Gasoline direct injection-Disadvantages[edit]

Gasoline direct injection does not have the valve cleaning action that is provided when fuel is
introduced to the engine upstream of the cylinder.[35] In non-GDI engines, the gasoline traveling
through the intake port acts as a cleaning agent for contamination, such as atomized oil. The lack of
a cleaning action can cause increased carbon deposits in GDI engines. Third party manufacturers
sell oil catch tanks which are supposed to prevent or reduce those carbon deposits.
The ability to produce peak power at high engine speeds (RPM) is more limited for GDI, since there
is a shorter period of time available to inject the required quantity of fuel. In manifold injection (as
well as carburetors and throttle-body fuel injection), fuel can be added to the intake air mixture at any
time. However a GDI engine is limited to injecting fuel during the intake and compression phases.
This becomes a restriction at high engine speeds (RPM), when the duration of each combustion
cycle is shorter. To overcome this limitation, some GDI engines (such as the Toyota 2GR-
FSE V6 and Volkswagen EA888 I4 engines) also have a set of manifold fuel injectors to provide
additional fuel at high RPM. These manifold fuel injectors also assist in cleaning carbon deposits
from the intake system.
Gasoline does not provide the same level of lubrication for the injector components as diesel, which
sometimes becomes a limiting factor in the injection pressures used by GDI engines. The injection
pressure of a GDI engine is typically limited to approximately 20 MPa (2.9 ksi), to prevent excessive
wear on the injectors.[36]