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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ScottG wrote:Hannibal wrote:
Even the halo sporting Honda Accord suffers from carbon buildup in their EGR valves. There's a TSB on it. If it can happen to a Honda (hear the angels sing!) it can happen to any of them.
The problem with the EB is not carbon on the EGR valves, it's carbon on the intake valves. A much more serious and difficult problem to correct.
A quick Google search indicates this isn't limited to the Ecoboost engine at all. My '95 and '98 Cummins engines vented their PCV to the atmosphere through a down tube rather than suck it back into the intake like the newer ones do. I did this on my Harley as the PCV fed oil mist into the air cleaner and carburetor. Difference being gas vapor helped keep the intake valves clean. I wonder if venting the Ecoboost to the ground would keep the valves cleaner.
