[nicktyler]

Originally Posted by nicktyler

There is an old saying 'a redline a day keeps the carbon at bay' I may have just made that up but there is a lot to be said for a spirited drive everynow and then to give the carbon a harder time building up.

This! At least it's my excuse for thrashing it on a saturday morning when it has gone to the train station and back all week and hardly warmed up.

As said it won't clean the carbon though, just hopefully give it a tougher time taking hold in the first place.

[idnan]

Originally Posted by nicktyler

This! At least it's my excuse for thrashing it on a saturday morning when it has gone to the train station and back all week and hardly warmed up.

As said it won't clean the carbon though, just hopefully give it a tougher time taking hold in the first place.

+1, I make sure my car is warmed up thoroughly every day and I take it to the upper rpm rev ranges. At 80k, my valves were in excellent condition and you could see more metal than carbon.

[nicktyler]

So I was talking to a garage that is considering buying one of the Terraclean DI machines but was not sure if there would be enough interest. I think it is still something that most (apart from us forum 'enthusiasts') are pretty unawaer of.

The machine is surprisingly expensive, £7k for the petrol and Deisel together. maybe the wallnut blaster would be a better investment, does anybody know where you can get them from in the UK?

Who would be interested to get try the terraclean machine for ~£130 a go at a garage just north of the Dartford crossing? Or interested in walnut blasting for that matter...

[zltm089]

Originally Posted by nicktyler

So I was talking to a garage that is considering buying one of the Terraclean DI machines but was not sure if there would be enough interest. I think it is still something that most (apart from us forum 'enthusiasts') are pretty unawaer of.

The machine is surprisingly expensive, £7k for the petrol and Deisel together. maybe the wallnut blaster would be a better investment, does anybody know where you can get them from in the UK?

Who would be interested to get try the terraclean machine for ~£130 a go at a garage just north of the Dartford crossing? Or interested in walnut blasting for that matter...

Interested in walnut blasting, but only by darren wood or a reputable garage that knows the n54 inside out!

[nicktyler]

The garage is http://www.prestigevehiclerepairs.com/ who I hae been using for a long time now and am 100% confident thay know what they are doing with regards to the N54. They are just not sure there is enough awareness or interest to warrant spending £7k+vat on the machine.

[Josh1a1h]

Loads of places offer terra clean already...
I really want to find someone to walnut blast my intake

[nicktyler]

You will probably find that there are lots of places that offer Terraclean but not the DI specific application.

[zltm089]

Originally Posted by nicktyler

The garage is http://www.prestigevehiclerepairs.com/ who I hae been using for a long time now and am 100% confident thay know what they are doing with regards to the N54. They are just not sure there is enough awareness or interest to warrant spending £7k+vat on the machine.

I might get quote for changing the spark plugs and speak to them about the n54.

Anyone you can recommend in particular?

[nicktyler]

Yeah, ask for Nick who is the boss. Or if he is not available speak to Harry.

I will be down there later to try and see what has gone wrong with my instrument cluster.

[Sparky68]

Originally Posted by zltm089

I might get quote for changing the spark plugs and speak to them about the n54.

Anyone you can recommend in particular?

Spark plugs are a 40 minute job matey, even for me and that's saying something!

[nicktyler]

Well it would be easy for you. Your name is Sparky!

[Sparky68]

Originally Posted by nicktyler

Well it would be easy for you. Your name is Sparky!