Difference between injector cleaner and carboratoer cleaner

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Difference between injector cleaner and carboratoer cleaner

hey guys ,
i would like to ask when mechanic suggest u that u might have weak walls or choke injectors or your carborater needs cleaning what kind of cleaner materials we can use i went to market and there are several kind of cleaners there can some one suggest me a good brand also is there any difference btw carborater cleaner or injector cleaners as per my knowledge u add both in your petrol tank or they both are same material please enlightened me with your knowledge also when u add them in your tank is it necessary to fill your petrol tank completely or half tank will do ? thanks in advance for replying guys .

Gari.pk User 11745 asked on 01 Dec 2010 09:48:05 am

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Maani - on 01 Dec 2010 09:48:21 am

the carb cleaner is only used to spray from the top of te carburetor, coz it is for removing the carbon deposits frm the carburetor, specially the engines with CNG.
As far as injector cleaner is concerned, u cannot open an injestor and spray the injector cleaner in it, thats y. its is formulated so as u can pour it in the tank. tha toyota injector cleaner can be mixed with 10 ltrs of petrol. so that, it clenas the nozzles of the injectors so as to get their efficiency back.

Samar - on 05 May 2011 02:16:40 am

Better the fuel additive, worse is the impact on your engine... sounds funny but it has logic behind it. With passage of time fuel injectors develop carb on the pintles. Every time an engine is turned off, the last drop of fuel dries on the pintle and scaling is formed. Baked with the chamber heat, the scaling becomes hard to dissolve. Fuel additives are strong solvents. when added to the fuel tank, their first action is to dissolve the scaling formed in the tank. Better additives make more cleaning by dissolving more scaling. The entire gunk which is loosened up, passes through the fuel filter attached to the submersed fuel pump. Some of it is deposited on pump filter and it is chocked partly. Some of it passes through and gets stuck in the main fuel filter making it dirty too. Little quantity which succeeds escaping from both the filters, pass through the fuel rail, injectors and is finally drained into the engine.

The fuel additive which is mixed in the fuel, passes through the injectors and dissolve the scaling present in the injectors. This dissolved scaling which is abrasive in nature is also drained into the engine. That is the reason all the professional car maintenance websites recommend change of engine oil and oil filter after usage of fuel additives.
On the other hand, in the off car injector servicing, the injectors are removed from the car and cleaned with the acoustic technology. This process influences only the baked-on deposits in the pintle of the fuel injector. Fuel pump filter, fuel filter and the engine itself remain safe.