Carbon Build-up 101?

[petercw2]

Ok, I am a relatively new RS4 owner and I have been reading this and other boards in an attempt to learn as much as I can about the car.

The one overriding thing waving like a red flag is this "carbon build up" issue.

After a lot of threads and information overload (or my lack of comprehension), I still am not clear on a few basic things...

1) How does the build-up present itself in symptoms to the driver?
2) If one doesn't have the ability to disassemble and hand clean himself, is there anything preventative or temporary that can be done to minimize the issue? (I'm aware of the "additive", but I've missed out if there is a conscious on what to actually use)
3) Is this an issue of "when", not "if" it happening?

Thanks for any input provided.

[jdmnomore]

Not to sound like a dick, but Ive seen about 5-10 threads on this lately without me going back and checking I think there is one stickied in this forum. Try searching a bit as people are probably tired of answering the same questions over and over and I for one am tired of seeing a new thread on this every day.

[petercw2]

Not to sound like a dick, but Ive seen about 5-10 threads on this lately without me going back and checking I think there is one stickied in this forum. Try searching a bit as people are probably tired of answering the same questions over and over and I for one am tired of seeing a new thread on this every day.

Fair enough.

Truth, after all the threads the one thing I hadn't read was the sticky.


Apologies

[mattlqx]

In my opinion, the more threads the better. 100 one page threads are certainly more attention-getting than 10 ten page threads.