Intake Port Buildup

I removed the head from my newly acquired TDI(75k) today to discover that the intake ports and valves had massive amounts of deposits. Pics to come.. Has anyone else seen this problem? Its no wonder the car felt like it had no power. A valve job and some head work on the flowbench should improve the situation /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Has anyone else seen this problem?

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First, let me say welcome to Fred's turbo,

Seccond, this problem is not isolated to your car, in fact, it affects EVERY stock TDI. Solution: turn down the EGR (this method has come under scrutney lately..) or move / filter the CCV (eg, with the OldNavy CCV filter, which I look forward to installing on my vehicle when I get the $$$).

Do a little searching and you'll fund a plethera of info about this, how to prevent it, what causes it, and how to remove the crud. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

-Jason

Luckily when the engine goes back in the car next week it will be minus an egr system.

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Luckily when the engine goes back in the car next week it will be minus an egr system.

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And will be driven off-road only. (wink, wink)