Intake valve cleaning on Kia Sportage

[@georgesteffens7489]

Thanks for sharing! I've got this coming up on on our 2.4L Hyundai Santa Fe and we are about done with dealer service charges. So this is a great help! Take care!

[@rcintron123]

Thank you!!

[@robertrose3068]

I have a 2016 Sonata hybrid like this. Thankfully the newer ones have GDI/Port injection. Even using this spray, I have the BG service done every 12-18 months. I iave before/after BG photos that went from carbon covered to where i could see the piston head markings from the factory. 👍 172,000 miles so far, no issues. Even have the factory brake pads. ! The method I do this now is I installed an oil catch can years ago (as these people should) and I spray this or Seafoam in the hose going into the intake. I had mechanics tell me it worked better into the intake than the throttle body. 👍 It gets the back of the valves better-in theory.

[@zzman5306]

Yes it can slowly help remove carbon build up on intake valves. Good to do every 10,000 miles or so.

[@rcintron123]

Yeah. Ill do it again in 10k. Next time ill do a borescope comparison to see the difference

[@lokingkong]

would greatly appreciate if you can figure out what product had the hose you used to connect to the valve cleaner straw, been looking around and can't find it

[@rcintron123]

That was a product I used when I worked at the VW dealership as a tech. That was like 10 years ago.

[@mcr051581]

Dimelo bro

[@sliderkitz]

I thought you were supposed to drive it like a bat out if hell after the cleaning.

[@rcintron123]

That what i did in the end but you first start slow because it will smoke and knock like hell. After that floor it

[@daveshepherd8460]

How did you inspect the intake valves with the borescope, through the spark plug hole when a valve was open?

[@rcintron123]

Well I was going to do through the spark plug hole with valve open. The intake manifold has butterfly in each runner. I just want to inspect it. Is is still have carbon then I might remove manifold to clean each valve

[@cheese3471]

It’s nice to make the video but to someone who needs to see where the literal valve is, this video became pointless

[@DaetronBeverage-Sanders]

The metal end of the hose is just sitting inside of the intake hose, there is no valve.

[@johnmoyer2849]

This stuff wotks well.

[@rcintron123]

Yes I used it for years on port injection cars and does clean intake well but wanted to see in GDI. Ill do it again in the 10K oil change