Berlingo EGR Clean IN A CAN - follow up!
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Another session with the Lucas Oils Diesel EGR & Turbo Cleaner (not sponsored, paid for) before I change the oil and filter on my 2002 Citroen Berlingo HDi - I'd recommend doing this afterwards. You've probably just put a load of crud in the oil.
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In Australia with our slightly dodgy fuel, service limits for diesels is usually around 15,000 Kilometers. Personally I never let any diesel car run further than 7,500 Km even then the oil filter is already well clogged.
A very handy safety tool to have on hand when working on diesels is a CO2 fire extinguisher, it puts out fires instantly, even those little fires inside the cylinders. Aim the nozzle directly into the air inlet and apply as needed to stop the engine, there is no residue to cause any internal damage.
It's essentially a different way of starving the engine of air, very clever!
@@Ragnar8504 Sure is, any fire needs three things to occur, fuel, heat, oxygen. It's called the fire triangle. Take away any one and the fire can't happen. Water based extinguishers take away the heat, CO2 takes away the oxygen, covering the fire in sand isolates the fuel.
CO2 idea is GENIUS.
20,000 miles between oil changes is ludicrous. Jag recommend that for some of their cars - hence the high failure rate of the Ingenium engines. I’ve always stuck to a max interval of 5k miles or one year whichever comes first and have never had an engine problem in 52 years and 3,000,000 miles. Good to see you hopefully sort the problem Ian. Had a bit of a binge on some of your old vlogs today and enjoyed them muchly. Loved TWC round Goodwood. Cheers keep up the good work!
Agreed. High oil intervals and spark plugs with a ridiculous projected life keep me awake at night.
its fine if you use good oil and do a lot of miles in not too long a time. You can do 5k intervals if you wish but its wholly unnecessary for the vast majority of people if they service it to spec. Of course, the engine has to be designed to cope with the 20k or even more oil changes, something that manufacturers quite often fail to test...
Current Transit Custom is/was every 30k. On an engine that is already quite fond of grenading itself. Madness. Although I'm not sure if they're recommending shorter intervals now.
Wowsers, that's a lot of services, so you change your oil on average once a month?!
10-12k with full synthetic on my DW10 engine. Never missed a beat.
A lady friend of mine had a 2.0hdi Expert van which she used for her cleaning business. She only ever trundled around in it and it ran ok, if a bit sluggish. One evening she asked me to take her van to pick her daughter up from Cambridge. I warmed it up nicely, filled it with fuel and caned the b******s off of it. The clouds of black smoke were mighty embarrassing, people on the A10 were probably expecting to see a fire engine appear! I dropped daughter and van off and went home. A few days later, lady friend asked me what I'd done to her van as it was running so much better than it ever had!
Then she woke up, revving does less than nothing
Sorry but a good Italian tune up has many benefits, especially with 21st century diesels.
@@havingalook. - That's a rather clueless statement! 😞
My curiosity was piqued, so I looked up the safety data sheet for this, and for halfords brake cleaner (figured it was a common product to compare). And, indeed, to my untrained eye, they seem to be an identical mix of butane, isobutane, propane and naptha. Ddiddorol iawn!
Ddoddoral indeed. (One of my favourite Welsh words)
That was also my thoughts EGR cleaner and Brake Cleaner seem to be the same product.
My time with diesel engined cars spans 15 years - I had a Honda Civic 2.2 for the best part of 10 years and that car was an absolute belter and did anything I asked of it, including towing a Pennine Pathfinder (about 1000 kg) all over the place. Sold it when my wife died, as by then it was looking very tired and replaced it with an Alfa 159 ti sportwagon with the later 2.0 diesel engine. Again, a brilliant engine, but you had to take it out to give it the italian tune up on a regular basis, otherwise it would clog up the dpf something chronic. I've had to move the Alfa on (because Italian!) as much as I loved it, it was costing too much to maintain. I now have a Honda CR-Z with a naturally aspirated 1.5 petrol engine and tiny little electric motor for assistance, so none of the diesel shenanigans for me. Still returns diesel levels of fuel economy, whilst being a fun car to drive with very little overheads, ie, £25 per year road tax and cheap insurance.
I still think 5k is the max mileage on a diesel between changes. Such a small price to pay for a lot more longevity and peace of mind.
