Lexingtonian
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I was hanging with some friends over the weekend. One of them works at a Ford Truck Manufacturing facility. (This is just about the point where you can take me with a grain of salt. By the way)
We were talking Ford trucks, then the Ecoboost Engine and I naturally asked if he was aware of the Valve Coking issue (I was curious what he knew). He was aware and began telling me how they've hopefully fixed it in the Gen 2 engines (which I already knew) by fueling some above the valves to keep them clean. It was then that he said something I hadn't heard. He said some of the Michigan guys were in recently talking about that issue and said they were looking to develop a retrofit kit for Gen 1 engines for valve cleaning which should run around $1200 and should be an easy install. That's where my ears when to defcon 1. I began asking questions about it as he said it was to be designed to be easy to install. Which got me thinking about the additional "bits" required and then I began asking questions about the "easy" part as it would seem to me that a injectors would need to be added at top of the intake (sounds like drilling required), fuel rail changes and ECM Programming to make the system aware of such a kit. That's where his knowledge was limited and he really didn't know the logistics of it. Just that it was something that was being discussed.
I know this sounds like a pretty, "Hey, I have a buddy of a buddy of a buddy that works at Ford that told me......" narrative but I'm simply sharing what was discussed. I'm curious, those of you more intimate with the Ecoboost 3.5, what would theoretically be needed to retrofit a top of valve cleaning kit?
I hadn't seen this posted anywhere else so I thought I'd drop it here. If it's something that's already been discussed by all means remove the thread.
Thanks all
Lex -
We were talking Ford trucks, then the Ecoboost Engine and I naturally asked if he was aware of the Valve Coking issue (I was curious what he knew). He was aware and began telling me how they've hopefully fixed it in the Gen 2 engines (which I already knew) by fueling some above the valves to keep them clean. It was then that he said something I hadn't heard. He said some of the Michigan guys were in recently talking about that issue and said they were looking to develop a retrofit kit for Gen 1 engines for valve cleaning which should run around $1200 and should be an easy install. That's where my ears when to defcon 1. I began asking questions about it as he said it was to be designed to be easy to install. Which got me thinking about the additional "bits" required and then I began asking questions about the "easy" part as it would seem to me that a injectors would need to be added at top of the intake (sounds like drilling required), fuel rail changes and ECM Programming to make the system aware of such a kit. That's where his knowledge was limited and he really didn't know the logistics of it. Just that it was something that was being discussed.
I know this sounds like a pretty, "Hey, I have a buddy of a buddy of a buddy that works at Ford that told me......" narrative but I'm simply sharing what was discussed. I'm curious, those of you more intimate with the Ecoboost 3.5, what would theoretically be needed to retrofit a top of valve cleaning kit?
I hadn't seen this posted anywhere else so I thought I'd drop it here. If it's something that's already been discussed by all means remove the thread.
Thanks all
Lex -
