terraclean

[hammy44]

hi has anyone had this done to vehicle as mine is due mot shortly and has just scraped through emissions last few yrs.was wondering if its worth spending the £110 pounds or not as it could go a long way to doing something else.

[hammy44]

guess no one has got this done or maybe never heard of it

[bowesy]

going off the results they got on wheeler dealers i would have it done i was wondering how much it was to have done definatley well worth it

[AdrianC]

I'd not heard of this until yesterday. It sounds a heck of a lot like a scam to me.

It's a process that promises to do all sorts of wonderfulness to all sorts of unrelated components, yet there's absolutely no information on how it works, apart from some meaningless bullshit bingo about "molecular injection". Oh, and some gurning eejit who's apparently a TV presenter fronting the marketing.

Snake oil.

If your van's "just scraping through emissions", I'd be looking at why, and solving the actual problem.

[Plasticman]

Adrian sumsd it up 101%
make the adjustments required if possible.
i have a product thaty i can ship to the north for £49.95
it works by absorbing excess energy from the hydroids present in your engine fluids, its a bit too technical for this forum but i really really works,
mm

[boxer]

Cheque's in the post.

[Plasticman]

bogof till the 31st but on ly 7 left in stock ,

[tobydog]

I'd try one of these:

http://www.improveaudio.com./vault/pdfs ... r-2012.pdf

[StuM]

Quentin Willson, who doesn't endorse Terraclean (unlike Edd China on Wheeler Dealers) wrote in his newspaper column:

Let your engine clean up its act

I Was interested to hear the claims of Terraclean, a fuel system decarboniser that’s supposed to improve mpg, ­acceleration and lower emissions.

I put a 10-year-old Mercedes through the £100 process (which takes an hour), and noticed an immediate change in ­engine response and smoothness.

On the drive home my mpg went from an ­average of 34 to 38, and yesterday the Merc’s trip computer registered 39mpg. That’s a 14 per cent saving. I’m logging the numbers, so we’ll see if the improvement lasts. First signs look encouraging, though. Details from www.terraclean.co.uk

See http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motor ... ag-1350138

Another 'impartial' review here:

http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/f19/terrac ... 45958.html

De-coking engines is nothing new, I understand the difference here is being able to do it with the engine in one piece.

That said, I have no personal experience of it, so this is in no way an endorsement, just a couple of things I dug up on the subject.

[camper]

Decokeing a worn engine is not such a good thing.I remember this when i cleaned up ford & austin engines you are supposed to leave a ring of carbon deposits on pistons to keep the seal for compression .On a complete strip down i cleaned of all carbon deposits including big end crankshaft areas.Once its assembled and restarted all sorts of rattles & smoke occured.Dont no about modern engine suppose its the amount of wear comes into question.One thing its hard to remove hard deposits of carbon&gum by chemical means caustic soda comes to mind but thats out of the question unless the engine is dismantled.

[StuM]

That's a very good point re. de-coking.

[AdrianC]

I gave the 205 a new fuel filter, plugs, HT leads, dist cap and rotor, together with new oil & filter the other week. The last two tanks have returned 46mpg, instead of the previous 40ish.