Reconditioning battery, gas stablizer, de-carbonizing

[johnhibbs]

My 3 year old deep cycle/start battery wouldn't charge any more. Instead of getting a replacement I did a Google search to see what was out there that might recondition it. I found a charger that is able to remove the sulfur coating on the lead plates which is the usual cause of a bad boat battery. After only a few days I was able to charge the battery to full capacity again. It is a Model 12117 from Battery Minder. I got it for $44 on amazon plus shipping. The maintainance mode pulses current throught the battery and is able to remove the sulfur from the plates that way. Just thougt I would pass that along.

I'm also researching the best way to remove carbon deposits inside the engine and I"m looking at gas treatment additives.
Take a look at Startron as a gas treatment. They say it will repair old gas and keep it good for up to two years. It also will remove carbon.

Yamaha has something called Ring Free Plus to remove and keep the carbon from buiding up. Is similar to Techron but designed for 2-cycle engines. I have ordered some Piston Kleen (Google it) to see how it works removing all the old carbon. Once I get the engine clean I'm going to start to use Ring Free Plus and Starton in every tank this summer and see how it does.

 

[Pacoson]

look up Seafoam for your gas treatment and de-carbonizing.
I use it in My Sleds, cars, my truck and boat. oil and fuel! you'll love the results.

One of My previous hobbies is Remote control Air and land stuff. I bought a charger that will do the same " conditioning" and yes I have been able to get a year or so better out of a few batteries that were thought to be dead.

Good luck with it all

 

[johnhibbs]

I took the heads off this weekend to see how much carbon I had on the pisitons and to try and remove it with Piston Kleen. I'm very impressed with the stuff. They recommend soaking the parts in a bucket but I'm wasn't going to take apart my engine to do that. I put the stuff in a spary bottle and kept it wet that way. They say you don't have to scrub it but I did anyway. I left it on for about 24 hours. I used a wire brush soon after I sprayed the stuff on and the carbon started to come off right away. I would rotate the flywheel to get the stuff into the rings. I didn't take photos when I was completely done but all of the carbon was gone.

I noticed water deposits on the outside of the cylinders and tried cleaning that with some CRL and a tooth brush. That worked OK but I'm going to try vinegar instead. I have a new post for how to do that.