Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Mechanics a few doors down from work are a terraclean franchise, it’s £110 but I’ve heard mixed reviews, some say brilliant, some say waste of money. I don’t know anyone with personal experience of it though.
Anyone got some input?
Cheers.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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I've read on other forums that its not that good. Problems crop up afterwards.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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The carbon build up in your engine is normally the only think filling the gaps between worn parts..
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Tiger
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I’ve heard this before actually and sounds pretty feasible, a lot of people have said that after having the terraclean, it tends to reveal underlying issues that were masked by carbon.
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jbguitarking
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Registered: 21st Oct 09
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Personally wouldn't bother, not even on a diesel.
Just cleaning up the intake track and the tops of valves is more than enough for most "performance" cars, petrol and diesel alike.
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jay.jay
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Registered: 28th Dec 10
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We do terraclean at work, never had a problem with Petrols or diesels after a treatment. Most cases where there has been a problem with another dealer is when customers lie through their teeth when asked “are there any problems with the car?” before they start. I always do a test drive before and after and don’t even touch the car til I’ve read off the fault codes, checked oil and for leaks etc. It’s not a miracle fix at the end of the day, it’s preventative maintenance and it does help. We have an intake cleaner which works wonders on direct injection petrols (TFSI, FSI, 2nd gen minis etc). Hope this helps
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
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id actually thought about having this done to my Xe as after taking the exhaust manifold off i noticed a bit of carbon build up but hesitant to do it to this old engine haha 
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
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Yeah, I’m reluctant at the minute unless I hear some really positive comments about it.
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