I think that's overkill. I know someone who is a diesel mechanic and also runs a taxi firm using 10,000 mile oil change intervals. The mid-2000s era cars would last about 250,000 miles of mostly stop-start town driving before becoming unacceptably rough and smoky (although they still drove OK). Newer cars seem to do much better at the same sort of mileage on the same service interval. Most people wouldn't keep a car this long anyway, as by this point the maintenance costs start to spiral, they look visibly tired and the interiors are starting to fall apart.
Matt I agree 100%. I’ve always done that and people tell me it’s overkill and it’s a waste of money.. I don’t care, it’s so easy and cheap if you do it yourself. I’ll add that I now buy my fully synthetic oil in ASDA and it’s certified to the same standard as any other better known brand. I also occasionally run a flushing oil at idle for 15 mins before an oil change. I’m perfectly happy to spend that every 5000-6000 miles in return for a clean clean engine.
@@Zeem4 my sister's '08 Corsa expired at 100k after only having 9 oil changes in its life. When I strpped it down, the EGR was totally blocked, and all the rubber hoses were clogged. Making it too expensive to repair. If the hoses and EGR were still OK, I would have been an economical repair. So £400 extra over the life of the car would have saved if from the crusher. I know one car doesn't mean much statistically. Just saying though. 😊
@@MattBrownbill More than likely it wasnt the oil that did it in primarily, rather the driving pattern it was subjected to is the much more likely culprit by far (many times over).
@@Zeem4 I am that guy. In the transport business for over a decade. To be fair, our cars do very few city miles... very few. We run about 20k between oil changes. Cars are run about 300k miles before they are replaced because of age, not milage (5 years is maximum allowed age). Mostly Renaults, Fords and Volvos. No issues of note to report.
Feckin blank the friggin EGR. Just a thin metal piece and that’s all you need. Did that to my Jaguar X-type diesel (same as the Transit van) and never looked back.
Ideally a stainless steel plate. I’ve done the same on my Focus tdci as the EGR was making a mess of the intake. I used Revive turbo cleaner on mine. No diesel knock with that stuff.
Nice one Ian, so it likes like the can of fairy cleaning pixies has done the job. One happy Bella. Diesel runaway is a scary thing as you say, when it starts people hear it and want to see and film it so run in the opposite direction from them is the perfect advice. Enjoy your summer break, we'll still be here when you return. Have a good one.
I can never forget old Andy Barnes from the 'Barley Pickers' Scrapheap Challenge team, when he managed to mess up the governor on an old lorry engine. That ran away with style, and left them with a busted engine right before one of the challenges. A 'Proper Job' indeed! But yes, unlike a petrol engine, where you can simply turn of the ignition and kill the spark to stop an engine, with a diesel you have to stop the flow of fuel, and if it's getting some kind of fuel from anywhere other than the injectors, you have a bit of a problem to say the least. I used to work on a boat that was powered by two old gardiner engines, they had the diesel return pipes fitted inside the rocker covers, and one night whilst on engine room duty i noticed the oil level on the starboard engine was seemingly increasing at an alarming rate. I had to shut that engine down rather rapidly to investigate because the old Gardiner engines loved to burn some oil at the best of times, and I had a feeling that diesel was being added to the oil. Found a fractured return pipe under one of the rocker covers. If I had not been on the ball with my engine room checks we could have easily had a run away on our hands within a short time.
Not Scrapheap Challenge but the short lived spinoff series Scrappy Races! That was a great series. Especially the Yorkshire Chaos Crew team in Series 2, who had a Rover V8 powered ice-cream van (really a Range Rover). And because there is only 1 thing better than a Rover V8, it had two Rover V8s! The Barley Pickers runaway looked terrifying, it had been a really nice engine too.
I knew someone with a VW Passat that was leaking diesel past the piston rings due to high mileage. It ended up needing an oil change after every 3 hours of runtime, as by that time the level of the diluted oil/diesel mix in the sump was starting to get too high. He stripped it and rebuilt it which cured the issue. A while later it started blowing cold air from the heater while the engine was idling, which turned out to be caused by a cracked block, and the car got scrapped.
Top man for checking.
