Redex, etc - any use

[Darren S]

What's the consensus on things like injector cleaning additives and stuff? Are they and engine placebo, doing feck all for you other than draining your wallet?

D.

 

[Fred@BTM]

on a new car under 100K miles, i wouldn't bother

as long as its serviced etc etc

i occasionally put redex through mine, but like once every 10K (i do high milage)

 

[AcID ZeR0]

Sorry to high-jack your topic Darren, Just wondered I took my air box off and my carb mouth has what looks like filter oil down it and is generally dirty, I was wondering whats the best way to clean the carb I've heard pour redex carb cleaner down the mouth?

Also my car has a really shlt mpg. No where near the average of £1 / 10 miles and it's not as if it's a powerfull car it's a 1.2.

 

[Ali]

I've got Atol octane improver and valve supliments, 100£ for 2l tho! lol! Only stuff worth havin imo! Race use only naturally.

 

[Djw John]

Ive used Forte before and I think it runs a bit better now. Car is approaching 68k so thought why not!

Acid Zero, yeah with the engine at a fast rev, say 3000rpm pour a one shot of redex straight into the carb and wait a couple of seconds till revving it. The amount of smoke it kicks out is incredible! But yeah Djw Daves old ax gt needed it done quite a few times and made a difference.

 

[Ali]

Forte Engine flush is great stuff, however on high miler cars, if NOT recommented at all, not unless you wanna get a new barrel.

 

[cornburn]

Forte Engine flush is great stuff, however on high miler cars, if NOT recommented at all, not unless you wanna get a new barrel.

I was just doing a search on forte as was going to give the 16v a flush through before an oil change. What does the above post mean? Is it risky if components are old? It's a K plate with 124k and I wanted to give it a nice clean before the change. I'm not gonna risk any bills though!

 

[BRUN]

the forte petrol treatment is very good

 

[Gray]

I had an AX GT before my clio... you just take your air filter/box off, put the choke on full pour redex in both of the inlets, and let it tick over, then take the choke off and give it a good rev to get the excess redex out the system... O yer use the redex for carb cars!

might run some through my clio its hit 86k now

 

[The Bear]

Forte stuff is good. You can usually find some on ebay going for about £5 a bottle.

I put 2 bottles in my tank in one go with a routine fill up - 1 advanced formula gas treatment (post-combustion), and 1 specialist injector cleaner (pre-combustion). It ran smoother and gave me a few more miles out of a tank.