Automated engine cleaning system and method
OwnerVictor Mezheritskyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an automated washing system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a control system, operative to monitor the engine and automatically initiate a washing cycle; a water tank with a heating element to heat water within the water tank; set of air compressor cleaning injectors connected to the water tank; a set of air cooler cleaning injectors connected to the water tank; a set of air intake port/valve cleaning injectors connected to the water tank; wherein the air compressor cleaning injectors and the air cooler cleaning injectors are operated simultaneously during a washing cycle.
Claims18
An automated washing system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a control system, operative to monitor the engine and automatically initiate a washing cycle;
- a water tank with a heating element to heat water within the water tank;
- set of air compressor cleaning injectors connected to the water tank and operably coupled to the control system;
- a set of air cooler cleaning injectors connected to the water tank and operably coupled to the control system;
- a set of air intake port/valve cleaning injectors connected to the water tank;
- wherein the air compressor cleaning injectors and the air cooler cleaning injectors are operated by the control system simultaneously during a washing cycle.
A method of automatically washing an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- detecting that the engine is in a state which requires a washing;
- activating, via a control system, a set of air compressor cleaning injectors and a set of air cooler cleaning injectors operably coupled to the control system, simultaneously to wash a compressor side of a turbocharger and air cooler, respectively, the air compressor cleaning injectors and the air cooler cleaner injectors each coupled to and drawing water from a water tank, the water tank having a heating element to heat water within the water tank;
- deactivating the air compressor cleaning injectors and the air cooler cleaning injectors;
- and
- activating a set of air intake valve/port cleaning injectors coupled to the water tank to wash air intake valves/ports in an air intake manifold, wherein the method is executed while the engine is in operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.