anglais49 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Anyone had this done? Got any feedback? Recommend/warn off? Looks like a no brainer good idea for 10yr old engines... http://www.terraclea...bout-terraclean *edit - I had TerraClean done and posted the review lower in this thread, but thought I'd post here too for anyone opening new to find: Had the TerraClean done yesterday, was £108 in the end, VAT on top of the £90. It took about an hour and a half. They disconnect the fuel system, plug in their magic black box, pump the super fuel through it for about half an hour, leave it to do it's thing for about 20 minutes, then pump more through and flush it all out. Reconnect everything, take it for a little drive, check everything is all good when they get it back, and boom it's done. I'd had a chat with a few people beforehand and was intrigued by how much difference I would notice after. My dad actually had it done on his 2010 Auris diesel earlier that morning and said he could tell the difference in the first 100 yards. Noticeably smoothly, both at tickover and climbing the revs. Things like a little hesitation at 2k rpm were smoothed right out... so my expectations were high given that mine is an 11-year old engine. Surely there had been a lot of carbon and gunk build up in that time... To be honest, I was underwhelmed with the first drive. I probably expected too much. I don't think I could tell much difference. Sometimes I thought it felt lovely and smooth, but I can't be sure I'm not just trying to feel it. And really, I never had any complaints about it before. I didn't get it done because I could feel imperfections that I wanted to address. On the second drive of it this morning I did notice a bit more - probably because it's my familiar commute. The responsiveness and smoothness of motion, particularly at lower revs in higher gears, is noticeable. But on the whole, there is nothing night and day about it. I wonder if it's because the Z engine is so damn good to start with. Being a large capacity V6, it's a naturally smooth and responsive unit anyway, right? Much more so than in your "normal" cars and especially diesels. And mine is still in banging condition after 11 years. Chatting to the garage owner there, he's only had his TerraClean for about five weeks, so they haven't had a whole lot of feedback yet. He's run it through some of his own vehicles like the old company van and some battered 20yr old Mondeo diesel. On coughing, spluttering, smoking heaps, there's a massive difference. On mpg and emissions too. He was eager to hear back from me with my feedback from a good condition performance car, so it'll be a shame not to have a more rave review for him. I'd be interested to hear whether others here have a similar experience with their Zs. Maybe it's just me missing something! It might be that I notice a difference in mpg after a while, though that's unlikely too since I've always done my best not to think about how much fuel it goes through! Having said all that, my motivation for doing it wasn't so that it would feel like a new car. I wasn't expecting to jump into another 20bhp or something brand new... It just seems a good idea to do whatever I can to look after the life of the engine. Apparently BMW and Subaru (not clear on whether this is manufacturer or dealer) are recommending TerraClean as part of every annual service now. Edited May 1, 2014 by anglais49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Saw something on here a while back about Terraclean, some said it also removed the protection junk around the engine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 My cars 10 yrs old now and this looks interesting. Saw Mr China doing it a while ago on Wheeler a Dealers and forgot about it. Just googled it and found two local dealers who do it so will call them on Monday for prices and a chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_2424 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I'd be interested in hearing how anyone gets on who has this done tbh, the theory makes sense behind it Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglais49 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Yeah I'm kinda hoping there's someone who has already been the guinea pig so my Z doesn't have to be test subject! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLum Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I spoke to a chap who had his 2004 Z done about a month ago. I will dig out what he said and post it up. All very positive though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen@Clark Motorsport Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 We got the same product from BG Products about 18 months back in the workshop and had some really good success with it. We tried it on a number of cars including a 200,000 miles Focus Diesel and a V8 SL Merc both of which had a huge reduction in emissions and are still going strong now with no side effects notice. I also tried in on my girlfreinds old R reg Toyota Starlet which hadn't had a service for at least 30K and it made a big difference to the way it drove as it had been pretty sluggish before. We had carried out a service before the BG service and ran it for 1000 miles so had a good comparison to go on. Since we sold the workshop the new owners sell services using the machine regularly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLum Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Cant be bothered to type it all out so here is a screen shot of what he said. His zed is a 2004 on 87k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 due to do it to my XKR in the near future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I think I'm going to wait for a few more folk to do it or someone whos got far more knowledge than myself to greenlight it before I go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_2424 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Got a quote of £108 plus VAT from my local place. