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Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: dminto69 on May 14, 2006, 19:35:31: hi , as anyone ever come up with this problem

yesterday i got some diesel injection cleaner and put abit direct into the diesel filter and the rest into the tank but what ive found now is i have lost alot of power throughout
before i cleaned it it would pick up and go and get me to 90 no problems just now it feels sluggish and get no more than 70 out of it any idea of the problem or away of solving it , another thing i have noticed is my fuel consumption has gone up by quite abit ,im thinking maybe that it as stripped all the old carbon and made everything shiny inside so its having to recoat itself up maybe wrong but would really like some help on this .all the best and thankyou.
just to mention the diesel injection cleaner is not one you can buy in the shop it is for motor trade only ,it is called forte hope this helps :D
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: gtomo2 on May 14, 2006, 19:42:25: Strange one i use diesel additive all the time in mine. But have never put it stright into the filter just add it to the tank when i fill up. Think you may of killed your filter and its pulling all the junk through. Try changing the filter then only add it to the fuel tank
Title: Re: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 14, 2006, 20:11:16: Quote from: "dminto69"
get me to 90 no problems just now it feels sluggish and get no more than 70

90!!!
Mine very rarely saw more than 60mph.
That's quite fast enough

Mindst you, we were on the M62 this morning, SWMBO was driving her 'works van' & we got passed by a '05' plated 110 Hard-Top.
I'll just say she was progressing at a speed that had the digits 8 & 5 in it :?
So what was the 110 doing?
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: Edge on May 14, 2006, 20:46:09: Just added some of the diesel injector/engine cleaner to Trug, it "does say on the label".....add to a "full" tank of fuel. But maybe you were using a totally different product, someone should be along whose used this Forte stuff.
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: freeagent on May 14, 2006, 22:48:49: i use the Wynns stuff, and pour most of it straight into the filter so it givesthe injectors a real blast... did it for nearly 6 years on my old 110 without any probs......
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: old joe on May 15, 2006, 13:34:00: i use wynns can't beat it

dazza
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 15, 2006, 19:16:03: its possible that theres too much cleaner in the fuel system to burn properly. having said that ive used it in our engine and not noticed a lack of power, but it could depend on the make.
what i would do now is run the tank right down, then fit a new fuel filter and fill the tank right up. hopefully that will cure it, if it doesnt then there is some more perminant damage. :x
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: waveydavey on May 16, 2006, 07:19:52: I would agree with trying to run it down first and give it a good flush.

You could take a banjo off in the fuel system and try to flush through but it's unlikley you will see anything, a Diesel system only needs the tiniest bit of dirt in it.

If you can get the trade cleaner do you know a freindly garage? If you can take out the infectors and get the spray patterens checked. If something has found it's way into a nozzle it could be messing up the spray and hence the burn. If it's in the fuel pump hope that the clean diesel flushes it back to the tank.

Personally I would gt a new filter in ASAP as if there is dirt you want to be sure of catching it.
Title: diesel injection cleaner
Post by: Richie_EB4 on May 16, 2006, 10:12:14: Maybe already done..........but if you have removed your filter........make sure you have re-bleed the filter chamber.