Intake valve cleaning machine?

[mzr0818]

I will take a pic of the machine tomorrow.

[Cheeto]

Alright I hate to say it but if you keep on posting in this same thread the Hell Hounds will come after you. TRUST ME THERE ARE A LOT of thread and sticky's for DYI with pics. We all have given you our takes.....I would do it right and complete HEAD/TOE. Either take a stance list what your going to do and do it already or Bounce Yo....


But Pics Please

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Cheeto Alright I hate to say it but if you keep on posting in this same thread the Hell Hounds will come after you. TRUST ME THERE ARE A LOT of thread and sticky's for DYI with pics. We all have given you our takes.....I would do it right and complete HEAD/TOE. Either take a stance list what your going to do and do it already or Bounce Yo....

What? Obviously you didn't read the OP... I was NOT asking about HOW TO clean the intake valves... You're an idiot. I forgot that the point of public forums was to post once and leave...

[theurgy]

One service I had looked at before and was offered to me as a dealer was TerraClean.
They have an option where they spray their solution into a running engine from the intake tube (or in this case the boost tube between the coldpipe and the throttlebody).

Specifically the machine they refer to is this:
TerraClean

Now some of the science behind TerraClean is a little wonky and some chemical engineers laugh at some of their material.
That said I had contacted a sales rep from TerraClean to try and locate a dealer that would offer this service.

I'll quote his response:

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:45 PM> wrote: > I would suggest taking it to *Omitted Dealership Name* Mazda. Talk to Frank the Service > Manager. They have all the adapters and S-Tool for the intake. Make sure > you specify that you are having intake valve issues. > Also, you have to be realistic as to what the valves look like after. You > can't expect a solution injected into the intake to have the same result as > removing the manifold and scrubbing the valves. It's like surgery vs > vitamins. > > Regards, > > *Name Omitted

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by theurgy One service I had looked at before and was offered to me as a dealer was TerraClean. They have an option where they spray their solution into a running engine from the intake tube (or in this case the boost tube between the coldpipe and the throttlebody). Specifically the machine they refer to is this: TerraClean Now some of the science behind TerraClean is a little wonky and some chemical engineers laugh at some of their material. That said I had contacted a sales rep from TerraClean to try and locate a dealer that would offer this service. I'll quote his response:

Well that pretty much puts an end to the argument. Thanks for that info

[himurax13]

Hmm, sound like seafoam to me.

[Constantin]

Originally Posted by theurgy One service I had looked at before and was offered to me as a dealer was TerraClean. They have an option where they spray their solution into a running engine from the intake tube (or in this case the boost tube between the coldpipe and the throttlebody). Specifically the machine they refer to is this: TerraClean Now some of the science behind TerraClean is a little wonky and some chemical engineers laugh at some of their material. That said I had contacted a sales rep from TerraClean to try and locate a dealer that would offer this service. I'll quote his response:

I wonder if somebody actually used that thing and toot pics ...

[theurgy]

I asked the dealership how much the service was and it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 CDN.
Not worth being a guinea pig for that kinda bullshit money.

[shadesofgray19]

BMW does the media blasting, nuff said. If you could inject something I'm pretty sure they would be doing that instead.

[mzr0818]

Originally Posted by theurgy I asked the dealership how much the service was and it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 CDN. Not worth being a guinea pig for that kinda bullshit money.

I agree...

I'm going to be the guinea pig because for me its free. It also gives me a chance to fit somethingg to make it work as well as possible. I think I can have it done at retail for much less than that. Our cars are a lot easier to take off the intake then the 335's are. Especially if you have a front mount.

Here are some pics.

The machine. It has the media inside the canister and is hooked up to shop air


The connection from a shop vac, machine, and the intake port on the head. This is the part I will have to make. I have a spare head at the house to mate it to and ensure a tight fit to the cyl head ports.



How the connections go together.

[aviator79]

Originally Posted by Dano Thermal Insulator Gaskets.

Oh. I got one of those for my MS6. Not going to use one in the CX-7 which I am preparing to clean the valves on. I just did my MS6 with B12 and rifle cleaners, but going to get the walnut gun for the Cx-7 as it is approaching 60k. Need to do a full service on it.

[Dano]

With higher concentrations of E85 BAT heat makes little difference in performance but I didn't want to reuse a gasket. I always try to put things back together better than they were before. Lol.

Maybe a waste of money, but then again so is everything we all do to our cars. Hahaha


Tappin

[Cheeto]

Agreed, I have 50k right now and only want to do this about every 50k.
I am going to do both though, B12 soap and scrub then vacuum out. Media blast second while vacuuming to keep dust/dirt down. TIG cause I live in Texas.