MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Rustybear on April 04, 2013, 06:09:53 pm
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Getting this done tomorrow but just wanted to ask something. Got that slightly uneven tick over with the rev needle doesnt move but can feel it in car slightly so hoping it will help sort that out etc. however, Looks like my MAF needs replacing now so is it best to replace this first as believe searching in here that this could also be a symptom of the uneven tick over. Or doesn't it matter in what order I do things?
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Disconnect the maf. If the car runs better/smoother with it disconnected then replace it.
As a shameless plug, I have an used one for sale in the for sale forum atm should you need one.
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how much does the Terraclean cost?
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Disconnect the MAF, no difference so will get the terraclean done and see what happens/throws up. Cost wise its £75 + Vat.
Tested PVC also, run rough when opened oil cap so that's ok I understand from bits I have searched on here :happy2:
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Forgot to add with over 100k on the motor should be interesting to see if it makes a difference
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
Glad you've noticed the difference aswell. It might pay you to do the inlet valves aswell via the Maf housing as the Terraclean won't do this, or did they put a different machine on the car to carry out an Intake clean.??
I done both and car runs alot better, and that Carbon buildup causes these getting more common idling issues as the mileages rank up.
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
Thats awesome mate!
Where did you get it done? Do they have places all over UK to get it done?
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
Thats awesome mate!
Where did you get it done? Do they have places all over UK to get it done?
There are Terraclean dealers all over the country. Try googling it or if your on Facebook, they are on there :happy2:
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Thanks Steve
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How does the terra clean actually work
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How does the terra clean actually work
More importantly how much does it cost???
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its said above, he paid 75 + vat.
I read on a jag forum earlier someone paid 80 inclusive vat.
It injects some special cleaner into the engine, and the small particles of the fluid are charged and attracted to carbon. Once they make contact, it evaporates and pushes down the manifold as air. (something along those lines)
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So where do you inject it into as said above it does ant clean the inlet valves, how would you access the valves
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Is this not all a waste of time (and money) with direct injection?
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All i know is that it works!!!
Had it done in Bridgend.
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We should keep this thread open for anyone else who has taken the challenge.
Will get mine done around the time of my nexr service.
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There is a garage near me in Hammersmith that does this.
I have a neuspeed CAI but think I read somewhere that this causes a problem or could cause a problem when going through the terraclean.
Is that nonsense?
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Is this not all a waste of time (and money) with direct injection?
Erh no, because these cars still produce carbon from exhaust gases :signLOL: :confused:
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We should keep this thread open for anyone else who has taken the challenge.
Will get mine done around the time of my nexr service.
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I did and posted around a month ago :happy2:
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So does this get injected into the inlet manifold via where the PCV hose goes then does it find its way into the valves
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So does this get injected into the inlet manifold via where the PCV hose goes then does it find its way into the valves
No.. As I've explained to you, it doesn't. Combustion side and exhaust and cat only, along with fuelling.
You need either a can of sea foam or Wynns EGT spray that I keep suggesting to you, and have Terraclean do the rest. That's of course after an emissions tests confirms your issue :wink:
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I done the spray into the inlet manifold the other day does this go into the inlet valves or not or is it only through the MAF side that reaches the inlet. When I did this a little black soot came from exhaust but was perfectly clean after a few minutes so has what I done had no affect the the valves
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I am very tempted to get this done as a few colleagues have had this done on their Impreza WRX STi Prodrive and Zafria 1800 and they have both said how good it is and what they are now noticing - smother, more refined and more poke, not to mention better mpg. The guy with the Zafria has gained 6mpg.
The colleague with the zafria goes home the same way as me and last night he was behind me and as I went to over take the car in front of me, he noticed a small puff of dirty exhaust gasses come out of the exhaust as I floored it. I have noticed that after I have cleaned the car inc exhaust, and driven 30 miles, the tips of the exhaust are dirty. So was wondering if terraclean might rectify this?
