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[MartinD]

I used Cataclean and was not impressed my engine became sluggish and we did not notice any difference in fuel consumption – I called them and they did not wont to know my concerns seems like a scam  

[MartinD]

Hunted fuel-pill peddlers made same claim in NZ 16 years ago

Two men who attracted more than $80 million from investors marketing a "fuel saving petrol pill" in Australia was referred to the New Zealand Commerce Commission for claims he made with a similar product 16 years ago.
Tim Johnston, 51, chairman of the company Firepower and Ross Baigent from Cataclean Liverpool UK, which bought Australia's leading basketball team the Sydney Kings, is being sought by authorities.
It is suspected Tim is living an up market life in the UK with his British partner.
Details of Johnston's and Bagient’s business dealings have been hitting headlines in Australia - most recently because the Kings' wages were paid late, then not paid at all, before the team's license was revoked on June 12.
Current news reports across the Tasman bear the hallmarks of 1992 reports in New Zealand, with Australian media revealing allegations of dodgy dealings and accusations that the fuel-saving benefits of Firepower's pill are unproven.
A four-month investigation by the National Business Review, reported in August 1992, said New Zealanders were spending up to $100,000 a month on a petrol pill claiming to reduce fuel costs by 17 per cent.
            
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When put into vehicles, the pills were supposed to cut emissions, save on fuel costs and give cars more power.
But the paper could not find any evidence the pills, sold through a multi-level marketing campaign, worked.
"Investigations by the NBR have found the company's marketing plan is fraught with false and misleading statements which the Commerce Commission has been investigating for several months," it reported.
The NBR said its inquiries into companies Johnston and Baigent was dealing with, tests he said were run on the product and organizations he claimed recommended the pills revealed questionable conduct.
The NZ Automobile Association ran tests on the products and made similar findings in relation to what it termed Johnston's and Baigent’s "dubious motoring products" in September 1992.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Firepower sold more than $80 million of shares to Australian and overseas investors on the promise of a stunning share market listing in London.
Investors included high-profile league players, diplomats, doctors, accountants, media figures and mum-and-dad speculators. Some expected the shares they bought for between A5c and A$1.33 would be worth up to A$7 when the company listed on the Alternative Investment Market.
But Johnston and Baigent left nothing but a trail of defunct business entities, empty offices and folded websites.
The Australian Tax Office and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission are among those seeking him. The Independent reported that the Kings' liquidator was seeking a warrant for their arrests.
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[omegaowner1]

Did some research on the web after reading your post on CataClean the company in Liverpool System Products or Cataclean Global Ltd who produce this product  and came across this so BEWARE its a SCAM the British advertising company tested the product  
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_41571.htm
The ASA considered that the claims of Cataclean were misleading.

3. Upheld
The expert considered that using a vehicle with a known and apparently unquantified problem was bad practice. The results showed that Cataclean had no beneficial effect on emissions.  The expert noted the evidence did not repeat the decreases in emissions that were demonstrated in the infomercial.  We considered that the claims were misleading.

5. Upheld
The expert advised that catalyst efficiency was established by analysing the exhaust gases entering and exiting the catalyst.  He noted the submitted tests did not use that method.  The expert advised that the product was extremely unlikely to survive the combustion process and reach the exhaust catalyst.  We considered that the claim was misleading.


Action
We concluded that the infomercial breached rules 5.1 (Misleading advertising), 5.2.1 (Evidence), 5.4.4 (Testimonials) and 5.2.6 (Environmental claims) of the CAP (Broadcast) TV Advertising Standards Code and it must not be advertised again without adequate substantiation for each claim it made.

Also Ross Baigent the director of the companies did a similar Scam in Australia with Tim Johnston.