Shopper About to Buy a Forester Hybrid Is Told Every Engine Is Direct Injection Now, But Toyota Still Puts 2 Injectors in Each Cylinder

Shopper About to Buy a Forester Hybrid Is Told Every Engine Is Direct Injection Now, But Toyota Still Puts 2 Injectors in Each Cylinder

Carbon buildup on the intake valves worries buyers of many modern gas and hybrid cars, and a shopper about to buy a Forester Hybrid was told there is no escaping it because every engine is direct injection now. That is not quite true, since Toyota's D-4S system puts both a direct and a port injector in each cylinder, and port injected fuel keeps washing over the valves. Forester Hybrid carbon buildup has no Subaru fix on record yet, because Suba…