Did anyone try steam cleaning his or her engine using the direction from MaximaDriver.com.How2?
I you like to try it, But I want to know if anyone has tried it, and have they seen results. Is it safe to do?

 

I've seen this on Maximadriver.com and I've been very interested in doing it. I haven't heard anyone else trying it and either liking or disliking it. So whats the deal fellas???? Steam clean or no steam clean. Lets get some light shed on this topic. Where are all the Nissan mechanics on the board???? Is this steam clean thing for real??? Does it work???

 

I read about that too, and am considering doing it. However, this post from Daniel B. has got me thinking twice...

Don't do it!

 

Come ON! someone had to try it.

 

I did it per the instructions and didn't notice any differece afterwards. It doens;t hurt but can only help. I did not have to blip the throttle cable to keep the engine running-it was just fine and sucked the water down quick and same with the cleaner solution. Hey for $2, why not?

 

Why not?

Because I'm AFRAID.

What if running water through the engine actually causes slight long-term damage? I don't want to risk losing even 5k miles off the life of my car. I'm not saying this would damage an engine, but honestly, it seems like nobody here has any idea.

 

Daniel Martin already spoke to the issue. The engine runs at high temps which will cause the water to steam instantly and flow out the exhaust quickly. It's an old trick and does work. If you don't want to do it the don't, no biggie. Daniel thinks it works...

 

But pasted into one of the above posts is the explicit instruction by Daniel Martin not to do it.

 

I did do the "steam clean" and had the following results. Now bear in mind that changes in weather and day to day conditions can have the exact same effects described here so I'm in no way saying that this 100% solved problems since other variables (mainly weather) have not remained constant. Nonetheless here goes: I commonly experienced the strange starting problems described throughout this board. When letting the car sit for 3-4 hours I would have to crank the engine for a period longer than normal to get it to start. Ever since doing the water and fuel injector "steam cleaning" method, I have not had this problem reoccur once. It has now been 3 weeks since I undertook this simplistic project and like I said, I have yet to experience the starting problems that I normally occurred on a weekly basis.

Hope this helps,
Jeff

 

OK Jeff the direction say's not to use tap water. what type of water did you use? and what cleaning solution did you use.

 

In my steam cleaning procedure I did use the vavuum tube attached to the bottom of the boost sensor. I used store bottled distilled water and an alcohol based fuel injection cleaner (sorry don't remember the brand or exact type I'll see if I can locate it this weekend).

Type to 'ya later,
Jeff

 

He said "don't do it" because not everybody needs it. It won't cause damage but may not be necessary. I'd suggest going to back to the original thread (months old) and read the actual verbiage for yourself rather than paraphrased portions thereof.

 

Here is the link to that thread.
As far as I can tell Daniel B. says don't do it.

I would love to hear otherwise though. I'd like to do this if it would help.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=24985

Maybe Daniel B. can write us an update?

 

Pulling liguid water into the engine?
Sounds like the result might be Hydrostatic lock and broken connecting rods!

Don't do it