I was surprised to see Ed China promoting the stuff. It's his reputation & credibility on the line if it turns out to be snake oil.
Terraclean - snake oil or not?
Apr 20, 2014
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versus the lucrative cheque he'll receive for promoting it.
Anyway, who?
"Mike Tomlinson" wrote
Clicking on
- How TerraClean Works - doesn't say anything about how it works
DavidR pretended :
Simply because an explanation would not stand up to scrutiny.
One of the easiest ways to clean out the combustion chamber and piston tops is with a controlled bleed of water into it, with the engine running. As anyone who's had a head gasket go might know. But removing all the carbon on a high mileage engine may not be a good idea anyway.
Don't you watch Wheeler Dealers?
No.
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Oh.
Still, at least that answers the question over the risk to his "reputation".
One quote on the website says ," TerraCleaned (sic) will not cause any damage to the Nikasil coating. We are only using a highly refined fuel, there are no harmful chemicals present." and the MSDS safety sheet implies much the same:
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I guess if they are using it solely as a fuel for the duration of the procedure, then the results may well differ from just using an additive added to regular fuel....
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