Hi guys,
Thought I'd share my latest efforts to improve the running of my trusty Tourer....
Having dealt with the EGR issue I decided to give the butterfly valve a good clean up, and go one step further and de-coke the inlet manifold, have noticed some pretty heavy carbon deposits in the pipe from the EGR.
Started by removing the engine cover:
Next up disconnected the feeds to the swirl valve solenoid....and removed the swirl valve....as previously seen this was very glooped up with sticky carbon deposit and I doubt it was operating well or allowing a smooth passage of air:
Dirty parts....
This shows the inlet manifold after removing swirl valve:
Inlet portion:
Swirl valve:
Sensor:
Next the fuel rail was removed to allow access to remove the inlet manifold:
Then off with the inlet manifold to reveal heavy carbonisation:
We scrapped out what we could manually...which was a lot!
Next up the manifold was placed in a bucket of coke to soak overnight....I am reliably informed this is a great cleaner!
Finally I cleaned up the swirl valve etc using brake cleaner, a tooth brush and an old rag....
Part two tomorrow when we will finish cleaning the inlet manifold and put the lot back together
Thought I'd share my latest efforts to improve the running of my trusty Tourer....
Having dealt with the EGR issue I decided to give the butterfly valve a good clean up, and go one step further and de-coke the inlet manifold, have noticed some pretty heavy carbon deposits in the pipe from the EGR.
Started by removing the engine cover:
Next up disconnected the feeds to the swirl valve solenoid....and removed the swirl valve....as previously seen this was very glooped up with sticky carbon deposit and I doubt it was operating well or allowing a smooth passage of air:
Dirty parts....
This shows the inlet manifold after removing swirl valve:
Inlet portion:
Swirl valve:
Sensor:
Next the fuel rail was removed to allow access to remove the inlet manifold:
Then off with the inlet manifold to reveal heavy carbonisation:
We scrapped out what we could manually...which was a lot!
Next up the manifold was placed in a bucket of coke to soak overnight....I am reliably informed this is a great cleaner!
Finally I cleaned up the swirl valve etc using brake cleaner, a tooth brush and an old rag....
Part two tomorrow when we will finish cleaning the inlet manifold and put the lot back together