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04-09-2013, 11:13 AM | #45 | |
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As said it won't clean the carbon though, just hopefully give it a tougher time taking hold in the first place. |
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04-09-2013, 11:29 AM | #46 |
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+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.
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04-15-2013, 07:29 AM | #47 |
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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... |
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04-15-2013, 08:35 AM | #49 |
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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.
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You will probably find that there are lots of places that offer Terraclean but not the DI specific application.
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Anyone you can recommend in particular? |
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04-18-2013, 08:10 AM | #53 |
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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. |
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04-18-2013, 08:10 AM | #54 |
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Spark plugs are a 40 minute job matey, even for me and that's saying something!
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Well it would be easy for you. Your name is Sparky!
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