Have any of you ever tried these cheap and cheerful products

[182 Spiced]

Quite a few products here: Worth the £££

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Penzoil_Slick_50.html

I'm going to flush out the coolant system on my car.. is 'Slick 50 Cooling System Flush' the product to buy??

There seems to be quite a few products that CLEAN the engine and IMPROVE preformance. Is it worth paying the £10-£20 for peace of mind...? OR are they all a Con...

 

[cat171]

How old is your 182 ?
Mileage on it ?

 

[AhmedRSi]

Saw these in halfords the other say, was wondering the same...

 

[Rhino172]

alot of these things are only worth doing if your car has done 50k plus miles I've heard..

 

[AhmedRSi]

oooh. 80k. ill buy them all then

 

[al]

I've used the Wynns stuff for a few years and found it does make a difference

 

[Justin182]

I put some Wynns oil additive in the engine almost the same week as i bought the 182... then joined here and got absolutely rinsed for doing so lol

Now its nicely run in..... it gets nowt but the finest silkolene.

 

[Rhino172]

Thinking about it I used a fair amount of this stuff on the valver and it did seem to run a fair bit smoother afterwards...used that 10k boost stuff too...the amount of crap that came out the exhaust while using that was amazing!

 

[182 Spiced]

i'm gng to take a dive spend £50 on some stuff and see what happens! i'm on 33k at the mo, and the serv and ESP lights like to go on now and again - i can see my clio gng downhill from here

 

[cat171]

Tbh it's only worth using them on older cars with a bit of mileage on - that's why I was asking how many miles it has done etc.

 

[182 Spiced]

oh right - well i assume i wont do any damamge to the car and it can only help so for a few £££ i may aswell have a flutter. thanks for your advice

 

[TheCake]

TBH they recommend it but in all honesty i'd avoid. I don't want the inside of my engine cleaned... who knows what seal is damaged and is now blocked by a bit of oil which you're about to wash out, same goes for these cooling system flushes.

Regular serviced vehicles don't need stuff like this.