Carbon buildup

[Jake]

It would be great to get Carl\'s or another tuners opinion on this.

When I saw it I wondered how feasible it might be because if it would work it\'d be great for people who were getting carbon buildup.  I\'m just apprehensive about the idea of spraying that much water through the intake tract unless I\'m 100% it wouldn\'t cause any damage to the turbo.  I wouldn\'t have thought it would cause too much damage to the engine as you\'d imagine it\'d be introduced slowly by the time it\'s worked it\'s way through the intake system to the engine, although I\'m just guessing, I could be completely wrong.

[FD3SNuttah]

this is one of those things that has to be proven i guess. I myself am a little sceptical of this idea for the same reasons others have said in this thread.

Besides i hear that water injestion for an engine is precarious as it is (unless its metered), i wouldnt purposefully do it, especially to a rotor!

why dont you just use some injector cleaner thats supposed to remove carbon deposits.

[RobbieRX-7]

i read about this ages ago..it cant be as good as a proper engine cleaning  chemical to clean your engine internals though can it..probly a loada bollocks.

[FD3Typer2]

1. How would you know you have carbon buildup in the first place? (And I am not being sarky!)


2. I cleaned rotors from my previous car while it was being rebuilt, and they had to be soaked overnight in carb cleaner and then brushed to remove the carbon. (Although the amount of carbon was excessive as there was a problem with the engine) I seriously wonder how a shot of a cleaner in a running engine could do a good job in such a short time.

[FD3SNuttah]

the idea is to use it for a while, like every three thousand miles.

THe other way is to blast your car ALL the time, ever notice how race car engines are much cleaner than street ones? its cos they stay on wide open throttle all the time carbon doesnt have a chance to "stick".#

here is a product that can help you out i reckon you should ask them about suitability in a rotor.

http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/nafl/auto/content/fueladd.shtm

[Jake]

I don\'t have any problems with carbon buildup myself.  I\'ve also just put some injector cleaner through the system so it should be fine anyway, just curious mainly.  Apparantly the symptoms of carbon buildup can be the car not running smoothly, loss of power etc. although I\'m just quoting what I\'ve read.