Cost Effective Maintenance FTC DECARBONIZER

[sam.cath]

Has anyone come across CEM FTC Decarbonizer??
According to them, it will reduce/remove the carbon buildup that plagues Pajero's with an EGR. Have attached the SPV mod, but wondering whether this might help too. Could all be snake oil though??
Have heard good reports of their CRD Fuel Enhancer on this forum, but haven't heard anyone's thoughts on their decarbonizer.
Website attached:

http://www.costeffective.com.au

Appreciate some thoughts

[NFT5]

Reading through the details on that product it seems intended for internal engine use, not intake manifolds. If you were to use it on a manifold and it did lift even some of the carbon deposit off then where would all that crap go? Straight into your engine. Don't think I'd like to do that to mine.

[basil]

Have used it for ever, but it won't clear out your intake manifold as the FTC needs approx 200 degrees C to start oxidising the carbon off.
There may be a gentle scrubbing action at various loads with the egr hooked up normally, but that working period won't be sustained under normal driving conditions, particularly seeing that you have the egr mod installed.
Easy to remove and scrub it clean if it is in a bad state.

Cheers,

[sam.cath]

Thanks guys.
Appreciate your thoughts.

Sam

[Pilks]

I'm on my first tank of diesel using it. Too early to say but I will also be adding the cleanpower product from the next tank. I've been getting a bit of smoke from the exhaust and before I start looking at injectors wanted to see if this would help.

[sam.cath]

Hi Pilks,

I've just purchased the CRD fuel enhancer & am about to start using it.
Sounds worthwhile for a couple of bucks a tank of diesel.

Sam

[basil]

Pilks I would probably just run a couple of tanks of the ftc through the old girl first just to clean up the injector tips, injector pump and piston crowns, then run the clean power and see how it goes. I find 50ml per tank is sufficient to clean, or until you hear the engine knock increase slightly.
The only reason I say that is because the ftc burns off the carbon quite quickly depending on the engine load. The higher the cylinder temperature, the quicker the removal will be including the turbo exhaust impellar, exhaust valves and exhaust spaces that run over 200 degrees.

I make a mix of 30 mls of ftc and 25 mls of the clean power which goes into every tank when I fill up. Adjust the levels when you fill up depending on how much is left in the tank of coarse.
I have noticed that the 3.2 loves this mix once the engine is clean, which for me took a few tankfulls of the ftc.

Cheers,

[Pilks]

Pilks I would probably just run a couple of tanks of the ftc through the old girl first just to clean up the injector tips, injector pump and piston crowns, then run the clean power and see how it goes. I find 50ml per tank is sufficient to clean, or until you hear the engine knock increase slightly.
The only reason I say that is because the ftc burns off the carbon quite quickly depending on the engine load. The higher the cylinder temperature, the quicker the removal will be including the turbo exhaust impellar, exhaust valves and exhaust spaces that run over 200 degrees.

I make a mix of 30 mls of ftc and 25 mls of the clean power which goes into every tank when I fill up. Adjust the levels when you fill up depending on how much is left in the tank of coarse.
I have noticed that the 3.2 loves this mix once the engine is clean, which for me took a few tankfulls of the ftc.

Cheers,

Thanks for the tip. I did the double dose for the first tank and was planning on a 40-50ml dose for the next tank. I've been noticing a fair bit of white smoke on this tank. It was not there before - just some puffs of black stuff when under load / going up hills etc.
I was about to use the clean power and FTC together on tank #2 but may now heed your advice and do a few tanks of just FTC before introducing the clean power. The idea of the cleanpower was to treat the injectors.

[Jeffwatkins]

It's a long read but worth it.

http://www.fuelexpert.co.za/2-stroke-oil-in-diesel-technical-study.php

[basil]

Enjoyed the read Jeff, thanks.

[KiwiNTPajero]

the abstract said it all!

[basil]

Still makes you wonder though why Baily's diesel alone have repaired some 7000 common rail injectors with worn spindles well before their recommended service life if our diesel was up to scratch as described in the article.
They have started coating injector surfaces with very hard materials to try and stop wear from occurring so soon. Helps with injector rattle which is caused by the above issue.

Cheers,

[Dicko1]

2-stroke oil will increase the OZ-value (Oktan) of diesel oil by 3 to 5 points (OZ=x*OZ("2-T oil) + (1-x)* OZ (diesel fuel)). 2-stroke oil does not contain any Zinc-components, and metal-organic additives are virtually absent. This is the main reason why 2-stroke oil burnes cleaner than diesel oil.

Makes the report from Jeff bs. Claims there is zinc in the 2 stroke.
I have read quite a few long winded reports on the addition of 2 stroke to diesel and it has definitely been proven to be beneficial. I use it at 250 t0 1 and will continue to. I also add the fuel enhancer fro CEM. Do not use synthetic 2 stroke. Castrol 2T is on special at supercreep at 25% off for 2 days.

[Jeffwatkins]

Makes the report from Jeff bs.

Bah mate. I am only the messenger. Must admit I do talk BS sometimes.

[ghost]

so have started using the CEM products in the NW paj and the 2003 rodeo
Am so impressed by the difference it has made to both vehicles.
The Paj runs smoother and is much quieter than before with excellent acceleration and I believe it is showing better fuel economy. But have more tanks of fuel to go before I can prove that.

The real improvement has been in the 2003 Rodeo ( now at 380000k)
the turbo lag is all but gone the injector rattle is next to nothing and is probably the tappets needing adjustment.
Fuel economy is yet to be noted as the other half only does 80 K's a week in it.
But the minister for war is also impressed by the improvement in the rodeo and the Paj. To the point that she has commented on the difference.
I have used other products to clean/clear the injectors but this one has made the difference.

Now I sound like an advert but credit where it is due