That's very good advice about leaving the engine tick over after a burn. It kills me when I see people coasting up to the pump in motorway service stations with the engine turned off before they're even stopped!
Even coming off boost at the III, II, I signs for a service station gives the turbo a chance to cool a bit by the time you park up
Italian tune-up in a can. To quote Just Rolled In, If it works, it works. Spending time in Europe in the late 90s with a new gasoline Peugeot 406, I was shocked at the 30,000km oil change interval. I mean, yeah synthetic oils are great and last a long time, but I don't know that I would trust oil filters to last that long and if the filter doesn't last, then neither does the oil. Heck, I currently own and have owned in the past both gas and diesel Mercedes and despite the 7-9L pan, none had an oil change interval greater than 15k kms using only the recommended synthetic oils. Brand new wiper blades are one of life's great satisfactions, enjoy it.
I've used Mr. Muscle to clean gunked EGR valves and VNT fins (or whatever they're called), worked splendidly. It just shouldn't stay on the alloy parts for too long.
I can confirm this works.
Agreed don't touch egr unless you have to, did a turbo swap on mine in the same neck of woods and dont want to repeat. Also had a runaway diesel after a turbo failure on a golf trip, scary but did stop it in the way you suggest. It consumed a lot of oil and the smoke was incredible!
I never leave an engine oil change beyond 7k my Mondeo I've done it since new, the engine oil Never goes black, must be the cleanest 120k psa 2.0L diesel in the UK. I was always taught regular oil changes are the best way to look after an engine.
"It's a pig of a job". Lol; French engineering. The heater matrix in my Xantia went and I discovered that the theory is that when building the Xantia, Citroen suspended the heater matrix on a string attached to the ceiling of their factory, and then built the rest of the car around it. I sold the car rather than having to deal with that - I think book time on that job is 8 or 9 hours, and that's by qualified mechanics who know what they are doing! "Mais non, merci!"
Hi Ian great job on the berlingo just to let you know our £140 citroen xsara picasso 2.0hdi has just passed its mot again 5th year running this year with no advisorys at all but he is well looked after many thanks john and Angela
Oven cleaner works well if you have manifold off and clean it all away. Am impressed with results!
If you don't get audio from the connection on a Rhode microphone, instead pick up the audio file recorded on the internal memory. It's generally much better quality too, you won't have the problem of the audio levels going up and down the way they do if your camera auto-record level is "pumping" like yours often does. However, synchronising the audio and video can be a bit of a pain at editing time.
Yup. Just glad I spotted this issue while recording. Problem with the mic was I wasn't even wearing it...
I used oven cleaner in my T4 to clean the turbo,and yes I kept it to 3000rpm. I did it 5 years ago and no issues since. A similar treatment with distilled water also did well cleaning the the variable turbo that’s fitted to the 150hp 2.5tdi. When I got the EGR taken out and replaced with a couple of blanking plates it was surprisingly clean (at 250000km)!
At my contrôle technique (French MOT) in September the tester said « votre véhicule ne pollue pas du tout » 😳. I have to add that it gets an oil and filters change every 10000km. I’m on nearly 350000km now!
I'm a big fan of having oven cleaner always at hand in a garage environment. The multitude of cleaning applications is totally worth. ;-)
I've been looking to give my berlingo a self service including EGR and other bits and this has been EXTREMELY helpful. TY a lot more confident to do it now than I was.
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Prime comments!
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People with beards are infinitely more eccentric and interesting 😂
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
Absaloutly brilliant video Ian❤👍 glad you sorted it good old Citroen brilliant
Worth checking the PCV valve too.
I think taking the EGR and intake out is worth it. The change in performance maybe very noticeable and the end result will last a lot longer than the "pinging on a bottle" treatment.
On a car where you actually have access, then yes. Here? Not so much.
Get a remap with egr delete
@@erik_dk842 easy to say, hard to do, videos arent gonna get across the ballache of tight fitment, ceased bolts and no wiggle room, its also a family car that you want back on the road to get the most out of what you pay for to insure these etc, also the EGR delete even with a remap is more money, more time and more faf and may affect the stock numbers that could raise the prices if emmisions are higher which is also more cost, not east im afraid, though wake up in a can and £8 is hard to beat if you cant get in to do the brake clean special.
