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Offline _Adam_

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can someone explain this please?
« on: 25 August 2011, 11:12 »
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62576

saying to put water up the vaccum pipe to clean the engine out, but thats eems crazy lol.

Offline Agreeable Slick

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Re: can someone explain this please?
« Reply #1 on: 25 August 2011, 11:54 »
It's generally only crazy if you dump litres of water in at a time. If you do a measured amount whilst revving the engine and holding it at ~3k.

Only really recommended on a petrol as diesels tend to just choke up.

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Re: can someone explain this please?
« Reply #2 on: 25 August 2011, 15:36 »
Thats a very good read might give my rdi this treatment  :smiley:
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