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I think everybody lost sight of your point some time ago. What was it again?
Improved fuel economy following Terraclean engine treatment!
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I think everybody lost sight of your point some time ago. What was it again?
Would probably have worked on a treat on a high mileage XR2i that been subject to a poor maintenance regime.
Thank you.
[TW]Fox;25185177 said:
RTFP.
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That doesn't tell me why you keep pretending Howard hasn't sold his Accord.
Sigh. While I slightly agree about others trolling your last thread wasn't too good, you seem to enjoy it with your silly comments back?
You say you will save £250 a year etc but pumping my tyres up to 40psi instead of 32, blocking 50% of my front grill for aero gain and driving with load (using scangauge), got me 44mpg instead of 39mpg on the way to Scotland. Much better improvement?
You say you will save £250 a year etc but pumping my tyres up to 40psi instead of 32, blocking 50% of my front grill for aero gain and driving with load (using scangauge), got me 44mpg instead of 39mpg on the way to Scotland. Much better improvement?
Most sensible people can realise there are too many variables to be sure. Simply by not putting my right foot down as far every morning I can average 32mpg over a week rather than 27/28.
I can see how cleaning things out might help a little bit, but I don't see why you need some 100 quid "treatment" to do it
I can see how cleaning things out might help a little bit, but I don't see why you need some 100 quid "treatment" to do it
The banter does amuse me...
The mpg is interesting though, because it's verifiable data. I'm as cynical as anyone but even the trolls (who haven't even tried this) can't argue with a trip computer and fuel log averages over exactly the same route on multiple occasions.
The banter does amuse me...
The mpg is interesting though, because it's verifiable data. I'm as cynical as anyone but even the trolls (who haven't even tried this) can't argue with a trip computer and fuel log averages over exactly the same route on multiple occasions.
Problem is you can't drive to laboratory conditions, so you don't have any real way of knowing what has changed the economy. Could be the treatment, could be something else, there are many, many variables that could be impacting it.
As above and per my post on the previous page I don't see what it does that decent injector cleaner doesn't? Other than cost significantly more.
Also...who are the trolls?
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Everyone seems to missing the point apart from you.
You're either trolling/being obtuse/a bit different.
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It must gall you to be wrong
You should have tried this on your E39. Would have saved you having to do those 'eco' runs.
Cheaper in the provinces. Everything in London is a rip off.
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Your brain's been on a poor maintenance regime and is clogged up with ****.
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Good on you Mark.
I too have wondered about this stuff and if no one was willing to put their wallet down and test these things out we would all be in perpetual darkness. It’s a shame your car didn’t have worse emissions to start with so any differences would have been more pronounced. In fact I’m not sure what you were expecting in regards to improvements
Those saying ‘you may as well have spent it on servicing’ or whatever are missing the point a bit I think. This process sounds reasonable to most non experts – running a purpose made cleaning fluid thorough an engine to help clean certain components sounds plausible – far more so than any fuel line magnet or HHO bs does, and it was marketed by what I’d guess a lot of car enthusiasts would deem a trusted face.
I too have wondered about this stuff and if no one was willing to put their wallet down and test these things out we would all be in perpetual darkness. It’s a shame your car didn’t have worse emissions to start with so any differences would have been more pronounced. In fact I’m not sure what you were expecting in regards to improvements
Those saying ‘you may as well have spent it on servicing’ or whatever are missing the point a bit I think. This process sounds reasonable to most non experts – running a purpose made cleaning fluid thorough an engine to help clean certain components sounds plausible – far more so than any fuel line magnet or HHO bs does, and it was marketed by what I’d guess a lot of car enthusiasts would deem a trusted face.
Thanks!
Obviously, the trip computer must have been clogged with **** as well together with Android FuelLog because they're both showing an improvement in mpg...
Good on you Mark.
I too have wondered about this stuff and if no one was willing to put their wallet down and test these things out we would all be in perpetual darkness. It’s a shame your car didn’t have worse emissions to start with so any differences would have been more pronounced. In fact I’m not sure what you were expecting in regards to improvements
Thanks. That was the whole point - to test it out and see for myself what effects (if any) it had as there's fair bit of sales pitch and hyperbole around this product. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I don't think its a miracle product (unless someone has an engine that's coked up already, in which case, they probably have nothing to lose by trying it) but even without a coked up engine, it doesn't appear to have been a waste of money either.
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So why pay so much for it, when a can of BG (2)44 Which is a very well known and well reputed method give you much the same results? I notice that question is being completely ignored.
You're also ignoring the question on how you can possibly know what is having an impact on mpg? You just don't know as any impact is very minor and mixed in with too many variables.
What is of little doubt is that your mpg has improved slightly as you've got various ways of verifying it. The reasons for it are completely unknown as there are many variables out with your control, including to an extent your own driving style! You simply can't drive in exactly the same fashion every day as laboratory conditions are needed which you do not have. I'll say again, it may well be that the treatment has helped...it might have done jack all and a slight change in temperature or driving style has had an impact. Were you getting 30% more mpg or there was a quantifiable benefit then there would be no issue with what you're saying.
Its interesting that you've tried it, but the style of your responses and the conclusions you seem to have jumped to are both a bit....bonkers really
You're also ignoring the question on how you can possibly know what is having an impact on mpg? You just don't know as any impact is very minor and mixed in with too many variables.
What is of little doubt is that your mpg has improved slightly as you've got various ways of verifying it. The reasons for it are completely unknown as there are many variables out with your control, including to an extent your own driving style! You simply can't drive in exactly the same fashion every day as laboratory conditions are needed which you do not have. I'll say again, it may well be that the treatment has helped...it might have done jack all and a slight change in temperature or driving style has had an impact. Were you getting 30% more mpg or there was a quantifiable benefit then there would be no issue with what you're saying.
Its interesting that you've tried it, but the style of your responses and the conclusions you seem to have jumped to are both a bit....bonkers really
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