Terraclean system as seen Wheeler Dealers

[LeeT5]

Mine is booked in on June 8th. Spoke to the gent at Swale MOT center in Sittingbourne and he said they have done 6 vehicles so far including his old Ford Transit with 250k on the clock. He said the difference was night and day. He no longer struggles up Detling hill!
If your engine is well looked after and clean then the results will be alot smaller. However, i will be over the moon if i gain a couple of extra horses and 2 0r 3 extra mpg!
Bargain too at £70 + VAT. Total time to do the job is allowing 1.5 - 2 hours.

I will Share the results and i'm quite looking forwards to it.

[V70 Graham]

Right, just finished typing up my project thread with a review of this mornings Terraclean service :

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthre...471#post505471

For those of you wanting the short version, I can thoroughly recommend having this done to your car, throttle response is greatly improved along with hopefully a few extra mpg !
There will be a more noticeable benefit to engines that have a few miles on them, mine has 59,000 but I still noticed a difference.
Along with a £20.00 discount for my wasted trip last week I'm a happy bunny today

[I want a T5]

I've not long fitted cleaned injectors.

Is this worth doing so as to clean the rest of the system?

Should one fit a new fuel filter beofre or after the clean?

[V70 Graham]

Is this worth doing so as to clean the rest of the system?

I would say so, it cleans the whole system from the injectors, combustion chamber, oxygen sensors all the way through to the catalytic converter.

Should one fit a new fuel filter beofre or after the clean?

Thats one thing I didn't ask, I would imagine after, maybe give them a call just to check though.

[I want a T5]

Makes me wish I had seen this before having the injectors done. But then again, I have read many times that the only way to REALLY clean the injectors to remove the baked on glaze that is the main problem with injector pattern, is to use the ultrasound method.

Belt and braces approach makes me think both would be good; especially on mine that has just turned 180k miles.

[I want a T5]

I would also add, it would be interesting to see the spray pattern before and after the Terraclean method to see how it directly compares to the more targetted ultrasound method.

[V70 Graham]

I would also add, it would be interesting to see the spray pattern before and after the Terraclean method to see how it directly compares to the more targetted ultrasound method.

That is true, but not really practical for me.....all I can say is I have noticed the improvement driving the car, hope the review helped.

[y2blade]

Mine is booked in on June 8th. Spoke to the gent at Swale MOT center in Sittingbourne and he said they have done 6 vehicles so far including his old Ford Transit with 250k on the clock. He said the difference was night and day. He no longer struggles up Detling hill!
If your engine is well looked after and clean then the results will be alot smaller. However, i will be over the moon if i gain a couple of extra horses and 2 0r 3 extra mpg!
Bargain too at £70 + VAT. Total time to do the job is allowing 1.5 - 2 hours.

I will Share the results and i'm quite looking forwards to it.

Following with interest

Aye I know Detling hill...used to have to take a flyer at it in the g/fs Metro

[Harvey]

Sounds like it doing something good .
Glad you are happy with the job.

[Kingsford G]

Looks like a bbetter option than just injector cleaning and only about £20 diff.

[V70 Graham]

Looks like a bbetter option than just injector cleaning and only about £20 diff.

.....and only takes an hour tops, no need to be without the car while you send your injectors off.

[I want a T5]

Certainly a lot of pros and no cons as yet!

[LeeT5]

Ok ladies!
Had my car Terracleaned at Swale MOT center in Sittingbourne and before i start, a BIG thanks to the guys there, especially Phil who worked on my car. Treated my R with kid gloves and did a bloody good job...THANKS

Firstly we did a 5 point emission check:

CO - 0.00%
CO2 - 15.7%
O2 - 0.05%
HC - 45 ppm
Lambda - 1.001

As for the job...first thing was to locate and remove fuel pump fuse. F33 in o/s fuse box. Fuse pulled, engine running....and running....and running..............................2 minutes later (were getting concerned now as well as confused).....Finally, she cut out.

Terra clean hose connected, canisters charged and unit filled. For some bizarre reason my car would not hold 2500rpm with the foot pedal contraption fitted, it just kept racing away. So i jumped in and tried. It just kept racing away, so i dipped the clutch and blow me she was stable! Weird. Anyway, about 10 minutes or so later the car finally cut out. This was normal as its used up the terraclean fuel.

Fuel pump fuse back in, engine started and allowed to warm back up.

Hooked back onto the analyst machine and end results were:

CO - 0.00%
CO2 - 15.7%
O2 - 0.07%
HC - 6 ppm
Lambda - 1.003

As you can see, Hydro Carbons have come right down meaning the car is burning clean. Not that the HC was high anyway but a dramatic drop none the less. O2 is also up as it should be cos it's burning clean. One thing i will mention is the CO %. Phil said he has never seen a car burn 0.00% CO. He was amazed.

This is proof that not only does it clean your O2 sensors making them react quicker resulting in less fuel used but clearly it has cleaned the catalyst.
God only knows what it done inside the engine but i bet its unbelievably clean!

As for real time driving. WIthin a mile or two i could feel the response was immediate. Improved driveability, pulls harder and no fluctuations in boost. It pulls hard, smooth and faster than before. Gear changes are smoother due to engine rpm maintaining a higher level between gear changes. No change in idle. At the moment i have only seen a 1 mpg decrease in fuel consumption, but over the next week or two i hope to get a much better average....if i can keep my right foot from being buried into the carpet!! OH, how the turbo sings and the exhaust roars!!!!!

[t5 pete]

Brilliant info lee and really glad it has shown signs of improvment

[Harvey]

Just trying to save the planet,R's are environmental after all.

[LeeT5]

Just trying to save the planet,R's are environmental after all.

For at least the last 6 months my mpg has hardly ever crept above 21mpg. At the last look today it was 21.8 and i was driving fast....very fast!

Seriously guys (and gals) the improvement is night and day. I will be making this a regular thing from now on, as part of her yearly service!!

I will post back here in two weeks time and let you all know my ave' mpg then.

[Harvey]

For at least the last 6 months my mpg has hardly ever crept above 21mpg. At the last look today it was 21.8 and i was driving fast....very fast!

Seriously guys (and gals) the improvement is night and day. I will be making this a regular thing from now on, as part of her yearly service!!

I will post back here in two weeks time and let you all know my ave' mpg then.

What do they say about oil changes before or after its been done.
Harvey

[LeeT5]

What do they say about oil changes before or after its been done.
Harvey

Nothing. I changed my oil about 2 months ago so mine is nice and clean anyway.

[Harvey]

For at least the last 6 months my mpg has hardly ever crept above 21mpg. At the last look today it was 21.8 and i was driving fast....very fast!

Seriously guys (and gals) the improvement is night and day. I will be making this a regular thing from now on, as part of her yearly service!!

I will post back here in two weeks time and let you all know my ave' mpg then.

I just filled up my s60R and put in £50 of v power in the trip meter says I've travelled a grand total of 156 miles ,I don't use it much just run around town all local trips.
I think I will get a clean done when there's a local garage to me gets a machine.

[doorman]

Right, just finished typing up my project thread with a review of this mornings Terraclean service :

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthre...471#post505471

For those of you wanting the short version, I can thoroughly recommend having this done to your car, throttle response is greatly improved along with hopefully a few extra mpg !
There will be a more noticeable benefit to engines that have a few miles on them, mine has 59,000 but I still noticed a difference.
Along with a £20.00 discount for my wasted trip last week I'm a happy bunny today

Told you so! PS my mpg is up by 3-4 mpg bonus