Engine cleaning processes

• US 5,232,513 A
• Filed: 08/28/1991
• Issued: 08/03/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Enginewity International Inc., Suratt Ted L
• Original Assignee: Enginewity International Inc.
• Inventors: Suratt, Ted L., Holtz, Jeffrey R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris, Theodore
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chaudhry, Saeed T.
• Application Number:
  US07/751,153
• Time in Patent Office: 706 Days
• Field of Search: 134/10, 134/21, 134/22.12, 134/22.14, 134/22.18, 134/22.19, 134/26, 134/40, 134/22.1, 123/196.R, 123/196 A
• US Class Current: 134/21
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 77/04 Cleaning of, preventing corrosion or erosion in, or preventing unwanted deposits in, combustion engines cleaning of fuel injection apparatus F02M65/00

Abstract

An engine cleaning apparatus and process for removing contamination from internal oil passages, internal water passages, internal air/fuel passages, and internal exhaust system passages of an internal combustion engine comprising a pump working in communication with a fluid supply line and a fluid return line to pump and vacuum a solvent fluid through the passages of the engine.

Claims

1. The process of cleaning oil passages of an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of:

attaching a fluid supply line in communication with a solvent fluid to an oil filter attachment of an internal combustion engine;

attaching a fluid return line to an oil pan drain plug of said engine;

initiating air pressure to drive a double diaphragm air operated pump to induce a first and second flow of the solvent fluid through the oil passages and out said fluid return line, said first and second flow entering through an oil filter opening of said engine and said first flow passing through an oil pump in said engine and said second flow passing through other internal oil passages of said engine;

recycling said solvent fluid for further use.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein said solvent fluid is distributed under pressure to all oiled parts and wherein said double diaphragm air operated pump also draws air from said fluid return line to create a vacuum which vacuums said solvent fluid out of the engine as said solvent fluid is pressured into the oil passages.

3. The process according to claim 2 wherein said solvent fluid is vacuumed out of the engine at the same rate as said solvent fluid is pressured into the oil passages.

4. The process of claim 1 further comprising attaching gauges in communication with said double diaphragm air operated pump for monitoring and ascertaining pressure and wear on internal components of said engine during the process of cleaning oil passages.

5. The process according to claim 1 wherein said solvent fluid absorbs heat from said engine to maintain a temperature greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit as said solvent fluid passes through said engine.