2001 Volkswagen GTI "cause carbon build petrol engine" Questions

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...cause is not the oil but rather a lack of regular oil changes which causes the inside of the engine to gum up with the black carbon type gunge .the cure is simple or it can be depending on severity ...

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...carbon at the exhaust an needs to be cleaned out so often. I have seen the exhaust glow red because of it. This will cause problems. In a 4 cycle engine if the valvues get out of adjustment they run ...

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...build-up of Carbon in the Throttle Body. Around and Behind the Butterfly it seems that the Polo suffers from this problem and is quite common. If battery or throttle body has been removed the ...

carbon build up it will cause the engine to vibrate because of very low idle. Also which I did on my friends car I pulled out on the spring and stretched it to make it push tighter against the plunger

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...carbon build up. How to fix? If the diaphragm is split then the EGR needs to be replaced. Most EGR problems are linked to carbon soot build up and this can be cleaned using a cloth, brush and ...

...petrol engine 2012 sedan carbon builds up on values. My question is how can I clean the carbon fix the reason for the carbon in the first place it is excessive fuel or oil consumption as to cleaning ...

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...carbon and oil build up. Use a degreaser to clean it (I used WD40) pay particular attention to the rim of the circular valve (you can open the valve by hand to clean). It is the gap between the valve ...

...carbon inside the engine and valves could cause expensive damage the chances are your problem is going to be with the oxygen sensor (lambda sensor) as this light is on your fuel economy will be lower ...

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...carbon build up in the cylinders. The carbon gets hot and ignites the fuel air mixture without the spark plug sparking. The carbon build up might be cleaned up by using sea foam. Spray into the carb ...

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