What's involved in a carbon clean

[Tom Pearce]

Hi all,

I recently bought myself a lovely b7 rs4 avant and absolutely love it.

I'm thinking about doing a few bits and bobs to it, but doing a carbon clean to get a nice Base figure first. It has had 1 in the last few years but not sure how bad it would've got again by no. It by no means feels as though it's lacking power but you know what I mean.

Now, having read through quite a few posts on here, it seems like having a carbon clean is the equivalent of remapping or engine building on evo forums and people seem to think it's some kind of wizardry.

Is it just a case of cleaning out the inlet manifold or do the whole heads come off?

If it's a case of taking the heads off then I'll probably give it to a tuner to do, as my evo tries my patience enough, so much so that I can't stand the thing and I don't want to end up feeling the same way towards my rs.

Tom

[TAB1S]

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[RichieRS]

Follow TAB1S's link Tom and you will see the extent of the work required. Most say it's 99% labour involved and as long as your pretty competent with your tools then you should be fine.

Some will also say just except it's part of RS ownership and just go and get a MRC stage 2 map and enjoy

[Tom Pearce]

That's awesome gents, thanks very much. Doesn't look anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, especially being able to blast it clean!

I might buy a gasket and knock up an adaptor on the mill at work before I go for it.

Thanks again

[RichieRS]

That's awesome gents, thanks very much. Doesn't look anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, especially being able to blast it clean!

I might buy a gasket and knock up an adaptor on the mill at work before I go for it.

Thanks again

Good luck buddy and keep us updated with your progress.

I am about to embark on the clean too but am in the process of moving house and will have a nice garage to do it in once I move so waiting till then