slug Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Recently bought a 2001 1.8 diesel TDDI Should I be using redex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Not regularly. Use it once if you like to clean the fuelling system out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 does it need cleaning out / how many miles should it be used? There is mixed reports all over google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 best advice usually comes from owners of the same car. Is their an owners forum? Some recommend it to clear the valves and stuff others prefer a "mucky" car.I once used it in a diesel Iveco horsebox and it never ran properly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 right ok cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 On the Peugeot forum I frequent all diesel owners use this: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_255221_productId_370465_langId_-1?cm_mmc=Shopping-_-Google%20Product%20Search-_-Car%20Care%20%26%20Maintenance%2FEngine%20Oils%20%26%20Car%20Fluids%2FFuel%20%26%20Oil%20Additives-_-Millers%20Diesel%20Power%20Sport%204%20500ml&source=shopping And it really does work. I drive the same journey week in week out and get around 550 miles out of a tank, give or take 10. Since using this I easily get 600 miles now. No smoking on start up and much smoother running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I used the petrol variant on my old Polo. I ignored the instructions and dumped a full bottle in with 1/2 a tank (about 17 litres) of fuel about 2 days before it went on a Rolling Road day. Seemed to do it a world of good as the result came back at 4bhp over standard. The car was standard, I was getting it tested to set a benchmark for testing a new ECU map chip to check it's claims. A lot of crap came out of the exhaust for about a week. It was like I was running an overboosted diesel with the crap all over my bootlid Car still runs fine now so I have no quarms about using it. I stick the maintainence measure in once a month (IIRC it's about 50ml/tank) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 that gets some good reviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 What you definitely need to do is check the condition of the EGR valve, remove and clean with brake cleaner if you can get to it. That will make an amazing difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 am rubbish with cars etc, don't think I should go removing anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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