Soda blasting intake valves?

Gemballa1980 · 09-23-2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd135i

I recently experimented with walnut blasting, chemical and soda blasting. Soda blasting was by far the best of the 3, in my opinion.

I'm planning on doing a write-up when I get some time. I also made a plate to keep everything in the port so the engine stays clean.

Just curious if anyone else tried soda blasting their intake valves? The quote above was posted a year or so ago.

I just came across this site: http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-o.../soda_blaster/ and if it's similar to walnut blasting, at the price of around $10 - I thought I'd ask!

I'm assuming it's not ideal otherwise I would have seen more posts about it. My concern would be clean-up and whether the dust would be too hard to clean / vac out..

Thoughts??

I know it's ghetto but:

C.Pop · 09-23-2013, 09:19 PM

To stop the process from making it look like a baking soda factory exploded in your engine bay, you're still going to need the BMW adapter that allows you to blindly blast while attached to a vacuum, or at least fab something up. I would pay $5 for the humor in watching someone experiment with this in their engine bay, as long as it's not in my garage.

Not sure how well the baking soda works on the thick sludge. I have a hard time believing that it'll take the crud off as well as walnut shells but I've never tried it.

pgaplayerless · 09-23-2013, 09:21 PM

baking soda is water soluble....just wash it away...

C.Pop · 09-23-2013, 09:22 PM

wat

Have you done an intake valve cleaning? You'd want to wash away that excess? With water? If you can't contain it, there is zero percent chance this is a good idea.

Make a baffle/block/etc and you should be fine. You still have to go through that hassle though.

Wescuddles · 09-23-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by C.Pop

wat

Have you done an intake valve cleaning? You'd want to wash away that excess? With water? If you can't contain it, there is zero percent chance this is a good idea.

Make a baffle/block/etc and you should be fine. You still have to go through that hassle though.

I think he was trolling. At least I hope he was lol

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C.Pop First Lieutenant 65 Rep 385 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: May 2013 Location: AZ iTrader: (0)	To stop the process from making it look like a baking soda factory exploded in your engine bay, you're still going to need the BMW adapter that allows you to blindly blast while attached to a vacuum, or at least fab something up. I would pay $5 for the humor in watching someone experiment with this in their engine bay, as long as it's not in my garage. Not sure how well the baking soda works on the thick sludge. I have a hard time believing that it'll take the crud off as well as walnut shells but I've never tried it.
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09-23-2013, 09:22 PM	#4
C.Pop First Lieutenant 65 Rep 385 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: May 2013 Location: AZ iTrader: (0)	wat Have you done an intake valve cleaning? You'd want to wash away that excess? With water? If you can't contain it, there is zero percent chance this is a good idea. Make a baffle/block/etc and you should be fine. You still have to go through that hassle though.
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