Carb Cleaner in Intake Ports

[FJXX]

OK, this may not have been the smartest thing I've done...

While replacing the starter, I decided to clean the carbon build up on the engine block's intake ports. I used carb cleaner, of which some is still pooled in the ports. I'd estimate about an ounce in each port. After getting everything back together, I started to wonder if this is going to cause problems, or even be dangerous, when I go to start it up again.

Does anyone have any experience/advice with this?

Thanks,
Ken

 

[APKhaos]

Use a good shop vac to pull the crud you busted loose out of the ports. The Carb cleaner is safe enough but you don't want anything but air and fuel sucked into the cylinders.

 

[FJXX]

Thanks for replying APKhaos.

I would do that if time wasn't an issue. I have reconstructive ACL surgery tomorrow.

The carbon deposits should just burn off, just like they do when people do the Sea Foam "treatment". My biggest concern is the flammable cleaner detonating or hydro locking and causing engine damage.

What if I pulled the coil packs off to stop spare, crank the motor to push it out the exhaust port and then put it back together. Someone else suggested pulling the plugs and cranking like what is done to get water out of a motor.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid and it's not really an issue?

Ken

 

[Ronulus]

Spilled a little fuel when i did my starter .... Should just burn off ... You feel it start out a little rough then will smooth out once its burned off

 

[APKhaos]

Hope the ACL repair went well.
May be too late now, but the carbon chunks you scraped off are quite hard and can cause cylinder wall damage. The sea foam stuff dissolves the carbon matrix so you are not dealing with hard material (or so them claim). I'm not a believer in the "fix in a can" approach so ymmv of course.