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
Glad you've noticed the difference aswell. It might pay you to do the inlet valves aswell via the Maf housing as the Terraclean won't do this, or did they put a different machine on the car to carry out an Intake clean.??
I done both and car runs alot better, and that Carbon buildup causes these getting more common idling issues as the mileages rank up.
By using what method, product?
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Had it done WOW!! Can feel the difference in performance.
Car has 100k on so needed a good clean out inside and boy has it done that..
Glad you've noticed the difference aswell. It might pay you to do the inlet valves aswell via the Maf housing as the Terraclean won't do this, or did they put a different machine on the car to carry out an Intake clean.??
I done both and car runs alot better, and that Carbon buildup causes these getting more common idling issues as the mileages rank up.
By using what method, product?
Terraclean have an intake cleaning kit for direct injection cars, but as yet dealers do not stock it to offer, just make excuses that the Black can will sort the inlet valves out when clearly they won't.
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Hi Steve,
I have a can of wynn's egr cleaner I am wanting to use. Do I need to spray this into the air intake pipe at the back of the engine? The one that was attached to the engine cover and maf?
Thanks
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Hi Steve,
I have a can of wynn's egr cleaner I am wanting to use. Do I need to spray this into the air intake pipe at the back of the engine? The one that was attached to the engine cover and maf?
Thanks
Via the MAF is one route, but the most direct is remove the intake temperature manifold sensor.. Or another way or most easiest..is if you can do it like i did the 2nd attempt, is to release the pipe from the PCV to the air inlet manifold, without fully pulling it off, spray contents around the o ring of that pipe whist your keeping revs under 2000rpm, if you remove it too far, the engine will stall.
Slowly spray in every 10 seconds or so till contents of can is empty .
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I know this is not a direct injection engine, but my brother had his wife's Jeep 3.7 V6 done yesterday and was so impressed with the difference, he's booked his Astra in for Monday to get done. His wife's Jeep has 42k miles and is a 2006 model, so was probably nice and coked up.
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Gunna get this done my mk5 gti has done 72k im sure it could do with a clean! Anyone know if any reputable dealers in yorkshire?
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Am defo considering having my car done. It's done 110000 miles so I'm sure it's caked it crap lol
Are there any cleaners (that actually work) that you put into the petrol to clear out the injectors etc?
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I've just used seafoam on mine. Does this do roughly the same thing as terraclean or what? Is it worth having a terraclean done too or is it either or?
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I've just used seafoam on mine. Does this do roughly the same thing as terraclean or what? Is it worth having a terraclean done too or is it either or?
If you used Seafoam, that would do more the intake valves.. Terraclean would do exhaust, combustion chamber and exhaust and cat converter etc, so yes it's worth doing the rest of it. Terraclean will also clean from fuel rail from fuel pump to injectors.
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I've just used seafoam on mine. Does this do roughly the same thing as terraclean or what? Is it worth having a terraclean done too or is it either or?
If you used Seafoam, that would do more the intake valves.. Terraclean would do exhaust, combustion chamber and exhaust and cat converter etc, so yes it's worth doing the rest of it. Terraclean will also clean from fuel rail from fuel pump to injectors.
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cool thanks steve. is it a good idea to get it done before a service or does it not matter?
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I've just used seafoam on mine. Does this do roughly the same thing as terraclean or what? Is it worth having a terraclean done too or is it either or?
If you used Seafoam, that would do more the intake valves.. Terraclean would do exhaust, combustion chamber and exhaust and cat converter etc, so yes it's worth doing the rest of it. Terraclean will also clean from fuel rail from fuel pump to injectors.
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cool thanks steve. is it a good idea to get it done before a service or does it not matter?
I would do service, then Terraclean it to give it full bill of clean health.. Or do it separately and monitor any changes in mpg and throttle response so you can post honestly your thoughts whether you've noticed a difference etc :happy2: