Reply With QuoteAssuming you mean the carbon cleaner, fuel additive. It definitely works, used to use it in a Mack E7 454, it saved an expensive rebuild.
Just guessing, but it should be fine in any engine. It can be used in common rail engines.
Wizard
SupporterHi all
For quite a few years now i have been using Chemtech diesel fuel additive in my 300Tdi & Td5 with no ill effects and I am assuming that its doing what it says on the label, as I have no real way of measuring this.
But there is some discussion as to whether this (or similar products) are suitable for a 2.2 Puma. Does anyone have any real world experience with additives in a Puma 2.2 and have you had any measurable benefits or negative observations?
Cheers - Simon
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Travelrover
Adventure before Dementia
2012 Puma 90 - Black
1999 Td5 110 Ute - White
1996 Tdi 300 Wagon - White
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Assuming you mean the carbon cleaner, fuel additive. It definitely works, used to use it in a Mack E7 454, it saved an expensive rebuild.
Just guessing, but it should be fine in any engine. It can be used in common rail engines.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Master
SubscriberGo for it!Originally Posted by travelrover
I use Fuel Doctor and/or Flashlube in my D4 3.0 diesel.
Helps neutralise algae, breakdown moisture presence etc.
Cleans wax buildup on injector nozzles.
Before: Ser 2a LWB, Ser 3 S/W, 1979 RR 2 door, 1981 LR Stage 1 V8 (new), 1985 LR 110 V8 County (new), 2009 RRS TDV8
Now: MY13 D4 TDV6. "E" rear diff. Cambo's magic Engine & Auto Tune. 1968 Austin 1800 Mk1 auto (my 5th)
Wizard
SupporterYup, this stuff
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Travelrover
Adventure before Dementia
2012 Puma 90 - Black
1999 Td5 110 Ute - White
1996 Tdi 300 Wagon - White
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For many years I have used products from Cost Effective Maintenance
Regards
Daz
YarnMaster
Do you use it in customers cars as a matter of course?
D4 MY16 TDV6 - Cambo towing magic, Traxide Batteries, X Lifter, GAP ID Tool, Snorkel, Mitch Hitch, Clearview Mirrors, F&R Dashcams, CB
RRC MY95 LSE Vogue Softdash "Bessie" with MY99 TD5 and 4HP24 transplants
SADLY SOLD MY04 D2a TD5 auto and MY10 D4 2.7 both with lots of goodies
Wizard
SupporterThanks Dazza
Have you experienced any problems with the Puma engines with this stuff?
The image didn’t open but I found this?
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Travelrover
Adventure before Dementia
2012 Puma 90 - Black
1999 Td5 110 Ute - White
1996 Tdi 300 Wagon - White
ForumSage
Subscriber+1 for cost effective maintenance products, I dont use the fuel conditioner but have used the engine flush on a few vehicles and am happy to recommend their products
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Tote
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2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces
1974 F250 Highboy - Very rusty project
Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....
ChatterBox
i use...
FTC Decarbonizer - good for injector rattle (defender tdci, lc 200), sticky turbo actuators (d3 / d4), vehicles with dpf issues.
AW10 - engine oil additive (mostly as a preventative measure), use on customers vehicles (d3, d4, defenders), lt230 transfer cases (defenders).
like all additives, its not the bee all and end all to issues but it can help.
Regards
Daz
Super ModeratorSince the DPF on my D3 met an untimely 4" cut off disc, I've been known to "boot it" from the odd traffic light at night so I can assess the opacity of the cloud in the headlights of the vehicle behind. I can absolutely say that 5 or 6 tanks into a bottle of FTC Decarbonizer I see a significant reduction in "hoon" exhaust smoke when making it work hard.
I'm a sceptic at heart. I had a play with their "CRD Enhancer" a year or two ago and found that perhaps it marginally improved the injector balance figures on 2 of the 6, but made zero noticeable difference to noise or driveability on a day to day basis and the figures returned to where they were within a tank of ceasing use of the product.
The FTC though really has gone from "**** me there's a massive cloud back there and might be a car in there somewhere" to "I can still see the car and its individual headlights through the mild mist. A significant difference.
What that means on a long term basis, I have no idea. But on a $$ basis, I more than pay for the additive just by checking fuelwatch and picking cheaper diesel.
MY08 D3 - The Antichrist - "Permagrimace". Turn the key and play the "will it get me home again" lottery.
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