well all sounds good to me ??

but ive spoke to my mate that works for skoda and vw the both say if you use thr RIGHT oil for the car then the turbo should

be kept clean with good grade oil .

He actually leaves a trail of soot on the road. Brilliant. Proof that it works. Maybe too well?

Edited 2 January, 201313 yr by Ben90

well all sounds good to me ??

but ive spoke to my mate that works for skoda and vw the both say if you use thr RIGHT oil for the car then the turbo should

be kept clean with good grade oil .

Your mate is wrong! The problem lies in the emissions especially when the car isnt used heavily or given the beans from time to time. Mine has had 5w40 fully synthetic vw 505.01 oil every 8k miles from new, sticky vanes happened.

I've been doing more reading on this forum (this place is awesome, so much info ) and found that the key reason the internals get clogged is due to a mix of oil and carbon forming a solid sticky mess. From what I've read the EGR is responsible for carbon deposits and the CCV hose for the oil, which for the sake of emissions regs is redirecting oil vapour right back into the inlet :no: Elephant mod time!

So before I use Revive I'm going to fit a catch can to the CCV, and with the oil problem gone the cleaning should be more effective and last longer

dont bother with catch can. just send a pipe down under the rear of the engine and tie it to a brake pipe or something

I thought about it, it would certainly be less maintenance than a catch can! Isn't it a MOT failure though? I also read about steam coming out from underneath on cold days.

Edited 2 January, 201313 yr by Ben90

I thought about it, it would certainly be less maintenance than a catch can! Isn't it a MOT failure though? I also read about steam coming out from underneath on cold days.

Also read about an extreme case of the pipe freezing and causing major problems. Think the pipe wasn't cut right tho. I like the catch can tho

aye you get steam, and mine flew through the mot. At least maybe to start with anyway

Just put a bottle of Revive through as I was fitting my CCV mod, smoked out the whole street and threw up an EML (probably because I unplugged the MAF as it went away straight after) VCDS said nothing. The fluid smells strongly of vinegar and neat glyphosate (Roundup) mixed together, that's probably what it is! Certainly not as chemical-filled and manly as the Mr Muscle treatment.

I booted it to Bristol straight after and noticed no smoke in the headlights behind while accelerating which must be good. As I did this purely as a preventative measure I can't comment on it fixing any problems, although my average MPG for that journey (I do it a lot) went up from 54 to 59.5, so a steam clean certainly helped! The CCV mod should now help it avoid getting caked up in the future My Intercooler pipes were a state, especially where it met carbon near the EGR.

We run this on ippy120 car today. Whilst applying the third treatment it started smoking ALOT! Since the treatment it has stopped the car shaking as much on idle! Yet to run it on my fabia. Will keep you posted.

Just to add the polo is a 1.4 tdi

Used mr muscle on my old Fabia - sorted the sticky vnt straight away.

Has anyone else used this Revive? Have just watched the video and am quite intrigued, mainly because it's so simple to do. Mine just outs quite a bit of black smoke in 3rd and although runs fine, I'm very tempted to give this a go

I used this stuff on mine.

http://www.jlmlubric...ake-egr-cleaner

A lot cheaper than Turbo Revive.

Although, not as cheap as Mr Muscle.

Edited 14 April, 201313 yr by kentgpz11

I have used Revive on a number of vehicles, for example various VAG group models (A6, Golf, Beetle, Octavia), Ford Mondeos of various models, Mercedes A-class, Vauxhall Astras to name the ones that come to mind. The cars have had a variety of issues from vague driveablity problems, with hesitations and slugish performance, through to hard faults due to sticking turbo vanes causing overboost and limp mode as soon as appreciable load is applied. In every case the owners have reported at minimum, significant improvement and in most cases a transformation of driveability and power back to how it should be, and often reduction of exhaust smoke and fuel economy improvements.

To briefly explain how the material works - it is a water-based (and pH neutral) non-toxic material with a "surfactant" active ingredient. This works by the molecules attaching themselves to oily/carbon deposits in the air path (ie turbo compressor, intercooler, valves, possible EGR and exhaust turbine components) and then releasing them as tiny particles into the airstream, thereby stripping the deposits in thin layers deliberatley avoiding large chunks of material being dislodged and causing subsequent damage or blockage.

The product was developed originally for cleaning turbines in jet engines and power station turbine generators, plus adapting for large marine turbo diesel engines. There is no solvent as such in the material, it's pH neutral and will not adversely affect any materials it comes in contact with in the engine. Neither will it harm cataysts or particulate filters either by direct contact or blockage.

Mr Muscle - Be fully aware of the effect this and similar caustic cleaning agents has on various components and materials. This type of cleaner is VERY alkaline and whilst there is no doubt regarding it's cleaning abilities, there are potential issues that need consideration. Alkali metal compounds (ie sodium hydroxide in this case) can cause alkali metal erosion of components including turbine wheel - due in part to it's history with jet and generator turbines, this is one reason why Revive is pH neutral. Any aluminium components will be severely affected by alkaline cleaners (try some on your wheels ) . Also consider the effect on the plating materials on catalysts and particulate filters if fitted..