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Old 10-05-2009, 11:04 AM
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That is true about the water/meth injection. Another item on the continually long wish list fellas
 
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Old 10-07-2009, 07:27 AM
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What is causing those deposits?
 
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EGR recirc. deposits. No gas washing the intake valves.
 
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The root cause is crank case vapors condensing in the intake tract. Since the R56 Prince engine is direct injection no fuel flows over the valve for cleaning. More details are posted in other posts on this thread.
 
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R56, 40.000 km.







 
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R56, 40.000 km.
holy crap!! did it ever get seafoamed in those 40,000kms?
 
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Wow, makes me want to go seafoam Maurtisha about 100 more times...
 
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