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Same thing with me. It would crank, but not start. I had it towed to a shop. They said the engine/plugs were flooded. Changed the plugs and okay. I would take the plugs out for a while and let it dry out.
As for the air compressor I used. It is a dinky little 4 gallon bositich compressor since my 20 gal air compressor and good shop vac are shot. Dam hurricane sandy flooded my uncle's basement along with a couple other tools he borrowed. Attachment 66689
The media I used is fine crushed walnuts. 24 grit Attachment 66690
I'm happy to say it went quicker than I thought Actually a lot quicker than I thought. To decently clean all 4 intake valves took me about 15 minutes.
About a minute to clean one cylinder pretty good and prolly a minute for my air compressor to charge/catch up. My little compressor came on 4 times so a 20 gallon tank would be easily capable of carbon blasting a Mini.
As for the amount of walnut media used to clean the intake valves. About 5 pounds.
This is how much that was in my vacuum after the valves were clean. And to me the media still looks pretty clean so I can still reuse it for something else. Attachment 66693
After I put my Mini back together. I did a test run. I can definitely feel the difference. I have the AP running stage 3 and usually in sport mode always I hit boost cut for some reason but, couldn't figure why it did that. Now no more boost cuts in sport mode.
All in all it took less than a hour to completely carbon blast my Mini. Now I'm going to stop wasting my money buying seafoam and deep creep for my Mini. Instead, since I have to BMW tools to carbon clean. Next time I do it should cost less than five bucks.
Now for the money I saved not going to the dealer is going towards a new air compressor since the old one shot. Debating if I should go for a nice 30gal portable belt driven or 60 gal belt driven stationary($50 difference)
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Hey so hoping that you see this, what exactly did you buy to adapt the Mini walnut attachment to your sandblasted?
I saw it mentioned that the tubing needs to be .20 ID
I find .25 aluminum tubing online with a .034 which gives me a .18 ID Is this too small?
Did the tubing that you used off the Harbor Freight nozzle work fine?
I saw it mentioned that the tubing needs to be .20 ID
I find .25 aluminum tubing online with a .034 which gives me a .18 ID Is this too small?
Did the tubing that you used off the Harbor Freight nozzle work fine?
It should be fine. If the ID is too big the walnut velocity is decreased and not as effective at cleaning.
This post is for PHXSTEELE. It's only been 10 years since your post so I hope you're still on this forum.
Your post has a bunch of pictures showing part numbers and how to make a blaster. I need one more piece of information. The last pic shows the "Finished" gun with the media pickup. Can you give me a part number and/or where to get this piece?
If anyone else knows where to get this, please chime in.
Thanks
This post is for PHXSTEELE. It's only been 10 years since your post so I hope you're still on this forum.
Your post has a bunch of pictures showing part numbers and how to make a blaster. I need one more piece of information. The last pic shows the "Finished" gun with the media pickup. Can you give me a part number and/or where to get this piece?
If anyone else knows where to get this, please chime in.
Thanks
Yep still here. Are you referring to the "gun'. Not sure if the part number but I picked it up at harbor freight I believe.
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It does not. None of them come with the gun. I had to go to lowes to "engineer" a fitting situation. It worked and I can post a pic of the setup later.
I highly recommend doing this process. Mine had 96k miles and it feels like a new car or I had just tuned it! Major difference. I can now bark the front tire from 1-2 gear change! If you have the time like 12-14 hours (depending on the thickness of deposits) you can use seafoam or "degreaser" or fuel = whatever else you choose to soak each of the valves in for hours while scraping and blowing out the residue. Luckily you can do 1-4 and 2-3 in sets.
oh yes its an uncomfrtable position to be in. Im thinking of buying one of these, since I have 3 cars with direct injection could be worth it if it saves me hours and hours.
oh yes its an uncomfrtable position to be in. Im thinking of buying one of these, since I have 3 cars with direct injection could be worth it if it saves me hours and hours.
I saw that and thought I can get a super compressor AND the sprayer for that price! I installed a catch can on the vacuum side. Pressure side was dry and clean. My wife can't stop driving it like a grandma.
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