Shell V-Power for older cars

Gibbo said:
I believe Shell also have several cleaning additives in it as well which make it ideal for preserving an engines life or slowly trying to clean an older engine.
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I ran the green 420 Turbo on V-Power pretty much solidly from 107,000 to 140,000 miles and this is what I found when I took the head off...

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How much of that is down to V-Power I'm not sure, but IMO, it was pretty damn clean for a 140k engine.
 
I can physically feel improved throttle response at lower revs (especially 2nd and 3rd gears) using Vpower, definitely not a placebo as some might want to suggest. The engine feels smoother through the rev range as well compared to if I fill with normal unleaded.
The manual also recommends higher octane fuel and at present the price difference isn't huge, plus, my drives are shorter journeys now with the occasional long so engine health above all else!
 
I run Vpower as it means I can advance the timing to take advantage of the higher octane rating in LPG, Vpower then allows me to also run petrol with much less risk of pre-det.

I put Vpower in the Range Rover too for roughly the same reason, although I'm probably taking the LPG kit off it in a few weeks.
 
agw_01 said:
I ran the green 420 Turbo on V-Power pretty much solidly from 107,000 to 140,000 miles and this is what I found when I took the head off...

head-combustionside.jpg


How much of that is down to V-Power I'm not sure, but IMO, it was pretty damn clean for a 140k engine.
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What did the pistons look like?
 
Matt82 said:
pretty much it, and part of me wanted to change :(

i cant say for sure about the rear beam, i cant see why it woudlnt fit
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I kno, wishbones etc are used as part of the the wide track conversion. Will have to ask over on ClubGti. Will contact you via trust is I can find somewhere to store it go strip everything needed.
 
The arguement used to be that super has chemicals that will rot the rubber fuel pipes.

I have no proof to prove or disprove it. But this was for old carb'd cars.
 
Gib_Gib said:
The arguement used to be that super has chemicals that will rot the rubber fuel pipes.

I have no proof to prove or disprove it. But this was for old carb'd cars.
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Mine is an old carb car and has been run pretty much purely since feb 2012 which works out to around 2500 litres of fuel and I have no visible rotting of fuel lines etc.
 
Simon said:
What did the pistons look like?
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The only picture I have of the bottom end Simon is this one...

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Not the best, and the top of the pistons are covered in oil.

There was some carbon build up, but most of it was loose and flaked off pretty easily.
 
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