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluke Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 i had mine done a few months back and posted the results. Since having the process, I've noticed the car seems to rev a lot more easily, and the exhaust note seems slighty better. I haven't run any tests and I don't have a before and after emissions' print out, but the car certainly feels more responsive and livelier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglais49 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks everyone, appreciate the feedback. Think I'll look into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Intriguing, I'll potentially do this as well, there is a center about 5 mins from me that does it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Intriguing, I'll potentially do this as well, there is a center about 5 mins from me that does it. Let the Forum know when you have done it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglais49 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Booked for Wednesday in Bicester, £90. That was quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Intriguing, I'll potentially do this as well, there is a center about 5 mins from me that does it. Let the Forum know when you have done it.. Absolutely, I've just got some other bits to sort out first (Cobra exhaust being priority 1) Booked for Wednesday in Bicester, £90. That was quick! Oooh - ok, definitely keep us posted on this ! I'd really like to see a dyno pull on it, just to see if there are really any differences like that as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 It's worth having a search on PH, lots of different views. Essentially, it seems like the car will run smoother, get a bit of a boost for MPG - but it certainly wont be like an engine spring clean that they claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I think sea foam does essentially the same thing, but its an at-home job and costs about 20 for the can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglais49 Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Intriguing, I'll potentially do this as well, there is a center about 5 mins from me that does it. Let the Forum know when you have done it.. Absolutely, I've just got some other bits to sort out first (Cobra exhaust being priority 1) Booked for Wednesday in Bicester, £90. That was quick! Oooh - ok, definitely keep us posted on this ! I'd really like to see a dyno pull on it, just to see if there are really any differences like that as well. Mine is going down to Abbey in a couple of weeks for UpRev, but it's a shame I don't have any figures from pre-TerraClean to compare it to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotic Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Booked for Wednesday in Bicester, £90. That was quick! That sounds pretty cheap for the significant gains to be had - let us know how it goes. My Z is ten years old this year so may have to treat her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessio Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Wheeler Dealer ! i always watch it in Italy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglais49 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Had the TerraClean done yesterday, was £108 in the end, VAT on top of the £90. It took about an hour and a half. They disconnect the fuel system, plug in their magic black box, pump the super fuel through it for about half an hour, leave it to do it's thing for about 20 minutes, then pump more through and flush it all out. Reconnect everything, take it for a little drive, check everything is all good when they get it back, and boom it's done. I'd had a chat with a few people beforehand and was intrigued by how much difference I would notice after. My dad actually had it done on his 2010 Auris diesel earlier that morning and said he could tell the difference in the first 100 yards. Noticeably smoothly, both at tickover and climbing the revs. Things like a little hesitation at 2k rpm were smoothed right out... so my expectations were high given that mine is an 11-year old engine. Surely there had been a lot of carbon and gunk build up in that time... To be honest, I was underwhelmed with the first drive. I probably expected too much. I don't think I could tell much difference. Sometimes I thought it felt lovely and smooth, but I can't be sure I'm not just trying to feel it. And really, I never had any complaints about it before. I didn't get it done because I could feel imperfections that I wanted to address. On the second drive of it this morning I did notice a bit more - probably because it's my familiar commute. The responsiveness and smoothness of motion, particularly at lower revs in higher gears, is noticeable. But on the whole, there is nothing night and day about it. I wonder if it's because the Z engine is so damn good to start with. Being a large capacity V6, it's a naturally smooth and responsive unit anyway, right? Much more so than in your "normal" cars and especially diesels. And mine is still in banging condition after 11 years. Chatting to the garage owner there, he's only had his TerraClean for about five weeks, so they haven't had a whole lot of feedback yet. He's run it through some of his own vehicles like the old company van and some battered 20yr old Mondeo diesel. On coughing, spluttering, smoking heaps, there's a massive difference. On mpg and emissions too. He was eager to hear back from me with my feedback from a good condition performance car, so it'll be a shame not to have a more rave review for him. I'd be interested to hear whether others here have a similar experience with their Zs. Maybe it's just me missing something! It might be that I notice a difference in mpg after a while, though that's unlikely too since I've always done my best not to think about how much fuel it goes through! Having said all that, my motivation for doing it wasn't so that it would feel like a new car. I wasn't expecting to jump into another 20bhp or something brand new... It just seems a good idea to do whatever I can to look after the life of the engine. Apparently BMW and Subaru (not clear on whether this is manufacturer or dealer) are recommending TerraClean as part of every annual service now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 good write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Also take into account that most zed owners use super unleaded which is cleaner than normal unleaded so the engine will have less carbon build up inside. The fact that we boot them about a bit most drives also keeps them cleaner internally. This could also start a conversation about fuel but here goes anyway : My other half used to own a garage and petrol station and the petrol company rep stated that the supermarket fuel was cheaper because it had less additives in it so based on that I try and stick to shell all the time. Again it may not be a difference you would notice because booting the car about with pleanty of revs reguarly will keep the carbon build up down. Guess its a case of and see where this goes ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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