Wynn's EGR3 Cleaner, Anyone tried it?
Discussion
So I came across 'Wynn's EGR3 Cleaner' today.
http://www.autosessive.com/9/section.aspx/1685/Wyn...
It is meant to clean up the inside of EGR valves, and make the engine run smoother. Sounds ideal of my TDDi focus, which is pretty rough at times, and has had the very occasional power hicup when pulling away.
I've heard lots of good things about on various forums and reviews. The concept being that you let the engine idle about 2000rpm, and spray it in the intake body in 1 second bursts. Its meant to remove the build up of gunk in the EGR valve.
Found this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhYk3Mm8HQ
Has anyone used this before? Does it work?
On the other hand I've also heard that it doesn't clean it 'Properly' and the only way to do so is to take out the EPR valve and manually clean out the gunk. But this is much bigger job.
So I'm weighing up the options really.
What do you guys think?
http://www.autosessive.com/9/section.aspx/1685/Wyn...
It is meant to clean up the inside of EGR valves, and make the engine run smoother. Sounds ideal of my TDDi focus, which is pretty rough at times, and has had the very occasional power hicup when pulling away.
I've heard lots of good things about on various forums and reviews. The concept being that you let the engine idle about 2000rpm, and spray it in the intake body in 1 second bursts. Its meant to remove the build up of gunk in the EGR valve.
Found this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhYk3Mm8HQ
Has anyone used this before? Does it work?
On the other hand I've also heard that it doesn't clean it 'Properly' and the only way to do so is to take out the EPR valve and manually clean out the gunk. But this is much bigger job.
So I'm weighing up the options really.
What do you guys think?
Edited by Grahamr123 on Tuesday 14th February 19:25
k15tox said:
Better to take the thing off and clean it, or better still blank it off.
It sprays down your inlet so I don't much of it will actually get inside the valve to clean it.
Carb cleaner is significantly cheaper.
What does blanking it off actually do?It sprays down your inlet so I don't much of it will actually get inside the valve to clean it.
Carb cleaner is significantly cheaper.
Bit of a noob when it comes to these things
Great stuff! picked up a can out of curiosity after seeing it in the local motor factor and put it through the air intake pipe of the golf mk5 tdi. The amount of soot that came out of the exhaust was a real surprise, the car never smokes normally even on full throttle. Its cleaned something, because it runs quieter now and I actually get some decent throttle response below 1900 rpm whereas before it was just nothing-turbo boost-nothing, it pulls right from tickover now.
Believe me when I say this but cleaning the EGR valve will be easier than cleaning the interior of your car.
Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
k15tox said:
Stops your engine swallowing its own s
t, in a nutshell.
I'm sure someone will post up the recent thread, I can't as I'm on my phone
Might've been this one?t, in a nutshell.I'm sure someone will post up the recent thread, I can't as I'm on my phone
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Not a hard job on a Mondeo, can't see it being too difficult on a Focus?
k15tox said:
Better to take the thing off and clean it, or better still blank it off.
It sprays down your inlet so I don't much of it will actually get inside the valve to clean it.
Carb cleaner is significantly cheaper.
I've had EGRs that have taken 2 days to chisel clean so i doubt this stuff will clean one of those but use it on a low millage car every year to keep it clean i will work, 10K boostworks IF you use it on mildly clogged inlets.It sprays down your inlet so I don't much of it will actually get inside the valve to clean it.
Carb cleaner is significantly cheaper.
CraigMST said:
Believe me when I say this but cleaning the EGR valve will be easier than cleaning the interior of your car.
Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
That's because your EGR wasn't dirty, trust me it would take more than 20 mins with a toothbrush and WD40 to clean a clogged EGR, more like a chisel a drill and 2 days work Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
NHK244V said:
That's because your EGR wasn't dirty, trust me it would take more than 20 mins with a toothbrush and WD40 to clean a clogged EGR, more like a chisel a drill and 2 days work
If you run it on the standard part-bio crappy diesel then yes, but if you use a premium diesel or shove some Millers Diesel treatment in on each fill (same shizzle as V-Power but cheaper) then the most your EGR will have on it is a light dusting of carbon, same for your inlet ports. I have surprised many a mechanic who has instantly said more than likely clogged EGR when taking my motor in with some running problem, only to find that it's like new. Since using V-Power (or Optimax as it was back then) in the early days and now Millers Ecomax treatment, I've never had any EGR, injector or any carbon build-up issues since and I do lots of short runs. A rare case of stuff actually doing what it says on the tin for a change.
NHK244V said:
CraigMST said:
Believe me when I say this but cleaning the EGR valve will be easier than cleaning the interior of your car.
Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
That's because your EGR wasn't dirty, trust me it would take more than 20 mins with a toothbrush and WD40 to clean a clogged EGR, more like a chisel a drill and 2 days work Not sure where your EGR valve is located in the Focus but in the Mondeo it had 2 nuts to the side, 2 at the back, a jubilee clip and an electrical which just pulled out.
WD40, toothbrush, some rag and 20 minutes later a spotless EGR valve.
Noticed no difference however but thought it would be worth doing anyway.
Before
After (still needs a 'final' clean with some carb cleaner).
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