@@razorsz195 I meant EGR off in the remap
It will be interesting to see how long the cleaning of the ERG valve will last 👍 I'm aware that mine could do with a clean. At the moment it's intermittent lumpiness and a good hill tackled in third, flat out at 4000 rpm does the trick. (I have such a hill nearby and that's where having only 90 bhp is a advantage, not that it can produce 90 bhp anymore 😅)
VW diesels from about 2000 onwards (introduced with the "PD" Engines) had a throttle which closes when the key is turned off to completely prevent runaway. I believe other manufacturers also have this but not sure when it started to become widespread.
Anti shudder valve on the egr
The ASV, gives a smoother shutdown in normal operation as well, see loads remove them although I've no idea why! 🤷🏼♂️
As the owner of 4 Diesel Vehicle's the Lucas (and there's some other similar products out there...)is good stuff for when you're in a pinch. But the best thing you can do.... especially on a Diesel...is preventive maintenance.
I agree. Sadly, at 173,000 when we bought her, Bella may not have received much preventative maintenance.
in 2009/10 I had a peugeot 406 with the same engine as this. Initially, any time over 3000 rpm it would sound like the big ends were gone. Did a 2000 mile trip to SW France without issue. Then with nothing to lose afterwards i drove it hard and to the red line and the noise gradually moved higher up the rev range until it dissapeared completely. Seems as if they needed to be driven hard, but that's not why people bought diesels!
I travel across Europe usually once or twice a year. Upon return the diesel engines are absolutely clean and smoooooth! :-)
My mum once used oven cleaner to take some surface rust stains off the bonnet of my white 1977 MG Midget. When I got home from work and she told me I was initially horrified but once I'd calmed down and had a look she and it had done a remarkably good job!
Oil changes are very important for a Diesel engine, especially for modern turbo Diesels. I drive a 2017 Kia Sorento 2.2 16V CRDI. According the Kia mantaining plan you need to change the oil all 30.000 km. In my opinion it is to less. I allways give it to garage for oilchange after 15.000 km. After this time the oil looks totally black. I bought the car in 2021 with 66.000 km. Now it has 101.000 km. It is my first Diesel and it makes a lot of fun to tow my caravan. Still it runs perfect without giving any issues. I hope it will keep on like this.
Great one Ian. I am glad you have sorted Bella's coughing fit.
Glad to see you have got Bella nice and healthy again.
Hopefully one day I will meet you and Mrs Hubnut at a campsite somewhere
I haven't got a diesel, but did recently have hunting problems on my pug 106. It would also at times just alarmingly climb the rev range to the point where I had to kill the engine! Used a can full of MAF cleaner & popped on a new idle control valve! Job done & hasn't missed a beat since! 👍
My diesel oil change every 7,500 km. Never a problem and don't forget the carbon filter which can also be clocked.
That's encouraging news. Impressive rear wiper swish. GM "Detroit Diesels" (early N71 series 2 stroke turbo'd and supercharged) used an air shut off flap between the turbo and rootes blower intake as a means of emergency stop for low oil pressure and overspeed. Not very effective, the sudden vaccumn sucked the supercharger shaft seals inside out and just compounded the problem. If you heard the engine suddenly CLAP and stutter .......... RUN.
2:31 Last time I looked at how a diesel works the diesel is not squeezed at all, it is injected into the cylinder only once the air is fully squeezed already.
Yup. I should stop trying to explain engineering! Air goes squish which makes enough heat to ignite the diesel.
I used Lucas anti slip in my Nissan Patrols auto box, it was slipping and hesitating badly. The Lucas product has worked really well, so far so good. Highly recommended.
"Icky Goo" - my favourite band from the 80's.😜 I presume the mullet is to help promote the AU merch? All that's missing is a lumberjack shirt with the sleeves torn off at the shoulders and you're golden, Mr.Nut. Nice work.
If you inevitably need to change wipers again, i'd highly recommend Denso wipers! The traditional steel ones that is, they last very long, wipe greatly and quitely, and can be had with a spoiler for extra downforces 😁😁
Bella still go's on and on! she's a good old motor 😃😃👍👍👍
"We have used too much of this already"
Proceeds to empty can for good measure.
