Terraclean- Any opinions?

[Tonybolony]

We took a diesel Motorhome that had some engine issues to have this done last week, and it seems to have made it a little quieter and smoother when cold.
Before I get my 170k mile 3.0 Tdi A6 done- I'm interested in what you lot have to say. (I'm not experiencing any specific problems, but after that sort of mileage, and never had any fuel system cleaning done- surely it can't hurt?)

Anyone???

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

Here's my experience from a last August from my thread over on CA.

Just had the Cabriolet Terracleaned,you can definitely tell the difference.Firstly there was nothing wrong with the car at all it drove very well when we first bought it and always has. But as ever if you replace or overhaul things very noticeable improvements can be found. :nod:

The car had already been treated to a OEM++ full service a while back having replaced the plugs to NGK iridium, a new MAF and a new set of spark plug leads to replace the old Audi ones to keep the engine electrics in top order. Now that the injectors have been cleaned she feels/drives like a new car. I'm very pleased with the results.

I uploaded the video to Facebook as it was easy. https://www.facebook.com/10000883417...1913693113088/

[steve briance]

Never used it myself but I'm sure this kit was used on wheeler dealers on one episode...

I know Wheeler Dealers is not everyone's cup of tea but once in a while they do use some clever kit like terraclean. I think it was an old Jag V8 they did it on with high HC.

It sorted that out quite well.

[Rikki Kitto]

Sure I see some before and after pics somewhere after they took the head off to inspect after Terra clean and it didn't make much difference this was on an RS4 I think, sure someone on here will remember and post soon

http://www.oilem.com/terraclean-and-similar-cleaning-systems/

[Monkeymagic]

I have to say that the usual crud built up in a tdi after 170k is considerable. I'd be surprised if and chemical will break that down. Plus if it does then it's forced into the intake valves I'd be a little concerned. In my experience the only way to remove tdi crud from inlets etc is elbow grease.

[Lefrog]

Terraclean

They use it at a garage I know of and I personally wouldn't recommend using it on a diesel as it seems to cause excessive wear on the injectors . Sure it cleans some carbon from the chambers and frees a sticky injector but I ve had a fair few of the vehicles come back in to me with excessive flow rates on injectors after a while maybe it's just unlucky for them but like said previously you can't be a bit of elbow grease and if it's an injector fault your trying to sort replacement is the better way in my eyes . Petrol cars are a different matter with higher tolerances so guess they get away with them.

[Tonybolony]

They use it at a garage I know of and I personally wouldn't recommend using it on a diesel as it seems to cause excessive wear on the injectors . Sure it cleans some carbon from the chambers and frees a sticky injector but I ve had a fair few of the vehicles come back in to me with excessive flow rates on injectors after a while maybe it's just unlucky for them but like said previously you can't be a bit of elbow grease and if it's an injector fault your trying to sort replacement is the better way in my eyes . Petrol cars are a different matter with higher tolerances so guess they get away with them.

I was chatting with one of my lads this afternoon, and he said much the same, but he specifically mentioned the injector pump.


Maybe I'll just chuck a few bottles of Forte in it

[Monkeymagic]

I see no reason why it would affect the diesel pump though..