soul45 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Mate of mine's just had his car treated with "Terraclean" and say's it's awesome and it's like having a new car...what do you guys think....is it worth the £108 to have it done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askari Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Going to be interesting what people say about this. I'm guessing it works but not quite as well or as good value for money as they claim. My concern would be the shock to an old engine from such an aggressive clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul45 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Seems to clear all carbon....would that harm the seal on an old engine ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_p Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 I've read a few reviews on this, not many to found in all fairness, and remain sceptical. There are a couple claiming great effect, others say marginal, and others non at all. My opinion after reading is that it may help with an otherwise neglected engine, but if you know your engine has been taken care of it may be money best spent elsewhere. For example, the first most positive scenario I read involved an older, turbo'd Vauxhall, on the day of terraclean, the garage also repaired a radiator hose which had worked itself loose, and loose turbo wastegate hose, ending a 'months old' problem, both of which are indicative of poor maintainance in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zajc3w Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 If anything added to fuel can remove carbon from exhaust manifold(as shown in their gallery), it can ,and will burn valve seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I saw someone mention this stuff in another thread the other day and my first reaction as a confirmed cynic was 'what absolute b*llocks' Marketing these days is so powerful all you need to do is put a picture of some guy off the telly on the advert (in this case Ed China) and you convince at least one person. That person then goes and tries to convince everyone who knows, if he succeeds then they all go off and it just spreads like wildfire, whether the product is good or not is largely irrelevant, no one actually considers this point these days, we just listen to the people that say what we want to hear and ignore everyone else. Only thing I would put in my engine is oil. Any loose debris can be removed by changing the filter, maybe once in a while a good flush with oil. Most manufacturers advise strongly against using such cleaning products too, they can and often do cause damage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Having had this suggested to me what with my current MOT emission problems I went off to look at the website and have to say I'm not convinced! Site makes a LOT of grand claims but offers NO explanation of: A- How they go about it, what the actual process is? or B- What it actually does to the inside of the engine? If one assumes that it is basically a super super strength Cataclean (or similar) product then I would be equally worried about the 'shock' value to the internal seals etc of the engine. Plus as most of us know an otherwise fine running engine can suddenly seem to develop leaks if we change to a much thinner oil. The same would undoubtedly be true here. Those Carbon deposits, while on the whole bad could also be plugging microscopic holes etc in various places, so after an aggressive internal cleaning you could suddenly be left with an engine that leaks like a sieve or drinks oil!!! No, the only thing I will put in mine to 'clean' it is Cataclean which is well proven, but even then I only use it as a last resort as I don't like the idea of additives in the first place. Best way to clean your engine is regular oil changes, good quality fuel and a bloody hard run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Yeah exactly dude. Loads of claims, not one shred of evidence or lab data to back any of it up. To me sounds just like this lot: http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2005/8/Ecotek-Technologies-Plc/CS_40177.aspx No thanks. Got to hand it to them though, they have convinced a ton of people to spend £110 on what most people seem to think is basically a bit of injector cleaner. Profits for dealers of this system must make an absolute fortune. If it wrecks your engine you could just say 'ah, but the terracleaning brought your awareness to the problem! you would have never noticed otherwise!' lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limeymk1 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 If you want to clean the engine internals just run some nitrous through it a few times, makes it lovely and sparkly in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 We had these big claims with halo plugs about improving mpg and improving performance. I kept a mileage log for 10,000 miles with halos and 10,000 miles with NGKs - mpg was the same and I never felt any difference in power - never actually saw any real dyno figures despite all the claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Boy 1 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Funny you should mention Halo's i have them in mine and the last (only) time the car had been on a dyno it was a few BHP up on standard. Can't say if NGK's would give the same output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul45 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Water injection...well sream cleans lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Here's a great link from the BMW forum. Holy crap those guys know their stuff. There was a PHD Physicist on there talking serious science and who should pop in but the product manager of terraclean talking bollocks about nano particles and posting what appears to be deliberately misleading photos. Then he just disappears at the end leaving the important questions totally unanswered haha. http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e52-z8-discussion/68535-solution-carbon-build-up-terraclean.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limeymk1 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Water injection...well sream cleans lol Funnily enough: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=engine+cleaning+with+water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serratia Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Thinking about this for my diesel Rav4. I've also been quoted £108 for a mobile service. If you watch the YouTube clip featuring Ed China, it's pretty convincing, especially looking at the before and after emissions readings...... Edited April 3, 2015 by Serratia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen7nnb Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 If you've seen the episode of wheeler dealers with the jag xk8, he uses it and the results seem pretty convincing there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serratia Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 If you've seen the episode of wheeler dealers with the jag xk8, he uses it and the results seem pretty convincing there too. That's the YouTube clip matey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen7nnb Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Oh is it? Sorry, I was in the middle of doing little ones bedtime so didn't get a chance to view the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zajc3w Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 yeah they changed oxygen sensor/cat/maf/whatever at the same time, but terraclean helped 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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