CRC GDI Service Kit || Clean Carbon Build Up On Intake Valves, Turbo, Injectors, Cylinder Head, TB 

The reason they give you the oil supplement is because after cleaning the intake valves on a gdi using crc, it is recommended that the oil be changed soon after. Dealerships offer gdi cleaning during oil change visits.

The dealerships recommend this service and they do it and I called 2 dealers. One wanted $160 and the other wanted $220. That also included a injectors cleaning. They use something called BG or KG. They use a spray the same way and they put a bottle in the tank. I asked them about the heat soak and the drive after, and they didn't know what I was talking about. Or at least the guy I talked to didn't. Anyway! Good job! China has banned the Honda with the oil dilution problem until they fix the problem. I believe Toyota is the first to have both port and direct injection systems now. So the valve's get washed

To prevent the build up of carbon in future, fit a closed loop catch can to separate the contaminants in the can from the PCV valve.

I use a spray bottle filled with a mixture of methanol rubbing alcohol and water. Pull vacuum source, start engine and spray. much cheaper and only takes a few minutes.

ill buy this for my next oil change in 10k miles. All im using is the intake cleaner but this kit looks great

Used CRC & changed sparkplugs. No more dreaded drivetrain malfunction warning. Car also told me on of my coils was out event thou I swapped them before. Cleaning the carbon got rid of the gremlins. Bought an expensive injector that did not need to be changed.

Yea I used to the Intake valve cleaner and did the one hour heat soak. ( Mind you...I've had success with CRC before) But the cleaner must of got it really good. When I went to go for the 10 minute ride like your supposed to. My car ( 2012 Kia Sorento) 121,000 mi. It ended up in limp mode with clogged converters. $3400 Dollars later....Just be cautious. Or have a garage do it. I'm a DIY guy too....but if the garage fucks it up....at least they have to replace it for nothing. All I'm saying.

needed before and after intake-valve pics to see if the product worked starting at 7:29

Thanks for this video. I just bought the intake valve cleaner and wanted to see it being used. I assumed the throttle body would be open when spraying, but I guess it gets sucked in just fine. And I wasnt sure if it was to be continuosly sprayed for 30 seconds or just shorter intervals for 30 seconds. Thanks again!

Crc makes the only wasp spray I'll go into battle with. I trust their products

Pours out friction thing: *Clump clump clump* "Oh yeahhh". haha

Make sure you unplug all electrical plug in connectors and be careful not to spray the throttle body spray into the adjuster bar that opens and closes which connects to the gears and electrical door open and close box just 2 be safe. Lesson learned from when I started workn on cars 20 years ago.

Be careful some cars throttle body will get damaged if you manually open the butterfly valve

Remember when spraying with any form of compression wear goggles. Protect your eyes at all times.

I recommend some nitrile gloves

6:20 ish.....the motorcycle in the background seemed to run smooth....wonder if they used these products.....

The one thing I wonder about is Ford engineering has said that directly spraying in carbon removers has been blowing up engines. I guess the turbos got so hot they turned red. I am not saying this kit does it but I am wondering what the manufacturer says.

You dont want to add any oil additives to a GDI engine you simply want to get a low evaporative oil, also add a catch can if turbo/supercharged. AMS Oil is a good oil so is Penzoil Ultra they have low evaporation when in operation so less is recycled threw the EGR system. The catch can especially with turbo/supercharged vehicles helps when crank case pressures are high the catch can will get some of the blow by. The throttle body cleaner is helpful though (Could also just get carb cleaner) The MAF cleaner is helpful too if you happen to have a MAF (Rubbing alchohol and Q-tips work for MAF cleaning and are cheaper & Turbo vehicles wont have a MAF they have a MAP sensor) As for the valve & turbo cleaner that doesnt seem to healthy for the engine honestly. Its trying to burn the fuel and your spraying that into it. Just use a low evaporative oil, put a catch can on, use a high quality high octane fuel, do your oil changes on time, and youll be just fine once valve carbon buildup is a issue get it sandblasted with an almond media its not that much.