When you find yourself wolf whistling at some rear wiper action... Yeah, that just happened.
my brother used to drive a 1987 polo diesel, when it tended to runaway, he gave it the beans on the road, when the topspeed lowered he knew it wasnt running away anymore... that poor engine did some mad revs
Did this to Peugeot 307 1.6 hdi it worked for a while I found i had to take EGR of eventually to clean it. I have taken the whole induction appart on VW pd 1.9 an cleaned With oven cleaner then power washed it all off.I am glad it has worked for you.👍
I had both ERG valves sticking on my v6 diesel so had them deleted dut found that the dpf gets clogged so I've done some research and found the stuff you need is called dipetane this cleans the erg and dpf giving better mpg and running smoother
i used an EGR Cleaner on my Mazda 3 1.6d and the instructions on the one i used did say you need to hold the revs between 1500 rpm and 2000. It worked a treat. need to do it now on My nissan Juke
I use redex engine oil in my c3 picasso runs beautiful i change the oil every 12k miles
Looks like the potion has done the trick. Very good news, well played.
Best car tinkering channel on CZcams 🙂
Well done Sir. You have proved what I already know. Chemical engineering actually works, not all the time. So if there is a great big step in the top of the bore of a cylinder, a broken ring, worn throttle bodies etc then no chance for chemical engineering. How do I know it works? That is easy, I worked for a refinery & they put different additives in petrols depending on who is buying them. So the likes of Shell, Esso, BP have the best additives. This is why all the tankers can fill at the same Depots.
I used Wynns Turbo aerosol spray on my 2006 VW Caddy.
It really did do the job, it smelt like a hot metallic barbecue!
Great result, loving the rev tension!
I try to Change my Oil at 5.000 kms. On average it just seems Sensible if not a little over the Top..!
But with a 31 year old car with 83.000 km's on the Odometer.
And as its a Turbo,
I like to keep that 'Life Blood' of the Engine as Clean as Possible..!!
Also The Barbie Car ( Ford Capri XR2 Turbo ) is not used Daily. And can spend weeks un Used..!
20.000 miles or Kilometres sound very Caverlier indeed..!
Great Content Mr Hubnut. Enjoyable as Always..!!
Cheers from Oz. 😎
My uncle has the newer Peugeot equivalent it’s a 1.6hdi Quicksilver he brought it new. He is a old school mechanic so didn’t like the idea of the long oil services.
So when under warranty he had it serviced per book but would do an oil and filter change him self midway through the interval.
Is quicksilver as per last week has done 190k no turbo or egr issues only item replaced clutch and alternator other than normal service items brakes, tyres timings belt.
Change oil every 8k miles. Avoid short runs. Remove inlet tracts as they oil up. A good motor way blast.
That cackle can also split a piston. A friend had difficulty starting a diesel bleeding. Using a spray brake cleaner caused a cracked piston.
I think the run away probably did more good to it than bad. Probably cleaned out more crap than the spray too.
Mr Hewes tank channel had a runaway Diesel engine the other day, he fired a CO2 fire extinguisher into the air filter and that shut the engine down sharpish
Well done! Lucky you didn't jump the gun and get the injectors replaced, saved a few quid there! Cleaning that sludge out of manifolds is a hateful job, even with it out of the car. Best method I've seen so far is submerging them in a large ultrasonic cleaner. Come out spotless with the least effort!
You made your own I-HDI like the Honda 😂
Thank you for not calling the impact wrench “ugga dugga” this time 😅
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Good to hear Bella is still running good for you Ian.
Looks like you are going all Mighty Car Mods with the Ryobi ugga dugga.
Ugaduga gun. Cool addition to the tool box. Don’t loose it!😂
As I said in previous video I suggest you try some Sainsburys forecourt diesel if you pass one as makes dilly ( 03 M’Space HDI 265,700 miles ) run so much better
Can I just correct one comment if I may, you said that diesel has to be really squeezed to make it explode, not so. It is the air that is squeezed, or more correctly, compressed, liquids, such as diesel fuel, cannot be compressed. Diesel engine compression ratios are much higher than petrol engines, and it is this higher compression that heats the air to a high temperature, high enough that when the diesel fuel is injected into the cylinder it spontaniously combusts, not explodes. The resulting expansion of the burning diesel and air mixture drives the piston down the cylinder.
