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Mr Muscle treatment for sticky Turbos

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    #2
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    You mean the EGR, not the turbo


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    MrFrisp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    dgt wrote: »
    You mean the EGR, not the turbo


    No,,the Turbo...

    The tube goes down through the EGR,,but into the Turbo...The solution then works on the soot/gunk build up on the vanes.
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    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    My mistake, didn't see the vnt part :o

    Carry on....


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    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Sounds like DIY Seafoam (ok thats already a DIY, but at least a dedicated product) or Terraclean. Oven cleaner is pretty harsh, but so is carbon build up. Its probably worth a shot as long as you dont mind the possibility of breaking something.


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    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    MrFrisp wrote: »
    No,,the Turbo...

    The tube goes down through the EGR,,but into the Turbo...The solution then works on the soot/gunk build up on the vanes.
    .


    It might work but the soot goes through the system. This can't be without consequences.

    Each to there own but I wouldn't clean anything like an EGR, intake or turbo still attached. I would take it off, clean it out, stick it back on.


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    MrFrisp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    Ronnie Beck wrote: »
    It might work but the soot goes through the system. This can't be without consequences.

    Each to there own but I wouldn't clean anything like an EGR, intake or turbo still attached. I would take it off, clean it out, stick it back on.


    Well,,of all the reading I have done so far,,I don't think anyone has broken anything. I think the worst that has happened is that the treatment hasn't worked.
    I defo won't be taking it off...I'm not confident enough to do it while it's on the car.:D
    In fact,I'm not confident enough to do it at all...Hence My post here.
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    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    I did this on my last car, removed half of the engine ancillaries to get at the EGR valve and pipe, took them out altogether and cleaned them both with Mr Muscle oven cleaner.

    It's good stuff but my god I had to scrub an awful lot and let the cleaner sit in both parts for ages. No matter how much I scrubbed, the carbon was still caked onto it. This would lead me to believe that by doing this DIY, you're only skimming the surface as it were with regards getting rid of carbon build up.


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    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    MrFrisp wrote: »
    Well,,of all the reading I have done so far,,I don't think anyone has broken anything. I think the worst that has happened is that the treatment hasn't worked.
    I defo won't be taking it off...I'm not confident enough to do it while it's on the car.:D
    In fact,I'm not confident enough to do it at all...Hence My post here.
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    Read through it there it seems alright actually, should just blow everything out the exhaust.


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Tried it a good few times, found it a temporary solution at best. The best result I saw from it was about 4 months relief from symptoms of sticky VNT.


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    MrFrisp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    George Dalton wrote: »
    Tried it a good few times, found it a temporary solution at best. The best result I saw from it was about 4 months relief from symptoms of sticky VNT.



    Thanks George..

    Good to have a professional opinion.

    I think at this stage,,temporary is better than nothing.
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    gtturbokid
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭gtturbokid


    i used carb cleaner on the egr valve and manifold on my car i took them of and was caked with soot everywhere, i cleaned it all of, brought it for a drive was smokey for about 5 mins of driving hard then after that its smokeless worked like a treat


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    Jack breen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Jack breen


    Oven pride is much better but wear gloves!


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    neddynasty
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭neddynasty


    Did this about 6 months ago on an A4 TDI. It was easy enough to do. Wasn't very generous with the Mr.Muscle cause I was a bit worried. Not problems since though so might give it a go again in the new year.


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    Chimaera
    Registered Users Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭Chimaera


    Be careful with oven cleaner on any aluminium parts. The chemicals in the oven cleaner can attack and corrode the aluminium which may lead to problems down the line.


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    MrFrisp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    Chimaera wrote: »
    Be careful with oven cleaner on any aluminium parts. The chemicals in the oven cleaner can attack and corrode the aluminium which may lead to problems down the line.


    Done a fair bit of reading up about it...While one or two also mention that warning,,nobody has ever reported problems by having done it.
    Thanks for the heads-up though.
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    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    I need to do this, mine hasn't been cleaned in 150,000 miles, is it a hard job to take to EGR off a BKD 2.0 TDi.


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    MrFrisp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    I need to do this, mine hasn't been cleaned in 150,000 miles, is it a hard job to take to EGR off a BKD 2.0 TDi.

    http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/243533-the-mr-muscle-vnt-turbo-treatment-thought-we-needed-a-guide-of-sorts/page__hl__%20mr%20%20muscle%20%20vnt%20%20turbo%20%20treatment%20%20guide%20%20of%20%20sorts


    Personally,,I'm not going to do my own.

    I'm just not confident enough to go near a job like that.
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    DanTan
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭DanTan


    Hi, I am havin problems with my turbo.Do you spray the mr muscle through the air intake after the sensor on the air filter or how is it used?


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    shietpilot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭shietpilot


    I wouldn't spray anything anywhere. Move the actuator with your hand in and out 100 times and it should improve if that's the issue.


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    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    DanTan wrote: »
    Hi, I am havin problems with my turbo.Do you spray the mr muscle through the air intake after the sensor on the air filter or how is it used?

    No.

    Follow the guide in the first post if you want to try this method. :)


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