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Old 26th February 2018, 05:35 PM
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interesting video by brian silvestro

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...ws&date=022618
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Old 26th February 2018, 08:07 PM
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That was well worth watching.
A picture paints a thousand words, as they say.
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Old 26th February 2018, 08:41 PM
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Old 27th February 2018, 03:39 PM
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well I know Mikki told us that a carbon clean was a waste of time on our indirect injection engines , but I had no idea that direct + indirect engines existed !
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Old 27th February 2018, 11:48 PM
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direct + indirect engines
They're pretty new (~2 years). VW does it - either/both the 1.4 & 2L F/TSI engines. They were done as a direct result of FSI carbon issues, though of course they claim some positive 'benefits' as the reason they've done it!

As for F/TSI in general, EGR is also a contributing factor, as it generally puts hot recycled exhaust gases into the inlet manifold to bake the PCV oil vapour... Diesels have been DI for ever and have only started having carbon and tar issues since EGR was introduced.

Catch cans are an excellent solution. As is inlet manifold cleaners (spray-in solvents like Liqui Moly) used regularly.
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