544]

You may have left a vacuum holes unplugged.

[@nathanlopez5667]

could you do with this what you would do with seafoam and put it in your oil just to get all the sludge out prior to an oil change

[@grimsrudjk]

DoSumpthin, can you do this procedure with the pistons still in the engine? I'm trying to achieve the same effect without having to dismantle the entire engine.

[@TonicofSonic]

I was wondering the same. I would like to squirt some in overnight and suck out what I can then change the oil and run the engine, then change the oil again.

[@Honzikponzik]

Hmmm 🤔 so if you would put it straight into the engine of a v-twin, i mean top it up really good then drain/ flush with clean oil . In theory you end up with clean engine ?

[@philliphall5198]

Thank You for information and advice

[@saisonqwerty]

What about oven cleaner? That stuff is horrible to breathe, burns if you get it on your skin and cleans burnt carbon out of an oven no problem. Would it work on steel?

[@thanhma3287]

how much it cost you ? i bought some degreaser purple Castro and soaked in water over night and remove the same as what you were doing . Castro. degreaser seem to works the same maybe for less dollars. , bought 2 1/2 gal. and used 3x 16oz. spray. and refill. . I boughted from Walmart. . My engine block was 500k miles and piston rings was only 138 psi to 145 psi gauge with burn valves , so I send out the heads for repair and replace part , but I clean piston with gas no result or brake cleaner without any luck , so I clean with degrease Castro purples 2 1/2 gal. for lesser than $20 and still have degreaser for other job

[@jw5031]

+Thanh Ma Great advice man! But was it a purple colored Saturn wagon with Coast-Guard colored powder-coated valve covers?

[@thanhma3287]

+J Williams is a Super Clean degreaser Williams , buy at Walmart in automotive detailing area , some Walmart sell in 1 gal. for $9.50 some other Walmart sell 2.5 gal. for $17 . I put 6 piston in with rods soak for a 48 hrs . and wash off all the carbon . I bought 4 gal. plastic bucket at Walmart for $3 to soak all the part . and is still got degreaser let in 1.5 gal. remaining , if I were buying what on video , I would have spend .more that it was , probably around $15 extra with taxes. try it Super Cleaner degreaser is stronger and it remove more carbons than every other chemicals and it save you extra moneys also

[@jw5031]

Thanh Ma I will try it! Thank you!

[@thanhma3287]

Good I'm glad to help you save moneys

[@cammontreuil7509]

Oven cleaner. Use the typical precautions. Out doors, gloves, eye protection etc. Spray it on. Let sit. You'll see how good it works. I've cleaned engine blocks too. Does make a mess. Be responsible.

[@actorzone856]

I will help, First carbon dissolves in water, companies that makes cleaning products have a showroom, upshot is they sell carbon clean, soak for a day or 2 and wash off, I also use washing powder, has high PH, put a half a cup in a bucket of water and soak pistons for at least 2 days or longer, you will end up with clean undamaged pistons

[@pseudoprodigy]

Use a soft metal brush (like brass) instead of a steel ring.

[@GeraldE]

If you would have heated it to round 100 degs Great small engine carb dip. and fire arms real cleans good

[@davidgruen7423]

Can you pour some of this stuff through spark plug holes and let it soak for somedays and spin the engine without spark plugs to let the cleaner out?

[@ThatEEguy2818]

I had a similar question. Lol

[@delconway7561]

U can do whatever you want. What you want to know is will it do any damage?

[@Vfh........y]

....good stuff....BTW how much would it cost for a salvaged engine with let's say 1 year warranty?

[@nemaiali9880]

Roger Kind

[@daysend1341]

Pb buster makes a tune fluid that works realllllly good

[@stigonutube]

looks like it works good, i agree with all health tips here gloves,open air etc chemical poisoning or suppressed immune disorders due to chemicals are not nice conditions to live with, please please take precautions...ive used Diesel in the past and works good also..

[@Super73VW]

It is so sad....I can't get this formula of chem-dip in California any more! I have a can I brought from Arizona some many years ago that is well used up by now, but still works slightly better than the stuff I can get here.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Put some gloves on man - be kind to your body

[@WhiteGravey]

+Trev S gloves cost way to much let that lazy liver do some work

[@jonathanhartley6526]

Sould I wear gloves I'm a just a beginner when I use chemicals like these my skin starts to peel off

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Jonathan Hartley Gosh you people must be double hard - Gloves & a good moisturizer : )

[@observatory87]

+ Jonathan Hartley All oils and solvents are absorbed into the skin so quality gloves are essential or twenty years from now you will be at increased risk from numerous malignancies. Take care please.

[@jw5031]

+Trev S Lol! Your use of "Double Hard" and "Good Moisturizer" in the same sentence is interesting....

[@CentralStateMower]

Yep, I've used chem dip in the past. It works good but, that stuff really scares me as far as health risks are concerned.

[@seyoch]

Why are these helpful video's always naming some brandname thats not available outside the US? what's the chemical compound that does the work?

[@crpth1]

Not contesting the advantages of a specialized commercial product. But I always use the most basic and cheap oven cleaner I can get my hands on! Work wonders and it's dirty cheap. On my workshop there's always some at hand, just in case. ;-)

[@dp1651]

Can this free stuck piston rods and wirst pins?

[@tonyheiling1968]

I used zep cleaner degreaser w/ faster effect using hot water & cleaning gun even cleans a whole block & bolts cleans right up

[@calvinlaudrensio415]

Just soak the piston with water and dish soap, then brush the top part using wire brush, while the rest using stiff plastic brush. Works just fine.

[@yopstender2942]

And put it back in the cillinder after you fucked up the round of the piston?

[@calvinlaudrensio415]

Yop Brookhuis that is exactly what I did and guess what? The engine runs smoother than ever before. I also dried and soaked the piston with gasoline before putting it back into the cylinder.

[@rpbishop3079]

Why did you choose the cleanest of the two pistons to test. Dawn dish liquid would’ve cleaned the piston you chose.

[@nancypagan6878]

Citric degreaser stainless steel pan with lid place in oven for half hour at 550 degrees let it cool down when safe to handle remove and drain, rinse, parts will be like new.

[@jcaban7]

That looks good. I'm in the middle of an engine overhaul.. I could use some thing like that. Where could I this product...

[@rey0176]

your right its a saturn deffect.but.. u can drill the holes urself also