Terraclean??

[Yeorge]

Just wondering if anyone has had the Terraclean treatment on their Clio? For £108 it isn't too badly priced for everything it says to do. Would be good to increase my 197 MPG, too..

For anyone who isn't aware of what Terraclean is: http://www.terraclean.co.uk/

Cheers,
George

 

[Saner]

Fire up the old search, been mentioned before on a number of occasions.

 

[Djw John]

Yup with the same conclusion, newest and shiniest snake oil on the market.

 

[Ian_182]

Would this be any good for audi's direct injection.?

 

[ben lee]

got both the diesel and petrol kit at work it does make a difference but not on every car diesels normally get better results.

did mine and gained an extra 4 mpg on my 50 mile trip from my 2011 diesel.
have done a few diesels that have failed an mot smoke test going from over 6.0 1/m to under 1.5 1/m.

thought it was all hype had a bmw 320d fail emissions put some fuel cleaner additive in and gave it a good blast up the motorway retested it was a lot lower but still too high to pass did a terra clean and it went through on the first rev.

have done a friends 182 and a focus rs both have said they car feels smoother to drive and pulls better through the gears.

 

[chris blue]

Any update on this service. Anyone had it done? Could be useful for a clean before an MOT and clean up inlet path

 

[Christopher]

I always thought it was b*llocks, but I'm happy to see real results.

I thought of it as the Forever Living of the automotive world. Ie scam.

 

[Rojer]

My dad had it done on his VW Crafter and it did make a difference in running and economy. Problem with direct injection engines is the inlet gets clogged up pretty quickly and TerraClean still won't clean that, have to get it wallnut blasted or something similar.

 

[Scrooge]

People looked into this for their FSI audis, one firm agreed to a do a borescope and rolling Road before and then after. Not noticeable at all.

Then on the other hand I know two people that have had their vans done and the claim it's much mess less smokey and runs better

 

[Rojer]

People looked into this for their FSI audis, one firm agreed to a do a borescope and rolling Road before and then after. Not noticeable at all.

Then on the other hand I know two people that have had their vans done and the claim it's much mess less smokey and runs better

Tbh the best outcomes i have seen are on diesel's, not sure why as its a more efficient engine therefore it should have less carbon build up etc.

 

[bloke]

you'd be better off getting the money, change it all into 10p coins and throw it into a group of crackheads and watch them go mad to pick it all up!!

 

[197.]

you'd be better off getting the money, change it all into 10p coins and throw it into a group of crackheads and watch them go mad to pick it all up!!

Bumfights 2.0 😂

 

[bloke]

Bumfights 2.0 😂

but with crackhead you know there is a 90% chance at least one of them will die :wink:

 

[chris blue]

Ive known 3 people who had it done, after engines had nothing more than servicing after 80-100k, they all said its a good improvement.

Just dont know any RS172 owners had it done

My 172 done 86k, and will do some more research over summer, but £100 is better than walnut blast for 300......

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Ive known 3 people who had it done, after engines had nothing more than servicing after 80-100k, they all said its a good improvement.

Just dont know any RS172 owners had it done

My 172 done 86k, and will do some more research over summer, but £100 is better than walnut blast for 300......

Good improvement in what way?

Placebo effect in full dick swinging motion. Its firecly criticised everywhere i've looked.

 

[bloke]

it's a waste of money...fool...money...etc...

 

[Djw John]

Good improvement in what way?

Placebo effect in full dick swinging motion. Its firecly criticised everywhere i've looked.

Good improvement in the way that people don't like to admit they've wasted £100. Mind when ecutek valves and eBay resistors were all the rage?

 

[chris blue]

Good improvement in what way?

Placebo effect in full dick swinging motion. Its firecly criticised everywhere i've looked.

Smoother engine running, no lumps, bumps n stutters, including smoother power delivery. Better mpg, and valves cleaned up a treat, as one of them shoved a camera into the inlet to have a look see

Walnut blasting is certainly the better option, but not everyone can have easy access to that, and its 3 x the price

 

[bloke]

if you want to do anything just do a diy steam clean, plenty of examples on youtube.

