Avoid induction cleaning on ecoboost engines
I thought this may interest people on the list. Apparently ecoboost engines are getting a lot of carbon build up and people are doing something called induction cleaning (I've never heard of it) that ...
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A few idea's..
Would it be cheaper to do the forced induction cleaning and just replace the turbo's rather than go through all the expense and labor of replacing the heads? Which is more costly?
Pull the turbos before induction cleaning. A lot of work but cheaper than the alternative.
Or, Ford needs to come up with a program that opens the wastegates during induction cleaning so the turbo's aren't forced to work so hard. The program could alter timing and injection events to help keep temps under control.
Would it be cheaper to do the forced induction cleaning and just replace the turbo's rather than go through all the expense and labor of replacing the heads? Which is more costly?
Pull the turbos before induction cleaning. A lot of work but cheaper than the alternative.
Or, Ford needs to come up with a program that opens the wastegates during induction cleaning so the turbo's aren't forced to work so hard. The program could alter timing and injection events to help keep temps under control.