A turbo with without a catch can and direct injection cause more carbon buildup on the intake valves. I know my 2017 1.5 CR-V has no catch can.

If it isn't broke or giving you problems, don't try to fix it. There's a good chance it might actually cause other issues. You know your car better than anyone else.

I used the intake valve and turbo cleaner on my kia and we had to evacuate the shop because of the smoke

well, if i have someone helps me for the gas pedal, should I spray continuously ? or just Every 5-6 seconds to spray ?

But this kind of attempt to clean the intake valves on EcoBoost engines of Ford are determined to be a definite cause for the failure of the turbochargers. The cleaning chemical creates more heat when it's shot down the air intake system, and then the extra high heat created damages (warping and breaking) the vulnerably thin Turbo fins.

Need this in the uk

I would have removed the o ring first before cleanin TB that spray may harden it, better safe than sorry anyway. I myself have experienced a clogged cat after cleaning carbon buildup. If enough carbon and crap gets into cat she will glow nice and bright. Catch cans can help but no way to prevent it for sure. Hydrogen generator would help too but good luck with that 🔥

Engine should be at operating temperature before using valve cleaner i didn't see you do that but hopefully it was hot enough and didn't waste bottle of crc

Its hilarious when people wonder about what the cat looks like after treatment. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd much rather have to replace a cat, over time, than to replace an engine. Same with a turbo. Cheaper and easier to swap out a cat or turbo than an engine. Best advice is to stay on top of it from new or with a low mileage engine. If you buy a DI engine with high miles...Idk...you may then run more of a risk of large chunks breaking off. Time will tell the future for DI engines. Personally I don't like them for this reason and even with a PI/DI engine there's just too much that can go wrong. I'm sticking with port injection for as long as I can or until manufacturers come up with a real solution to the carbon issue.

Good run down on how to do,, and easy to view close up shots. Thanks

Will it ruin the bearings in the turbo fan ?

Where do you buy that kit? I have a 2017 VOLVO XC60 T6 with a DGI 2.0 with both supercharger and turbocharger. It’s been running very sluggish, using a tank of gas in 3 days and runs slow. Please help

Really think this is a bad idea. Lose carbon can cause engine damage if a good size piece of carbon comes off the intake valve into the engine. Damaged piston,valves, cylinder wall damage, broken spark plugs,bent rods. Even if that does not happen were does it go from there. Into the cat and plug that up. May be ok if you bought the car new and did it every 10,000 miles

If that's the Mini, and the engine is GDI, shooting the valve cleaner through the throttle body misses the target. Needs to go through the PCV system.

Das not work, I try and I check with camera and I did not see difference after use CRC.

Is this compatible with diesel engines or is there a diesel kit?

I have a 2013 mazda cx-5 with 74k miles on it. has the 2.0 skyactive DI engine. no turbo, but planning to get my borescope camera from work, take some before and after pictures. i can only imagine its dirty as a MF. ill post up a video, or images of this.

Is this Ford Approved for Ecoboost?

I thought if you move the butterfly on a electric throttle body they can brake

How to use it on mini cooper S R56?

Does that kit come with new turbos?

Valve clean in a GDI seems like it wouldn’t clean the valves if you spray it there isn’t that just mixing with the petroleum. Take off the intake spray it there.

I question this chemical application. In my amateur mind I see hunks of carbon build up hurtling towards the turbo and gunk burning up the catalytic converter. Am I correct in my thinking or am I over thinking it? Im still not doing this.

WHERE CAN I BUY CRC PRODUCTS WORLWIDE SHIPPING ?

Please try to use a Wako ' s.

I wonder what the catalytic converter looks like after this treatment.

Not the best idea. All this crap will end up scratching your cylinder walls = oil consumption. Manual cleaning with walnut shells is the best way to clean your valves, not cheap, but best. BTW your mini sounds awesome!

hmm...let us know how it holds up

Improves gas mileage? Will it reduce fuel wasted and burned at the catalytic converter?

