Terraclean - anyone ever done it?

[Vista]

There's nothing currently wrong with my car but has Anyone got real world experience of having this done as a preventative maintenance measure? 

If so, any feedback / comments?  I.e. did you notice any difference? Was it worth it? What do they actually do? Do you get to see the results, i.e. the removed debris?

Thanks in advance. 

[DT36]

Never tried it. 

I use Redex in my Escort about every 5 tanks, which seems OK. Plugs always look clean and carbs have been on there 6 years with no issues. 

Use Wynns DPF fluid in my Diesel about every 6 months, then drive it on a dual in 3rd gear for about 20 mins at about 3000rpm. This gets my exhaust temp up around 500 odd degs and keeps the EGR off. Done 56k in it now and never had a DPF warning. 

[Vista]

I've owned my daily diesel for 5 years and 67k. I have never added any additive to the fuel but it's serviced annually and does plenty of motorway miles. I too have never had a DPF warning, I just wondered if it's worth doing as a belt an braces type approach.........or if it's just some snake oil type hokum designed to increase profits for the manufacturer. 

[herb capri]

I tried it's got on a Mazda 6 and cleared it for about 1000 miles .

OK that was on a vehicle that had high miles and the engine management light was up but I'm not overly keen on it .

what kind of vehicle is it?

Maybe as a preventative a DPF cleaner I have used them in the past

Mike

[Ray]

theres been some real bad results around this way on the actual terraclean poduct, resulting in total engine re builds, the garages around herehave turned to different makes over the last couple of years with good results, I spoke to him yesterday, and basically his answer was that if the man doing the job was not correctly trained, then any of them, no matter what make can destroy an engine, and basically, only do it, if and when needed, he does a few a month

[Vista]

4 hours ago, herb capri said:

I tried it's got on a Mazda 6 and cleared it for about 1000 miles .

OK that was on a vehicle that had high miles and the engine management light was up but I'm not overly keen on it .

what kind of vehicle is it?

Maybe as a preventative a DPF cleaner I have used them in the past

Mike

It's a 2010 Jaguar XF - S. a 3.0 twin turbo diesel with 87,000 miles and full Jaguar history. No faults displaying and I've never had any DPF warnings.

 

10 minutes ago, Ray said:

theres been some real bad results around this way on the actual terraclean poduct, resulting in total engine re builds, the garages around herevhave turned to different makes over the last couple of years with good results, I spoke to him yesterday, and basically his answer was that if the man doing the job was not correctly trained, then any of them, no matter what make can destroy an engine, and basically, only do it, if and when needed, he does a few a month

Ok, that's interesting Ray thanks. I too have read some feedback of people's engines lunching themselves soon afterwards and the Terraclean agent saying "Nout to do with us Jack, not our problem".

I think I will probably leave well alone.

[Rally Pack 2000]

What does this stuff actually do and how is it applied? When you started this thread I thought it was just some kind of oil additive you poured in yourself, it appears its a bit more industrial than that?

[Vista]

47 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

What does this stuff actually do and how is it applied? When you started this thread I thought it was just some kind of oil additive you poured in yourself, it appears its a bit more industrial than that?

Here's a short video back when Ed China used it on Wheeler Dealers not long after it was first introduced in the UK

And here's some other dodgy northern geezer 'avin a go. You might need subtitles ?

 

[Rally Pack 2000]

Ed seems to make it look easy and worthwhile

I like the suggested videos afterwards one of them was a rescue of a Mk3 2 door Cortina

 

[Vista]

27 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Ed seems to make it look easy and worthwhile

I like the suggested videos afterwards one of them was a rescue of a Mk3 2 door Cortina

 

That's Swampy, he has loads of videos on youtube and is now doing (or finished) a second mk3 GXL cortina. I saw one of them finished at the NEC in 2015. Talk about wreck to masterpiece!