Redex in diesel?

[badfelafel]

I have a 3.0tdi and wonder if anyone has any experience of adding redex. Its supposed to clean deposits off injectors etc.

Sounds good... but is it completely safe to do ir worthwhile?

Thx

[Doctle Odd]

If you eat enough hard boiled eggs you can live without breathing

[SammoVWT]

I have a petrol, but I've used Redex and Wynns petrol/injector treatments and the wynns always gives me the results for what you can get in a drop in 'cleaner', never had any great joy with Redex.

Might differ with diesel though - no experience with that in particular. But for general carbon removing wynns always does well when soaking things for me.

Is your car showing symptoms of anything or just as a maintenance type of thing?

I also use V-power pretty much exclusively these days, so it all helps.

[badfelafel]

Its just for maintenance, it runs well just now and has been well looked after. Nothing to do with boiled eggs!

[Doctle Odd]

If Redex works so do the eggs!

[badfelafel]

Ah I get you now!

[lynalldiscovery]

Lots of people are using 2 stroke oil in their diesels to make up for the lack of lube in low sulphur diesel try a search.
Ive been using it in my disco and wifes 3.0tdi, does it make a difference? cant say Ive noticed in the disco but have noticed the A4 seems smoother.
But at just over a quid fifty for each full tank of derv Im going to keep trying it for a while.

[OVI82]

Millers is another good one which I have been using for a while now.I only run my car on Shell V power and add a dose of millers only if I'm going for a long journey such as next week in Utrecht(Holland) for ASOT 700.Did the same with the previous A4 and never had any problems and I do believe it helps.As for the eggs will leave them for after the gym....and as many as possibille.

[white.akita]

i wouldnt use 2 stroke oil in a diesel engine, it contaminates the engine oil.
if there was no negatives in doing it the 2 stroke manufacturing marketing team would be jumping all over it and make their company millions extra a year. the fact they are not is evident for me that they know it either makes no difference or has negative effects. these marketing people arent idiots.

[lynalldiscovery]

I assume you have evidence to back up the oil contamination claims? As its mixed in such small quantities with the derv how come the derv does not contaminate the engine oil?
If so would love a link to see/read it myself.
Changed wifes 3.0 oil and filter the other day never noticed any weird smells or texture to the engine oil.