Ultimate Diesel Engine Care: In-Depth Guide to Intake Cleaning, EGR & Catch Cans

Why is there soot buildup in common-rail diesel engines?
What are EGR valves for and what do they do?
Oil catch cans - do you need to install one?
How to clean the intake manifold (carbon cleaning vs chemical cleaning vs manual scrubbing)
In this video, we will talk about everything you need to know regarding those topics and do some real-life TESTS to see if intake cleaning makes a difference and more.
Diesel engine care - the basics.

00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - What causes soot build-up
02:33 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) explained
05:27 - How to clean your intake system - methods
07:37 - Acceleration and fuel economy test - before cleaning
09:55 - Intake manifold manual cleaning process
10:49 - Acceleration and fuel economy test - after cleaning
12:08 - Discussing the results - does it make a difference?
13:42 - Oil catch cans explained - do they work?

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[veselinadimitrova]

George is very competent, confident, like usually! Go ahead!

[ФилипЛазаров-зц]

Accurate information for anyone trully passionate!

[DorkstaR]

Very useful information and well structured video as usual!! The Hilux is becoming awesome! We want a walk around video!❤

[philhy]

Great video, братанче! I was recently studying this topic and manually cleaned the intake manifold of my 125 prado 1kdftv. Then I decided to put a 7mm hole plate between the tube and the head. In this way, I have reduced the exhaust gases to a minimum, increasing performance but also it will never really get dirty ever again. And it still reduces the temp. Worked wonders for me!


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[paulthompson]

Just to ADD the MOST important point to add . Results may be less than 1ltr per 100 km [I can confirm this ].[throttle response improved ] The debris [hard particles] and oil sludge increases wear on injectors prematurely .
The PCV and EGR systems are responsible

[myhonesttake]

Love your channel and vids. Did you get rid of your Jimny?

[MrBluedude]

can i ask, without doing the manual method:
would be good to do the chemical method first then to do the Hydrogen Engine Carbon Cleaning 2nd?? to do a 2 part clean??

or would Hydrogen Engine Carbon Cleaning then chemical be more effective??

thank you

[duasobA]

If you want your engine to last forever then you need to do the following:
1- install mechanical filtration oil catch can (not baffled one since it doesn't filter + increases the pressure) mechanical filtration catch can can filter almost 100% with no change in the pressure.
2- delete the EGR & retune, engines are completely designed to work with no EGR. Actually EGR system doesn't work all time, it works only in idle and light cruising, other than that it stops working.
3- change air filter more often.
4- install a secondery diesel filter.
5- every 5000 km add injector cleaner.
6- avoid short trips as possible.
7- change engine oil every 3000 km.
Then see me after 20 years with ur stock engine runs more than km and still works like clock.