Does The Italian Tune Up Actually Work?
Does Redlining Your Car's Engine Help Remove Carbon Deposits?
Does a redline a day keep the mechanics away? The Italian Tune Up is often thought of as a solution for removing carbon from an engine, but does it really work? Looking into multiple research papers on the subject, I sought to answer three main questions: 1). What temperatures do carbon deposits form? 2). Can carbon deposits be removed from excessive heat? 3). Can engines get hot enough to remove carbon deposits?
An engine's redline is the highest speed it can safely operate. At this engine speed, you'll generally be at higher loads, and the stress and strain on the engine is high. Cylinder temperatures increase with the production of more power, and this heat can have effects on the engine internals. Is it enough to remove carbon deposits? Check out the video to find out!
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Lovely Volvo estate at 03.34.
My wife has got carbon based lipstick,and when she starts yatering on her lips get up to 10,000 degrees..but the lipstick is still as good as new..so no it wont..
I find the best easy tune up is filling your car with super unleaded or a decent fuel additive and take it on a long motorway/highway or a long journey.
A great reason to have a separate oil catch can and vent your crankcase breather to that.
The increase temperatures from an Italian tune up are great to clean up the fine meshes within emissions control systems such as catalytic converters and DPF’s.
Of course there is always the risk that if the engine isn’t healthy and well serviced, an Italian tuneup may be the straw that broke the camels back but on a healthy engine, occasional hard use will help, especially shortly before an emissions test.
I work at a garage and if a car fails it’s emissions then it is just redlined before being tested again
no question its good for a rotoray