I thiink Mini HubNut will love playing with a nagga nagga gun to undo things and do them up. If the oil change interval was 6000 or 10000 mile I always halved it but oil was cheap then (Duckhams) and always bought a 5 gallon, 25 ltr drum to make it even cheaper per litre. I can remember oil being sold in 1 pint glass bottles on the forecourts, if one wanted to take it away a deposit was charged on the bottle.
Glad it worked I thought it would do it, but when you can take it off and give it a dam good clean.👍
I’m hoping you’ve pulled off a long term fix. Only time will tell. Generally a very good engine. Fortunately, unlike a true runaway, once it’s got shut of the cleaner it will settle down but the over revving is not good. True runaways where the turbo fails and it runs on its own oil are the thing of nightmares.
You mentioned the pinking as the fuel was igniting sooner than diesel. The compression on a diesel engine is higher than a petrol engine because it’s it pressure that causes intense heat that in turn ignites the fuel, this is why a diesel needs no spark plug ( a fact of interest to people following a certain submersible incident). A diesel engine will not start from cold on petrol, but once it’s running it will continue on petrol remarkably well.. with a bit of pinking.
The 2.0hdi(2009) in my C4 Picasso has a service interval of 18k miles. The 1.6hdi in both of our C4 GP/Picasso has a service inverval of 12.5k. I have changed the egr on all 3 of our Citroens and I have never found any sticky goo within them. They fail electrically and not usually mechanically. If I remember correctly the egr valve on the older 2.0 hdi 8v is operated via vaccum and that vaccum is controlled via a solenoid, so the egr valve works in a different way. They do get crappy inside but its usually just a build up of soot and nothing else.
Some versions of the 2.0 16v (DW10ATED4) have a vacuum-operated EGR as well. Mine's only got a very light coating of soot in it, 36,000 miles after buying it from a scrapyard and installing it in my Peugeot Expert. I'll probably replace it anyway as it's a pig to get to and the engine's currently on the floor so I could access the rotten bodywork.
Glad Bella is better. The magic cough medicine works well.
A run away sounds like a catastrophic event nasty.
You don't use Mr Muscle by spraying into the inlet whilst the engine is running. It's useful to spray into EGR valves and turbo VGN housings to dissolve the built up gunk, whilst the engine is not running, and the resulting gunk needs to be cleaned up after.
Have a good holiday Ian 👍👍🇦🇺
Nice shirt 😂😂
Bonus rear wiper action 🥳
Ugga Dugga!
I'd love to see Whiteland do some how-to or tutorial videos on general mechanical stuff with the Hublet. He seems like a smart cookie and a natural engineering type.
I'm no diesel expert, but Bella does seem to sound quite a bit smoother than I remember.
Ha! I'm currently at Whiteland Restorations and Lewis is helping Mini HubNut make a tool box from scratch.
Well done Ian great informative video on the Belingo it was been clogged for ages this is a big problem with all modern diesels but that magic can seems to have cleared a lot of stuff out of the system runaway engines that's scary be careful
If your van has a cat, its a good idea to open it up, gut the insides, then weld it back together so it looks intact. You will need to get it deleted in the ECU as well. Its not really possible to get the EGR when the engine is still in, but if it were then an EGR blanking plate, and deleting the EGR in the same way, will improve running a great deal.
The cat is almost certainly badly clogged, and when I had an HDI van, and gutted the cat, deleted it from ECU, and had the boost increased slightly at the same time, it made a really big difference..............ran far better, and used less fuel. Has the added advantage of making the exhaust a lot cleaner.
I tried to find a product safety sheet/SDS/whatever, and couldn't for that product. The ones I could find, for general diesel additives mostly, had names that meant nothing to me, but it seems that you start out with various hydrocarbons that are solvents and burn clean. I gained the general impression that it would not be a good idea to improvise with another product. Hope it keeps on working--so many of those magic additives are bogus, or maybe worked on a problem we no longer have, so it's nice to see one that actually does some good. All Power to the Berlingo--or at least, More Power to the Berlingo. Less is not always more.
So a miracle potion did it's job then, versus people peddling the usual snake oils (a certain "aquatically named" stuff comes to mind), now for the proper test, how well she tows Bob now there's some power back in her... :D
"Always leave a turbocharged car running for a minute or two after a mild spanking..."
