Hans Neureiter wrote:
This morning I decided to disable the EGR. Cut an outline of the 2-bolt
flange to the intake manifold from some 16 ga sheet metal with 2 ea. 3/8"
holes where the bolts go. Easy enough, took 20 minutes.
Found that I didn't need the block plate.
Exactly what Dr. Booth preaches: Sooth build-up. There was no hole left
leading to the intake manifold. Completely packed with caked up sooth.I just
can imagine what the intake ports look like.
Is there a way to clean this up without removing the intake manifold and
head?
I know of NO way to clean out the intake manifold with the manifold
attached to the head (I've NEVER pulled the head). Despite intuition
suggesting otherwise, I don't know of a single person that has been able
to document even a small performance improvement. I have tried twice
(OM602.96 & 603.96 engines) and NOTHING changed and I have reports of
others that have extracted more than 1/4" of crude with NO measurable
change (those were all turbo cars - both 61x and 60x). A non-turbo MIGHT
be more sensitive (intuition again but you can see how well that's
served me so far ;-).
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
