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Title: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:16:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0

Now I've watched this guy on the tube for ages and in all honesty he's a bit of a 'tard. However, is this product or simlar available? I'm thinking that this would also clean out the carbon in the cylinders too, afterall, that's where the cleaner will end up  :y
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:20:39
or even this stuff....

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_869339_langId_-1_categoryId_255221#tab3
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:21:23
or EVEN our Wynns favourite  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_189140_categoryId_255221_langId_-1?cm_sp=Intelligent_Offer-_-Product_Details_Zone_1-_-Blank&iozone=PDPz1
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 02 January 2013, 23:28:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0

Now I've watched this guy on the tube for ages and in all honesty he's a bit of a 'tard. However, is this product or simlar available? I'm thinking that this would also clean out the carbon in the cylinders too, afterall, that's where the cleaner will end up  :y

original carbon clean procedure takes more than half an hour if I remember correctly..  not sure the amount of fluid in that apparatus will be adequate for proper cleaning.. if we neglect the cars age..
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 02 January 2013, 23:30:42
the other items may help if used regularly and from young ages of car imo..
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:32:39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0

Now I've watched this guy on the tube for ages and in all honesty he's a bit of a 'tard. However, is this product or simlar available? I'm thinking that this would also clean out the carbon in the cylinders too, afterall, that's where the cleaner will end up  :y

original carbon clean procedure takes more than half an hour if I remember correctly..  not sure the amount of fluid in that apparatus will be adequate for proper cleaning.. if we neglect the cars age..

this stuff it appears is simply added to a full tank of fuel and away you go. looking at a bunch of reviews people have had some good results....just trying to do as much to avoid spending the dosh on professional sonic cleaning. its only £5.99 a bottle and im going in for some wynns lifter treatment so i'm going to pick some up i think. whats the worst that could happen?? (touches wood, crosses fingers as this is an omega  ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D)
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:33:40
sorry cem, just realised you were talking about the video. yeah, it also looks like you need special apparatus. going to go with the wynns option first
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: omega3000 on 02 January 2013, 23:36:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0

Now I've watched this guy on the tube for ages and in all honesty he's a bit of a 'tard. However, is this product or simlar available? I'm thinking that this would also clean out the carbon in the cylinders too, afterall, that's where the cleaner will end up  :y

original carbon clean procedure takes more than half an hour if I remember correctly..  not sure the amount of fluid in that apparatus will be adequate for proper cleaning.. if we neglect the cars age..

this stuff it appears is simply added to a full tank of fuel and away you go. looking at a bunch of reviews people have had some good results....just trying to do as much to avoid spending the dosh on professional sonic cleaning. its only £5.99 a bottle and im going in for some wynns lifter treatment so i'm going to pick some up i think. whats the worst that could happen?? (touches wood, crosses fingers as this is an omega  ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D)

We should get shares in wynns  ;D

Never seen anything like what scotty was using , just the stuff you put in the fuel tank  :-\
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:40:24
if that don't work i'm going for some ''start, you bastard'' hahahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY1YndLmbXQ
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: dbug on 03 January 2013, 01:26:10
I've used the Wynns injector cleaner over the years - usually about once a year and initially do notice beter response and increased smoothness.
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: doz on 03 January 2013, 02:49:34
I had the injectors on the LC ultrasonicly cleaned when I rebuilt the engine. After a 100k miles the injectors were hardly blocked at all. Modern fuels don't tend to gum the injectors.
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 03 January 2013, 03:44:42
Wynns, a tank or two of decent fuel and a good thrashing can all help stave off the early symptoms of the dreaded precat codes :y
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2013, 09:47:32
Ultrasonic is the proper way.

Wonder if bro will let me borrow one of his jewellery cleaners ::)
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 January 2013, 09:53:19
Ultrasonic is the proper way.

Wonder if bro will let me borrow one of his jewellery cleaners ::)

Indeed, and more importantly a decent service will give you a before and after report on flow rate and spray pattern so it will tell you if you did have a problem.

I've only bothered on a rare set I salvaged from a scrap yard, previously fitted to a Volvo with intergalactic miles. Even then, the injectors weren't too bad in the "before" report. They were spot on manufacturer's spec in the "after", though. I certainly wouldn't bother on a car that's getting regular use unless I suspected a problem.
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 January 2013, 09:54:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGI9N_yWd0)

Now I've watched this guy on the tube for ages and in all honesty he's a bit of a 'tard. However, is this product or simlar available? I'm thinking that this would also clean out the carbon in the cylinders too, afterall, that's where the cleaner will end up  :y

original carbon clean procedure takes more than half an hour if I remember correctly..  not sure the amount of fluid in that apparatus will be adequate for proper cleaning.. if we neglect the cars age..

this stuff it appears is simply added to a full tank of fuel and away you go. looking at a bunch of reviews people have had some good results....just trying to do as much to avoid spending the dosh on professional sonic cleaning. its only £5.99 a bottle and im going in for some wynns lifter treatment so i'm going to pick some up i think. whats the worst that could happen?? (touches wood, crosses fingers as this is an omega  ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D )

bottle cleaners are meaningful when you use them from the car is new.. but on an aged car they are a waste of money imo..
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 January 2013, 09:55:35
if that don't work i'm going for some ''start, you bastard'' hahahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY1YndLmbXQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY1YndLmbXQ)

 ;D ;D  The first time I saw it, I laughed for minutes ;D
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 January 2013, 09:57:47
Ultrasonic is the proper way.

Wonder if bro will let me borrow one of his jewellery cleaners ::)

Indeed, and more importantly a decent service will give you a before and after report on flow rate and spray pattern so it will tell you if you did have a problem.

I've only bothered on a rare set I salvaged from a scrap yard, previously fitted to a Volvo with intergalactic miles. Even then, the injectors weren't too bad in the "before" report. They were spot on manufacturer's spec in the "after", though. I certainly wouldn't bother on a car that's getting regular use unless I suspected a problem.

if the car starts hot starting problem as I experienced discard all of them..
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2013, 10:19:04
I did used to pop in some Forte once a year when I ran on petrol.  Probably still should, esp as the injectors now get little use.

I used to use Redex on the tractor, to help combat Asda diesel ;D
Title: Re: is cleaning your injectors this easy?
Post by: tigers_gonads on 05 January 2013, 12:46:23
Tbh, with the amount of additives in petrol nowdays i'd have thought these fuel treatments would have been extinct  :-\
Then again, I do tend to use the full travel of the accelerator  :-X :-X

I was told though to get the injector needles re ground after 100,000 miles or so when I had the tractor  :-\
True or false ?