RustyRatRod
Well-Known Member
Exactly. No one has brought that up except you. Used to be, you didn't have to worry about ethanol, but now it reaks all kinda havoc. 25 years ago when I was doin machine work, We rarely ever saw the carbon buildup you describe. I guess as I've been told though, I am too uneducated for this discussion.
Off subject, but maybe useful since a lot of guys here have diesels..
I get a fair share if diesel heads in my shop for rebuilding and performance mods (fire rings, valve work ect.). Some of them are clean as a whistle, while others have half the port filled with sludgy carbon. Literally, I can barely get my thumb in the intake ports of some duramax heads. On some fords, I see random guides that are wiped out and excess carbon build.
The common denominator is always that the really bad ones have been allowed to idle excessively and "warmed up" for a long time. This new fuel is not helping.