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Re: Carbon clean??? Sat, 18 June 2005 05:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
allencr wrote on Fri, 17 June 2005 23:12

it's BS!
find someone else.



Rubbish allencr.

A close friend of mine owned a corolla gti had 140,xxxkms on it, run fine, always properly serviced, good enough to eat camry's anyway.

Had a carbon clean done at one of his service intervals($160), and holy shit what a difference, better fuel economy, better low torque, better overall, so i say do it if its been recomended do it.

As far as i know they disconnect your fuel line, plumb in a machine and let the motor idle for a peroid of time, 30mins for my friends corolla.

The motor farts of pops all over the place blowing whitish smoke. Then plumb it back together again, fresh oil and spark plugs and away you go.

Simple as that really, from what i could tell at least.

I guess the only downside to a carbon clean is that if any carbon was filling on holes/gaps anywhere it wouldnt be good afterwards.

Cheers

Steve

[Updated on: Sat, 18 June 2005 05:06]

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