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In the large majority of cases, cylinder glaze is carbon build-up in the cylinder cross-hatch grooves. This hard carbon, a result of poor or inefficient combustion, builds up over time in the cross hatch micro grooves of the cylinder, and becomes mirror smooth due to the piston ring’s polishing effect. In the past, the only…

Stuck piston rings are caused by carbon deposits in the ring grooves. Hard carbon deposits, a result of deficient combustion efficiency, accumulate in the ring grooves and in effect cement the rings into the grooves. This problem almost entirely prevents the rings from sealing adequately against the cylinder walls and often causes low compression, loss…

Yes, it does. FTC Decarbonizer is a unique combustion catalyst. During the fuel combustion process, it oxidizes hard carbon from combustion and exhaust spaces, including turbos and DPF’s, and the hard-carbon buildup on cylinder walls that is refered to as “cylinder glaze”. The oxidization process really will deglaze cylinders as the engine operates. Find out…

Forced DPF regenerations often cause some of the excess fuel required for regenerations to get past the piston rings into the engine oil. This causes excessive fuel dilution of the oil, which is bad for any modern diesel engine. Often, forced ‘regens’ also promote diesel soot backing up into the engine, causing damage to the…

The root cause of Diesel Particulate Filter problems is the overproduction and accumulation of diesel combustion soot during the combustion and exhaust process, which consequently blocks DPFs. There is an effective low-cost solution… Find Out More! Stopped DPF regens “2014 Cummins ISX, done just over 785,000 miles. Was doing DPF regens all the time. Soot…