One of Monty Python's lesser known hits there...
If you’re passing north Bristol any time soon, there’s an engine stand that’s clogging up a corner of my shed.
I shan’t be needing for a long time.
Thank you, but I think we may be sorted now.
If you want ian idea of ingredients, ask the maker for the COSHH data sheet. You may even get some clues as to who makes own-brand oils, potions, etc.
I’ve found it is best to use additive/cleaners gradually … this era of diesels are not designed for short runs… regular oil changes and premium fuel for commuting, standard for longer runs. Horses for courses …
Cool you got an impact wrench at last, I recently got tempted (in Lidl) and its very useful WHEN you can actually use it. Unfortunately that excludes anything under the car when its on axle stands (also from Lidl, sadly they didnt have a 2-post lift!). But I've since got a cheap (£31) ebay electric ratchet wrench which is great for saving the arm loosening or tightening bolts - will do anything I can manage with my 6" ratchet. I've found this speeds things up so much and is much more usable than impact wrench.
I can only think of one person in America with enough Ryobi to give away to friends. Rhymes with Raging Deals 😉
Ha! He does like their stuff, but no, not Robert in this case.
@@HubNut He's just such a sweet guy. Wish him the best with everything 🙂
Blimey, I never thought I would learn stuff from one of your videos Ian! Don't get too sensible and Happy Holidays! Will we see you in Devon this year at a car show as we have once before?
Don't think Devon will happen this year sadly, but never say never!
Well done Ian 👍
Remap would make for a fun video I think Ian plus it would make towing less of a chore.
Looking promising but as you said, it depends how long it lasts.
Even if only lasts until the next oil change, it still sounds like a good solution. When you're due for an oil change, add in the cost of a can of EGR cleaner.
I cleaned the egr and inlet manifold on my Saab what a horrible job but it goes like a slapped cat now.
I was one of those suggesting an intake manifold clean. I tried a cleaner like this on mine and it seemed to work for a while but when I pulled the manifold it was extremely clogged anyway.
I suspect this one is still quite bad, but it's such a horrible job to get the intake off.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ian’s hair so short.
Good job Ian
Very tempted to give this a go on my PD130 Golf. It's really easy to get to the EGR valve. It's not clogged but could probably do with a clean...
If you can easily remove it, I'd do that and give it a clean off the car. Do the intake as well if you can.
@@HubNut I know you're right but I'm also the kind of tit that will lose half the bolts into the depths of the engine bay...
Mine was leaking boost. I removed it and it transformed the car
I took mine off on the Fabia's PD130 (BLT) when I was doing the cambelt for the first time as it was hiccuping (known issue on them) and was amazed by the amount of clag in there. It was definitely worth doing although the hiccups were cured by an EGR flow restrictor, not a blank as it brings the EML on. The right length allen key tools are a must!
@@leenevin8451 I replaced the pipe about 8 months ago after the lugs failed. I kicked up a smokescreen HMS Exeter would have been proud of...
When I mentioned Mr. Muscle oven cleaner I was refering to cleaning egr manifold etc off the engine lol. High quality engine oil and filter the key to any engine's life.
Yeah, but some folk in the comments seem happy squirting it into the engine. Not sure I would be
@@HubNut Don't think the pistons would be too happy.
I also had lack of top end about 3 months after getting my Berlingo. It maxed out at 70mph on the M6. Turned out the very new looking catalytic converter had collapsed...
A common issue it seems. Will keep an eye on that. Somehow.
I’ve had diesels in the past (PSA) mainly and thankfully never had a runaway… however it seems terrifying if it happened, the only car I remember it was failing to switch off was an old Petrol Carburettor Sierra , I just plonked it in 5th and let go of clutch. Seen diesel runaways on CZcams.
Let us know if the Diesel mileage is better than before this treatment Ian
I thought for a minute Whiteland restorations wasn’t going to be mentioned but no.. there it was a quick plug as per usual!
Hope Tim’s paying you for the shout out every video …
Tim is Cambrian Classics Ltd. 😉 No harm mentioning friends. Plus I really like what they do.
Woo ho One day when you are able to take the time check the turbo for excess wear.