cost of a carbon clean??

Hi chaps,

I'm wondering if there is any merit to getting my ZD30 fully cleaned of carbon and soot build up in the inlet manifold before I block egr and install dawes, needle and catch.

I was wondering what this would cost and what are the particular areas that would have build up? Is this something a local mechanic can do or does it need to be taken to a specialist?

Thanks in advance for your responses :)

it may be something you can do yourself alot of ppl use break cleaner to clean all the parts specialy intercooler and clean the maf also

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Originally Posted by Rusty86

Hi chaps,

I'm wondering if there is any merit to getting my ZD30 fully cleaned of carbon and soot build up in the inlet manifold before I block egr and install dawes, needle and catch.

I was wondering what this would cost and what are the particular areas that would have build up? Is this something a local mechanic can do or does it need to be taken to a specialist?

Thanks in advance for your responses :)

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Not sure bout the zd30 but my td42 was worth doing it cost me around 180 from memory i was getting around 330kms to the tank but after the clean i was gaining 50kms to the tank before i rolled it over i was getting around 650km to the tank well worth the 180 hope this helps

Thanks fellas

Timbar, wow! that's a big difference, I think it would definitely be worth looking into. Won't be doing it myself as I'm not that mechanically minded and I'd prob screw something up lol but that's not too expensive....I had in the back of my mind it was heaps more $$...reckon I saw a thread/post somewhere where a bloke had paid closer to $1000 but maybe this was a much bigger clean out. I just figure what's the point of blocking egr when all the build up just stays in there and who knows where it would end up

Cheers

What year / model is it and how many kms you done Rusty86

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Originally Posted by boots

What year / model is it and how many kms you done Rusty86

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2004 GUIII Auto roughly 204,500kms ZD30

Cheers

ye that many k's will need a good clean in the Nissan Patrol Reference Document it shows the carbon build up of a truck that had done 85'000km and it was prity bad.

Yep get it done Rusty86 . cleaned my intake manifold / pipework and replaced intercooler at 90 thou km on mine. badly gunked up . did the nads almost straight after it . awesome now .

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Originally Posted by boots

Yep get it done Rusty86 . cleaned my intake manifold / pipework and replaced intercooler at 90 thou km on mine. badly gunked up . did the nads almost straight after it . awesome now .

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What did it cost you boots or did you do it all yourself?

Yep, I've seen the pics of manifolds taken apart...not pretty!

Cheers for the responses guys :)

Did it myself Rusty86 and I have the same model / year as you mate . Fitted the boost and egt guages first , ic second . drove it a month and was horrified at what the guages were telling me . then did the boost mod .catch can . exhaust . ohh did the intake clean when I did the ic replacement . I am wrapped in the performance of 4b now , feels like a new toy again and I've owned it four years mate , so I hope this gives you inspiration to get the mods done mate or do it yourself . goodluck with it .