GREAT VIDEO GOOD KIT

CRC Valve Cleaner is the solution but don't follow instructions on can. 2017 Sonata new got 32mpg combined. At 25K now gets 26mpg combined. After cleaning, returned to 32mpg and sets you back into the seat @ WOT, so it works. Bring car to operating temp., spray intake (down flow from any MAF) with full spray at 2500rpm. Engine will choke down and almost die, turn off at this point. Let heat soak for 1 hour. Start and drive for a couple miles and repeat twice (3 times total). Engine will crank longer before starting and will rattle and ping first mile of first cleaning. This method only uses 1/3 can for all three heat soaks. The initial pinging proves that carbon was breaking away after each heat soak. No codes set and 5K mile later (30K). Blow-by from crankcase increases with each acceleration and that is why highway use delays carbon buildup. I am a lead foot with WOT used frequently. I will do one heat soak every oil change from now on. GDI problem handled.

Great video thanks.

Where can i buy the gas treatment its not on amazon Canada or as kit and where did you purchase kit?

Only interested in the intake/turbo cleaner in this kit. I rather use Amsoil Performance improver for girl system cleaner

One of The Specific Instructions is not to Tilt the can sideways

No GDI, no cry people !!!!

I have read a bunch on this. I also bought four cans of the Can Cleaner. After reaching for further info, I choose not to use it. Too many saying it could easily cause more damage than anything. Im taking it back today. Not worth the risk. mines a Lincoln 2.7 Turbo. Ford is saying its can be very harmful to a number of things including Turbos. If a small piece of shit gets thrown into the Turbo, it can blow out the fins…..I use high grade oil & gas, also have a catch can, it's the best I can do.

Where I can get this kit

Gimme a break. We spend tens of thousands of dollars. Now we have to do this bullshit smh

Magic in a can ?

So for a turbo car you spray directly into the throttle body? This will still clean the turbo? I plan on doing this for a Sonata 2.0t

But we never see what your intake valves look like before and after.

Made my truck knock terribly bad, pretty scary, engine kept running after removing key from ignition called "dieseling"

Id just vent the crank case to the atmosphere. Instead of it going into the air intake. Where the problem starts. Or use an oil catch can

The ONLY way to clean carbon buildup is to take the intake off and walnut shell blast the parts.

unless I see a before and after of the actual valves no way im going to dump something into a gdi engine.

How soon after this did your engine blow?

Buy a big tube of crazy glue or maybe some JB weld to try to keep the spray nozzle on the intake cleaner can OR see how far you can LONG BOMB it down through the trees and get a can of seafoam...hopefully you will be able to get the CRC can back to china where it came from....you will be mad enough when you try to use it...so I think you will get it there.

This work on none turbo engines5

You dont need to clean a map sensor

Nothing you put in the gas tank will clean the intake ports and intake valves on a GDI engine although it may help the combustion chamber. Please stop with the "Improve your gas mileage" BS. The biggest determining factor on fuel economy is how far down you press the accelerator pedal. The "Friction Guard" is completely unnecessary and honestly a waste of money as everything it says it contains, your engine oil already contains as well. The only product you really need from this kit is Intake Valve and Turbo Cleaner, and possibly the Throttle Body and Air-Intake Cleaner. Save your money and only buy those two.

and your Mini engine is not even direct injected....

Breakecleaner does the same, way cheaper.

Kit is garbage , must walnut blast if you want clean valves. We sprayed that directly on the back of the valves and let it sit 40 min then scrubbed them with a soft metal brush ,and still did ot clean up properly,, trust me , do the home work people ,,Do not waist your money on this crap.

Hold those nozzles down and doush it!

its all just brake cleaner

Todo mal hecho

This guy is paid so this is noting more than an advert.

Yea none of this is going to work.... Theres no substitute for walnut blasting unfortunately.

lol....brake cleaner with different names in different tubes. What a bull..it for idiots. nice

Another great design. NOT. I will never own a GDI engine.

it doesnt clean all of the buildup.... waste of money