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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:01 pm

Do fuel injector cleaners work like Redex and so on? and is it worth flushing the engine?

Had a little read and oil flushes are not really recommended but injector ones do clean the injectors out.

Anyone done any of the two before and what was the out come?
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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:07 pm

No and no. IMO.

Ultrasonic cleaning works for injectors though.

I would advise against a engine flush, just go for regular oil and filter changes.
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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:20 pm

If you think it needs a bit of a de gunking then use a diesel spec oil for 1 oil change and see if it helps, the better diesel oils have a greater level of detergent in them.
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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:22 pm

I wouldn't bother with an engine flush, but I have done two oil changes close together if I don't know a cars history as you'll still have quite a bit of the old oil sat all around the engine after draining.

A dose of injector cleaner may help, but I've never seen anything more than anecdotal evidence that they work. I certainly wouldn't be adding reflex at every fill up like they suggest on the bottle.
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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:37 pm

Im running a M52B28. The engine is running sweet its done about 146K so may just go for the injectors as i like to get it remap soon too

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Post Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:45 pm

Get injectortune on here to do the service on the injectors, I had mine done and it made a considerably difference in performance. The best £60 I spent.
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Post Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:04 am

thinking off going down that ave
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Post Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:20 pm

Easy answer is no. Complicated answer is no.
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Post Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:18 pm

It would be interesting to see pre and post Redex flow results for some old injectors.

Perhaps, freshly removed with say 150k miles on them, then after 1 redex treatment, then say 10 tanks of fuel with redex in every tank, then versus proper ultrasonic cleaning.

Maybe something someone can do with injectortune perhaps as a good marketing ploy :o
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Post Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:05 pm

harry_p wrote: I certainly wouldn't be adding reflex at every fill up like they suggest on the bottle.
...........imagines Harry dancing to the tunes of Duran Duran whilst filling up the M3 :D
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Post Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:42 pm

Autocorrect strikes again :D
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Post Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:12 pm

:snigger: :snigger:

I had to comment, just sometimes you read something which makes you giggle like a 5 year old, that one did :D
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