Anyone ever heard of this? I just found out about it today from one of the other instructors who claims that it will disolve the carbon off the intake valves. I've heard of these machines, but all the ones I saw worked thru the FI system, which of course on a DI car would not see the intake valves. However he said after you run the cleaner thru the injection system, you then fog the intake till it kills the engine (sounds like Sea Foam, doesn't it?) then let it soak for a 30 min or so, he said the cleaner they use is proprietary and will dissolve the carbon. You then start the engine and burn out the rest of the fluid and carbon and you're good to go. So now I'm a bit conflicted, I was all set to do the walnut shell blasting on my car over the winter break that starts in a couple of weeks, but now I'm curious to see if this would really work. Problem is, I can't use the machine till after school resumes mid January. So, does anyone have experience with one of these? I would think if anyone had they would have mentioned it by now, but I thought I'd ask anyway. Website here.....we have the "1000" machine at school. MotorVac - Your Partner in Preventive Maintenance | MotorVac
Sounds similar to carbon-clean machine we used to have at the shop where we restored British cars. Same principle as the Seamfoam, but suppose to work better. But I was never really sure how affective it was. The machine has fuel in it then you put a can of CC in and ran through fuel system, then flood till stalled, waited and then started and smoked like a bandit. Just looked at your link, Carbon Clean 1000' same machine only newer.
None of the cleaners like Seafoam will touch the carbon on the intake valves of an R56, but this stuff is supposed to dissolve it completely. According to my co worker, the fluid is the same stuff the Navy uses to clean out the bores of their big guns.....
:cornut: I hope that it wasn't the same stuff used on the USS Iowa some years back blowing the turret off and killing sailors.:eek6: Jason