Intake clean. WOW!

07Softail · October 29, 2015

What is BG?

RT

chvylac · October 30, 2015

gonna have to keep this in mind sounds like the CRC stuff works good

Silverado-Hareek · October 30, 2015

What is BG?

RT

A brand of chemicals that clean your engine. Look up "BG Induction Service" for their patented cleaning system. It's the best thing on the market for cleaning DI engines without tearing them down. The idea is that if you do the BG induction service every 15,000 miles, you should never have any problems with deposit build-up and reduced engine performance and BG will provide a warranty on your engine if you stick to their maintenance plan.

GDI Tech · November 18, 2015

Considering that this is pulled INTO your cylinders, I wonder if it washes the oil off the cylinder walls. Also, does it SOFTEN the deposits or merely loosen them. I'm not sure I'd want hard carbon pulled INTO my cylinders.

Yes it does. Also, unlike the soft carbon deposits of the old pot injection engines these are baked on hard and crystalline and when doing a treatment the smaller hard pieces get forced between the cylinder wall and pistons causing scouring. Only if you start this from day one with a can like the ELite E2-X series just released for the GDI engines can you prevent this. And don't use a solvent based cleaner more often than 15k mile intervals as the wash down will cause damage over time. Address this at the cause and you will have years of trouble free use. And don;t cheap out on the can as most do little more than stop a fraction of the oil and other compounds causing these deposits.

Ag76 · March 11, 2016

I'm about to install an Elite Engineering E2-X catch can on my 2015 Sierra 5.3L, with 6404 miles. I was thinking about running a can of the CRC Intake Valve Cleaner through the engine, and found this thread. Can anyone who has used the cleaner update me on what they think about using it. It appears two users have had to have their catalytic converters replaced. That is a concern, but I'm thinking at 6400 miles maybe that might be less of an issue for me. My other concern is small bits of hard carbon breaking off and scouring the cylinder walls, but again, maybe at my mileage this would be less of an issue? Should I change my oil immediately after using the cleaner?

I'd appreciate any thoughts, advice, or recommendations on the products use from anyone who has given it a try. Thanks.

FL335i · March 17, 2016

BDBake01- I just used that product. It pooled like crazy in the accordion pipe. I've used Seafoam, etc before. Did I get a bad can? Mine sprayed a very oily type spray. Was not impressed. Made a mess for me to clean up.

winn0040 · November 15, 2016

Sorry to dig into the archives but I just ran a can of SeaFoam through my intake and boy did it ever create a smoky mess right after. My neighbor was bagging leaves by his mailbox and got a face full of it and when I went to trounce on the gas at the end of the block it acted like a dog and dumped off another batch of blue smoke. Clearly it must have done something, but I haven't logged enough miles yet to see any sort of difference, nor did I experience any real issues before the procedure having only 26k on the truck.

07Softail · November 16, 2016

A catch Can is all you need.... Proof!

Edited November 16, 2016 by 07Softail

truckguy82 · November 16, 2016

BDBake01- I just used that product. It pooled like crazy in the accordion pipe. I've used Seafoam, etc before. Did I get a bad can? Mine sprayed a very oily type spray. Was not impressed. Made a mess for me to clean up.

Gotta hook it up to the throttle body.

I hooked it up right passed the maf and it did nothing but pool in the intake tube.

Did it again at the theottle body and it worked perfectly

Yeah I wish it came out in more of a fine mist. Seems to come out like wd40's. Seems like the particulates would be too heavy to reach the cylinders in the back.

Silverado-Hareek · November 16, 2016

A catch Can is all you need.... Proof!

Can you provide some more information on your truck? For example:

At what mileage was that photo taken?

At what mileage did you install a catch can?

Which brand/model catch can do you have installed?

Have you done any upper induction cleanings to your truck? For example BG, Seafoam, etc.

Edited November 16, 2016 by Silverado-Hareek

07Softail · November 16, 2016

Installed at 1100 miles and current mileage is 8918 pic was taken Friday the 11th and no BG, seafoam, or any other top end cleanings done. In fact the intake runners look exactly the same as they did when I installed the 6.2 manifold at that 1100 mile install of the catch can. It's an Original RX can with clean side seperator. The back of the Throttle body was also clean as new no film or nothing at the throttle blade. Very impressed and is worth every dime I spent on this upgrade as I drive pretty aggresive and now It has a Magnuson TVS installed this weekend. I have a 12oz bottle I empty the oil and water into and its some nasty acidic smelling crap. My truck is a 14 with a 5.3

RT

Silverado-Hareek · November 16, 2016

Installed at 1100 miles and current mileage is 8918 pic was taken Friday the 11th and no BG, seafoam, or any other top end cleanings done. In fact the intake runners look exactly the same as they did when I installed the 6.2 manifold at that 1100 mile install of the catch can. It's an Original RX can with clean side seperator. The back of the Throttle body was also clean as new no film or nothing at the throttle blade. Very impressed and is worth every dime I spent on this upgrade as I drive pretty aggresive and now It has a Magnuson TVS installed this weekend. I have a 12oz bottle I empty the oil and water into and its some nasty acidic smelling crap. My truck is a 14 with a 5.3

RT

Great thank you for sharing! I too have a '14 with the 5.3 and an original RX installed at 11,000 miles. I have done a couple of BG cleanings since then but I'm stopping those from here on out. I think you've convinced me to add the clean side separator though.

newdude · November 16, 2016

A catch Can is all you need.... Proof!

Installed at 1100 miles and current mileage is 8918 pic was taken Friday the 11th and no BG, seafoam, or any other top end cleanings done. In fact the intake runners look exactly the same as they did when I installed the 6.2 manifold at that 1100 mile install of the catch can. It's an Original RX can with clean side seperator. The back of the Throttle body was also clean as new no film or nothing at the throttle blade. Very impressed and is worth every dime I spent on this upgrade as I drive pretty aggresive and now It has a Magnuson TVS installed this weekend. I have a 12oz bottle I empty the oil and water into and its some nasty acidic smelling crap. My truck is a 14 with a 5.3

RT

This I like to see. Someone who installed early with proof of its function.

66deadhead · November 16, 2016

I'm about to install an Elite Engineering E2-X catch can on my 2015 Sierra 5.3L, with 6404 miles. I was thinking about running a can of the CRC Intake Valve Cleaner through the engine, and found this thread. Can anyone who has used the cleaner update me on what they think about using it. It appears two users have had to have their catalytic converters replaced. That is a concern, but I'm thinking at 6400 miles maybe that might be less of an issue for me. My other concern is small bits of hard carbon breaking off and scouring the cylinder walls, but again, maybe at my mileage this would be less of an issue? Should I change my oil immediately after using the cleaner?

I'd appreciate any thoughts, advice, or recommendations on the products use from anyone who has given it a try. Thanks.

I'm pretty much in this same situation, after months of gathering information and reading threads on this subject, valve deposits , catch cans, do I need one? etc . Decided it's in my best interest to install one , I'm approaching 11,000 miles, and ordered a UPR plug and play Can earlier today. I figured since I plan on keeping my 2016 till the wheels fall off, it's worth the piece of mind, and I can't see how it's gonna hurt anything.

Also reading this thread kinda pissed me off, the fact that I have to spend more money and worry about this sort of thing on a brand new 50 k vehicle gives me a few jitters.and it's one more thing to check service and maintain.

I was also questioning whether I should do a CRC/ or Seafoam treatment after CC install. Thinking I would do it right before the next oil change. Anyone Think the buildup would be bad enough at 11-12,000 miles that it could damage anything?? Any thoughts appreciated. Thx