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Title: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 31 May 2010, 15:22
So who here has don the Italian tune up? Just wondering what people's views are on it. My car gets stick daily so there's not much coke inside but I'm going to fill up with V power and stick some redex in there soon and do it, try and get it running proper smooth  :cool:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: clipperjay on 31 May 2010, 15:35
LOL prepare to break something how many miles on it and sometimes that coke helps to keep your car going LOL :laugh:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Jay on 31 May 2010, 15:38
Almost every time I try an Italian tune up I get the sticky vanes (  :evil: ) problem and the turbo cuts out.

Need to get up to rtech sometime for a turbo clean.
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 31 May 2010, 15:47
 :grin:

And there I go and think it's beneficial  :laugh:

Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: DOA on 01 June 2010, 19:06
Easier way of doing it is to put one of your vacuum hoses into a cup of water and let the engine ingest a small amount of the water. De-cokes engines a treat (dates back to WW1!) but be aware of the risks of hydraulic locking your engine before you go thinking you can pour water down the inlet. This is the reason for using a vacuum hose as this wont suck the liquid in too quickly (hopefully  :rolleyes:).
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 01 June 2010, 19:08
Easier way of doing it is to put one of your vacuum hoses into a cup of water and let the engine ingest a small amount of the water. De-cokes engines a treat (dates back to WW1!) but be aware of the risks of hydraulic locking your engine before you go thinking you can pour water down the inlet. This is the reason for using a vacuum hose as this wont suck the liquid in too quickly (hopefully  :rolleyes:).
Is this another comment like de-icer to stop squealing belts?  :grin: :grin:
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Post by: DazVR6 on 01 June 2010, 19:27
Easier way of doing it is to put one of your vacuum hoses into a cup of water and let the engine ingest a small amount of the water. De-cokes engines a treat (dates back to WW1!) but be aware of the risks of hydraulic locking your engine before you go thinking you can pour water down the inlet. This is the reason for using a vacuum hose as this wont suck the liquid in too quickly (hopefully  :rolleyes:).
Is this another comment like de-icer to stop squealing belts?  :grin: :grin:

Ive heard/read quite abit about this on clubgti but to be honest i'd stick to your original plan of Redex and V-Power+a good blast. :wink:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 01 June 2010, 19:35
Another good one I think, is get a can of carb cleaner, remove the air intake pipe and start the car. Open the throttle out wide and spray the carb cleaner, it bogs the engine down, burst spray so it keeps the car on. If you know what I mean....I did it with the old engine a few times and it was pretty sweet.
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: clipperjay on 01 June 2010, 20:09
Oldie but fav I wont post up how its done becuase for the bellow reasons! :tongue:
Warning #1:
The following procedure can blow your engine to: smithereens, bits, pieces, orts, perdition and kingdom-come. If you own a high-mileage, low-compression, oil-swilling, rod-knocking, piece o' crap car (you know who you are, don't you), don't bother with the "Italian Tune Up" because you will end up walking home from what's left of your sorry pile of smoking and hissing ex-VW junk. OK? (I'm not kidding.)

:-)


have this vision of four wonderfully hot whitish blue flames pouring out of each exhaust port into the downpipe. Sort of like getting the mixture just right on a Bunsen burner or an oxyacetylene torch, or how about on a 1650 hp Rolls Royce Merlin V12 at just under "war emergency" power?  Nice!
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: DazVR6 on 01 June 2010, 21:31
Another good one I think, is get a can of carb cleaner, remove the air intake pipe and start the car. Open the throttle out wide and spray the carb cleaner, it bogs the engine down, burst spray so it keeps the car on. If you know what I mean....I did it with the old engine a few times and it was pretty sweet.

Did this when cleaning my throttle body on my 16v aswell as my vr and never caused any problems.
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 01 June 2010, 21:36
Oldie but fav I wont post up how its done becuase for the bellow reasons! :tongue:


I know how it's done! It's just a question of "have I got the guts to do it?"

Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: JC on 01 June 2010, 21:38
Oldie but fav I wont post up how its done becuase for the bellow reasons! :tongue:


I know how it's done! It's just a question of "have I got the guts to do it?"



man up and get it done, oh and LOTS of piccies when it goes

(http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/explosion.jpg)
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: clipperjay on 01 June 2010, 21:46
Oldie but fav I wont post up how its done becuase for the bellow reasons! :tongue:


I know how it's done! It's just a question of "have I got the guts to do it?"



Yeah I was refering to the younger insane ones  :tongue:
Hey do it DO IT DO IT DO IT....Do it :evil:
Pussy! I double dare you  :tongue:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: clipperjay on 01 June 2010, 21:48
Another good one I think, is get a can of carb cleaner, remove the air intake pipe and start the car. Open the throttle out wide and spray the carb cleaner, it bogs the engine down, burst spray so it keeps the car on. If you know what I mean....I did it with the old engine a few times and it was pretty sweet.

Did this when cleaning my throttle body on my 16v aswell as my vr and never caused any problems.

Big difference when a car runs on............ compared to dropping a low gear at 6RPM  :kiss:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: danny_p on 01 June 2010, 22:37
the paxo gets an italian tune up several times a day.   

Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: JC on 02 June 2010, 07:14
shady told me you aint got the balls to do this - looks like he was right



















and sits


















and waits . . . .
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Khare on 02 June 2010, 11:31
To be fair I'm with Danny on this one too. Mine gets the Italian tune up every trip, except not during the last two weeks due to me kind of loosing the appetite for speed....
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: VW BUSH on 02 June 2010, 13:33
To be fair I'm with Danny on this one too. Mine gets the Italian tune up every trip, except not during the last two weeks due to me kind of loosing the appetite for speed....

Stay in 1st gear, low speed high revs uber kangaroo :smiley:
Title: Re: The italian tune up
Post by: Neo Badness on 04 June 2010, 00:09
I used this on my old driver. engine outlasted the car and was a gem

http://www.difflock.com/buyersguide/newproducts/10k_boost/index.shtml