 

[chris blue]

it's a waste of money...fool...money...etc...

may well be, that's why am looking into it

 

[bloke]

may well be, that's why am looking into it

try this first :wink:

 

[Admanirv]

Had it done on a 335d no difference, problem is it can't get to the back of the valves etc and never seen a before and after of these areas or top up pistons before and after nor a dyno on the same day. I've tried forte dpf cleaner and that made a difference in terms of pressure readings done scientifically and parameters as close as I could. I put some forte gasoline cleaner in my ph2 172 and it felt smoother after a full tank then again it could be a placebo.

 

[HarvB]

You know it's a load of BS when their own website won't make any reference to what or how it works... If it was a genuine product they'd give you some more info and have patented the method!

I love their claim:
"TerraClean is a technology developed by a group of scientists in Canada. They were commissioned by the Canadian government to develop a zero emissions engine. They did manage to achieve this goal, but the technology involved and the fuel used to achieve this would necessitate an increase to the price of the vehicles, due to the need to retro fit a "reactor" which molecularly alters the state of the fuel. That increase in cost coupled with the cost of the highly refined fuel, developed for the project, which would retail at over £ 40 per litre rendered the concept non-viable to introduce into the cars motorist drive."

Hmm... Chinny reckon?

 

[Goodj]

Hmm... Chinny reckon?

Best response to any thread in the last 69 months.

 

[chris blue]

And this is a BLOG from an acquaintence of mine, and his report back on Terraclean:

The cleaning process involves injecting a cleaning agent in spray format into the throttle body just before the inlet manifold, whilst the engine revs are increased to approx 1500/2000 rpm. The engine was hot when this process was carried out and the exhaust showed a slight amount of smoke/vapour whilst the engine was running. this part of the process lasted approx 10-20mins for all the cleaning fluid to be used up.

the apparatus used is this: http://terraclean.net/product.php?id=2

Once this was done, I took the car for a drive to clean the excess cleaning agent/oil deposits out of the system. the cars exhaust did smoke quite a lot for approx 30 seconds or so.

I took the car for a drive around the area taking it up to 60mph on a dual carriage way. the Car feel much smooth in accelerator, no hesitation and throttle response had increased.

This process cost me £80 from Terraclean NI, Co Antrim Agent, Neill Clarke. > Facebook Page

Neill himself had done this type of work on numerous Golf GTI (Mk5's) RS4's, and Mini's, all well known for similar symptoms as mine. Many of him customers use this service as a yearly clean with some doing it 6 monthly.

Whilst i dont have pictures of my inlet manifold/valves - before and after, I do have the satisfaction of this service worked for me. Overall, I cannot recommend this type of Service enough, especially to anyone that cannot find a Wallnut Shell blasting service in his area (like me). I think even if I had a the inlet cleaned professionally with a walnut shell blaster, I would use the Terraclean Intake Cleaning Service as a yearly maintenace afterwards.

There are a number of Terraclean agents in the UK, not all of these off this type of Intake cleaning service, you would need to speak to the local rep to find out.

more info here: http://www.terraclean.co.uk/

 

[Goodj]

£80 is a lot of V-power premium over normal unleaded.

 

[chris blue]

£80 is a lot of V-power premium over normal unleaded.

Its over £100 now, the Blog was a year or 2 ago

 

[STEVE.M]

RedeX was recommended by Ben Dover.

 

[chris blue]

I use BGK 44 or whatever its called, but been told the effects last only as long as the fuel is treated with the stuff
A tank or 2 ? That right?

 

[ADS_V6]

RedeX was recommended by Ben Dover.

Does this improve backfiring?

 

[STEVE.M]

Does this improve backfiring?

A little slips round the sides unless you use a plug.

 

[STEVE.M]

I use BGK 44 or whatever its called,

There`s a new legal high for every night of the week in Hove /Brighton.

 

[Herr Flick]

Does this improve backfiring?

How did I get quoted in this?

 

[STEVE.M]

How did I get quoted in this?

You could start with viscous speed humps on my estate grounded my car?

deliberate incorrect spelling.

 

[chris blue]

There`s a new legal high for every night of the week in Hove /Brighton.

Even Sunday?

 

[STEVE.M]

Even Sunday?

Need 2 for Sunday.