I know I have read of a process on these forums about a carbon removal process to remove coking from the exhaust system. I can't for the life of me find it through the search. Does anyone know the process, machine used, or am I just crazy?
The dealer wants to take my manifold off to clean carbon buildup in a very labor intensive process. I swear I had read about a system that literally blows the carbon out of the truck.
It doesn't sound cheap. Best price locally I have found is $500 from a kind shady place, and $700 at a place I am comfortable with. Compared to the dealer wanting $1200 to remove and steam the manifold it is a tough one.
I am sure the BG system is great, but I bet it can't beat removing and steaming the manifold. My million dollar question right now is it worth $500.
Hopefully my dealer will come down quite a bit and make the decision easy for me. If not, I just might park the truck until I can snag a day off work, and tear into it myself and delete the EGR while I am at it. Even though I have never tackled a project that big, I figure I can't mess up worse than my dealer.
Just crazy carbon can cause so many issues in exhaust.
When I had my intake off, I soaked it at work in the parts cleaner (Safety- Kleen). Then used a 2" round nylon brush and cleaned the heck out of it. Then used acetone to get it really clean. Took me a couple of hours to get it spotless, but it can be done.
Yeah I went through 9 cans of carb cleaner. It took forever but man it runs so much better. Worth taking it off and cleaning if your having issues. I would then delete that crap.
Looks like I am going to be doing this myself. Dealer didn't budge on price, but they did say they would throw in a turbo cleaning as well. Still didn't help, considering for $1200, $1150 of it was labor.
I hope to get this done this weekend or Memorial Day, and save myself $1150 in the process.
Does anyone know how much more work is it to get to the EGR cooler once the manifold is off? I can't imagine much, but have no clue. Now I just have to make my mind up if I definitely want to delete and deal with the check engine light, or replace with a bulletproof cooler.
After you get the intake off, the EGR cooler is only held on with 3 bolts. When you get to the little hose, turn the hose until the little notches are up/down, then push the hose toward the rear.
I don't have emissions to worry about, but I do have the 13 part extended ford plan. If I delete it, I lose that or have to cash in what's left. If I replace with the bulletproof, I at least have that warranty for 12 other parts.
Finally have the manifold off(have no clue how I am putting it all back together). Never even considered how to clean it. Just spray a ton of cleaner in each bolt hole? Should I find something large enough to completely soak it all in? Any suggestions on how?
Take it to your machine shop and have them clean it. It will totally strip it inside and out.
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