How to clean a gasoline fuel injection air intake?
Step by step, Brian shows you Sea Foam’s easy and effective approach to cleaning hydrocarbon residues and deposits from valves, chamber areas and compression rings using Sea Foam Spray through a fuel-injection gasoline intake. Go from heating the intake to accessing the throttle body, spray tube application and chamber hot soak.
Why does a fuel induction clean intake valves?
Older engines sprayed the fuel before the intake valves, which cleaned them and did not cause problems like this as often. These carbon deposits will build on the valve body, intake pipes, intake manifold, and intake valves. This is exactly why a fuel induction is performed to clean these parts from carbon deposits.
When to replace the CSFI fuel injector assembly?
The CSFI does use a MAF sensor and the plenum is plastic and was used from 1996 on up on the 4.3L, 5.0L and 5.7L engines. Also, when anything fails in the CPI type system, you have to replace the entire fuel injector assembly. In the CSFI system, all parts can be replaced individually.
What kind of fuel injection does GM 4.3L use?
‘Spider’ Fuel Injection Basics There are two types of the ‘Spider’ fuel injector assemblies used on the GM 4.3L, 5.0L, 5.7L engines and this article will help you with both types. In case you’re wondering, one type belongs to the Central Port Injection (CPI) system and the other to the Central Sequential Fuel Injection (CSFI) system.
What kind of fuel injection does a GMC use?
Back in 1992, General Motors introduced a new type of fuel injection system known as “Central Port Injection” (CPI), which GM also refers to as “Central Multi-point Fuel Injection” (CMFI). The system was used on 4.3L V6 Vortec engines through 1995, and was redesigned in 1996 and renamed “Central Sequential Fuel Injection” (CSFI).
What should I do if I have oil in my air intake?
If you own a 2007-2008 Enclave, Malibu, Traverse, Acadia, G6, AURA, OUTLOOK, follow these corrective steps to service the PCV system. 1. Remove both camshaft covers. 2. Clean the PCV orifice with low VOC brake cleaner.
What causes oil in the air intake manifold?
It is not rare to have blocked PCV valves on cars with less than 100,000 mileage. You have to examine the entire PCV system. A faulty one will cause an imbalance of air flow and send some oil in air intake.
Where is the Maxi injector on a Chevy truck?
The MAXI injector is mounted in the center of the intake manifold on the 4.3L engine, and is hidden inside the split plenum manifold. Instead of spraying fuel directly into the manifold like a throttle-body injector, the MAXI injector routes fuel into six nylon fuel lines that have poppet-style spray nozzles on the end.