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    How many times has anybody else out there tried to spray WD40, brake cleaner, carb cleaner, etc...only to find that little 4" plastic tube doesn't even get close to the spot you're trying to hit? What do you use to extend the reach? I tried some aquarium air tubing, but the diameter is too big to be useful. Suggestions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Treibenschnell View Post
    Remove what ever may be in the way?
    Hey, this guy may be on to something....
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    May I suggest:
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    If *my* tube was only 4" long, I don't think I'd be posting about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwisenheimer View Post
    If *my* tube was only 4" long, I don't think I'd be posting about it.

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    Ya might try one of those coffee stir straws, they are about the same diameter. Good luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted the Red View Post
    Ya might try one of those coffee stir straws, they are about the same diameter. Good luck!
    Yea, but they are only marginally longer.

    Try this: tape a couple or more of the straws together to double or triple the length.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Treibenschnell View Post
    Remove what ever may be in the way?
    Removing all the emissions crap just to get down to the egr seems like a waste of time. I have tried taping two of them together in the paste without much luck. Finally found some flexible narrow tubing that fit snugly on the 4" stir stick they give you that worked great, I was able to snake it all back into the egr port.

    I think I could market this stuff!

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    I was going to suggest pulling on the tube a few times to see if that would help

    Whatcha workin on?
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    PB Blaster. thin strong stream can hit it.

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    Extra coffee stirrers/straws with heat shrink?

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