In the pub at lunch time

[wadsapple]

and it came into conversation with a couple of mates about glazed bores whilst running in on my griff. First I have a 5.2 Rover which I was told were prone to glazing the barrels more easily than a 5.0 lts how's that then ? Also one of the chaps said he had heard you could use a bit of Vim scouring powder down the plug holes to deglaze them with out the need to strip the engine , he,s joking right ?

[WinstonWolf]

wadsapple said:

and it came into conversation with a couple of mates about glazed bores whilst running in on my griff. First I have a 5.2 Rover which I was told were prone to glazing the barrels more easily than a 5.0 lts how's that then ? Also one of the chaps said he had heard you could use a bit of Vim scouring powder down the plug holes to deglaze them with out the need to strip the engine , he,s joking right ?

You need to a ask?

[phillpot]

That was a popular trick on old diesels {put it down the inlet manifold while the engine is running) that had been left ticking over rather than under load for a long time, not sure I'd try it on a decent engine

Edited by phillpot on Sunday 29th December 16:57

[anonymous-user]

It was also done on some 4.5 TVR v8s that were not giving the expected power on the engine Dyno. Dispensed via a tea strainer into the unfiltered carbs it was impressive to see the power build a few minutes after the Vim was sprinkled.

The glazing of the bores in those days was due to engines being run in on fully synthetic oil

[T1pper]

I personally would not want to put anything abraisive in my engine, but thats just me.