from what i can gather, you take this stuff and introduce it into the intake and its supposed to "clean" the intake system of carbon and deposits?.... is this right and how affective is it.
al.
from what i can gather, you take this stuff and introduce it into the intake and its supposed to "clean" the intake system of carbon and deposits?.... is this right and how affective is it.
al.
you will get mixed reviews about this but I used it on my old Nissan Primera and my wife's old KA and noticed an immediate improvement. annoys the neighbours when your revving it through though! however I've been doing some research into spray through cleaners recently and I'm bending towards either BG44K or Comma d-tox. BG44K has great reviews across the pond and used by big name German garages as part of service now but pricey stocked by kwiksh*t. and the Comma has the same active ingredients but less than half the price.
I like the claims that they don't increase bhp but help to restore it!
mate i to had replace the egr valve on my 120 cdti but it still didnt feel right so i tried the 10k boost which is easy to do but is a 2 man job and its made such a difference its a lot smoother more responsive and better mpg its 20 quid but well worth it daz
have to agree with above,done mine about 3 months ago,cleaned boost sensor,noticed a big difference in smoother accleration up through the gears,2 man job,1 spraying & 1 on the throttle,a lot of nice whiteish grey then black smoke...........................all the s*** inside comming out
wynns egr cleaner is cheaper , carb cleaner is even cheaper.
out of interest why cant it be sprayed down the oil breather connetion on the throttle body / egr ? or has no one done that ?
so its supposed to get rid of the carbon deposits in the intake?.. well from what iv seen, thats quite a mighty task and specially on the diesels that mix hot gas with oily intake air as it gums the intake up bad and i for one cant see a bottle of quick fix getting rid of the build up.
only thing i can see it doing, is dissolving the area it "touches" and maybe cleaning the valve seats?... and as gazza said, i dont like the idea of the cleaner plus the rubbish it takes with it getting burnt in the cylinders as id say that would lead to varnishing of the bores or even taking the much needed gum off the piston rings that aids compression in older cars.
iv asked cos my 2.2 dti's intake is pretty gummed up and i recon it needs taking off and giving a damn good clean but it looks a pretty involved job and wondered about this 10k stuff but i dont think il bother.
al.
Last edited by Al 22 dti; 14th April 2011 at 07:00.
I have used carb cleaner twice a year for the last 6 years on my 1.9CDTI. I just disconnect the inlet pipe to the turbo then slowly spray as it idles. I press the throttle every now and then to blast it round the system. When I put everything back, I have to clear the spanner light with my code reader as the MAF sensor is effectively disconnected during the process.
Works great for me, no problems yet and a smooth runner always.
if its bad for or going to do any damage to the engine then there would be a write up some where but i havent found one i did some research before i bought it and found only good reveiws about it if you dont want to use 10k halfords sell wynns fuel addative for about £15.00 which is supposed to be as good but for best results you are better going for a long run hope this helps
have a read at this i found http://www.difflock.com/buyersguide/...st/index.shtml
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