Carbon Cleaning Bmw Diesel
In this video I go through the complete DIY step by step process of removing carbon soot build up on intake valves, cylinder head ports, intake manifold and intake throttle valve on a BMW F10 F11. Finally got around to cleaning my intake valves. I have a 2013 335 with 118,000 miles.
The whole process was pretty easy. Remove the manifold, and the intake valves are right there. Each cylinder only needs 30 seconds of blasting to remove the carbon leaving behind shiny intake valves.
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The BMW N54, N55, and S55 Direct fuel injection engines have an intake valve carbon problem. The performance advantage of their direct injection is a trade off for greater intake valve carbon buildup. This carbon problem requires periodic intake valve carbon cleaning to restore the peak BMW performance these engines are know for!
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In a Facebook group they say if your engine is tuned and deleted you don't need to do the carbon clean because it'll clean itself after some time naturally without the EGR recirculating. - The full throttle acceleration method to keep things clean surely does work to clean out your injectors, exhaust system etc. let's say you bought a 328i that was driven conservatively under 3000RPM for it's whole life and do 2.
But what is engine carbon cleaning, and does it work? Is it just expensive 'snake oil' or can it bring tangible benefits to your car? Why might you need your engine carbon cleaned?