Injectors cleaner

gilles_o

Veteran Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2001
Location
Montreal, Canada
I have a 99.5 New Jetta TDi. How to clean the injectors? The motor is difficult to start and there is a lot of smoke at startup. Do I need to clean the injectors manually or a stuff in the tank works well?

Thanks!
 

e-VOLVed

Veteran Member
Joined
Mar 30, 2001
Location
Issaquah, Washington
TDI
All deceased
When you do your filter changes at 20k, fill the new fuel filter canister with diesel purge or other injector cleaner (stanadyne, amsoil, lubromoly...) and put another can in during your oilchange. Otherwise, running any concentration of biodiesel over 2% should keep your system clean enough.

The smoke could be a sign of nasty dino fuel, consider changing distributors or at least stations (unless you've got 50 cetane #2 in your area)
 

Pater

Banned
Joined
Aug 29, 2002
http://www.redlineoil.com/products.htm

RED LINE® Diesel Fuel Additives promote better fuel combustion and fuel system lubrication. They provide faster ignition , reduce detonation, reduce smoke, and improve engine efficiency. Extremely powerful high-temperature detergents clean fuel injectors. Lubricants significantly lengthen injector and pump life and reduce ring friction which is very important for today's low-sulfur fuel. Both Red Line Diesel Fuel Catalyst and 85 Plus are available as a winterized version which will reduce the pour point of a typical fuel by 25°F.

RL-2 & RL-3 Diesel Ignition Improvers - Additives designed for heavy-duty fleet use.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RED LINE® DIESEL FUEL CATALYST contains powerful high-temperature detergents, lubricants, and a combustion catalyst. This catalyst reduces smoke dramatically, reduces detonation, and improves fuel economy 4-8% based on fleet and dyno tests. The lubricants can reduce wear in low-sulfur fuel by 75%, prolonging injector and fuel pump life. Corrosion inhibitors will help prevent rust and corrosion.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RED LINE® 85 PLUS is designed for use in all diesel engines. Contains extremely powerful lubricants, detergents, seal conditioners, fuel stabilizers, and rust preventatives, but without smoke suppressant. Instead, Red Line 85 Plus contains additional cetane improvers which will boost the fuel 5-9 cetane numbers and additional lubricants which can reduce wear in low-sulfur fuel by 75%. This improvement in lubricity and cetane will reduce detonation, assist starting, help reduce smoking, help prevent fuel system wear and leakage and can provide 5% additional power and efficiency.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RL ANTIGEL contains a unique wax dispersant which improves the diesel fuel flow in extreme cold while reducing the freezing point of water in the fuel. RL AntiGel reduces the pour point of a typical fuel by 40°F.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Red Line Synthetic Oil Corp.
6100 Egret Court
Benicia, CA 94510
(707)745-6100

Red Line Oil
 
Top