Would something like this from NAPA work on the PCV valve if you filled it with Seafoam or equivalent? Not sure about the end working with our clamp though.
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So will driving it for a more extended run once a month make any difference or once the damage is done it's not reversable (short of using chemicals).
That's very interesting. I'm always concerned about ECU 'patches' since occasionally you read about people having really adverse affects, like worsened gas milage. I have the JCW Stage 1 Tune, would that negate the need for the non-manditory ECU update?
I usually run a bottle of Techron concentrate right after an oil change but now that people tell me it won't help a direct injection engine I've stopped :frown2:
Thanks for the very useful info. If you could see if your 'master tech' has any comments about the questions I raised, that'd be extremely useful.
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To you both there are questions I can't answer. However, I am due for service soon. I will ask when I go in and relay those answers back to you.
The build-up isn't "damage" per say. I don't know if driving more afterwards would help or not. They only way that I know that will COMPLETELY remove the build-up is the removal of the cylinder-head and physically scrubbing the affected components.
The cleaner they are trying to sell is the Techron stuff. I'm personally not sure that it would do much but my opinion is exactly that: An opinion and certainly not fact.
This ECU tune is a COMPLETE reflash not a patch. I don't know how it would or would not affect a JCW car. I will ask.
I don't know the technical side of it. I can and will ask though. The tech brought it up with the following statement, "I shouldn't tell you this but MINI just released a bulletin for an ECU reflash that changes the timing and fuel mapping. It's only for manual cars. The thing is they say it gives a small power increase. So most people will want it for that."
Which is the truth for me. I asked to have the reflash done wheile they were changing the brakes. It would not have been done otherwise. I wouldn't even know about it unless I was talking "shop" with the guys in service. I was told I am only the second person to get the tune at thier dealership and the only one to give them feedback on the differences I felt. -
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In response to Rixter's earlier concerns regarding mileage and the reflash. I've gone through two tanks of gas on the reflash now. I'm still getting the 32.5-33mpg I normally get. No adverse effects there.
I have definite confirmation from a hard run this morning that the torque-steer is still very present. Not that I actually mind.
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OH! I never thought to look there. I should still have the paperwork at the house. I'll check it tonight and let you know what it says. Heck I can even scan it for ya.
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That's wonderful, thanks a lot.
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I didn't want to use the P word or the C word. I was afeared Jim would tell me I was being negative.rrr: Das P&C does not a BMW make. :deadhorse:
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My mother, who's German, was not amused
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Hmmm that wasn't too helpful. Thanks for trying
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