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Offline Mark b

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Will this be ok ...
« on: 05 May 2013, 13:09 »
Just brought some of that redex petrol injector from tesco never brought it before will this be safe to use in my car ? My car is w reg gti 2.0 8v
Standard gti 2.0 115bhp 2000 w reg


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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #1 on: 05 May 2013, 13:10 »
Kill or cure  :laugh: :laugh:










Will be fine  :wink:

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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #2 on: 05 May 2013, 13:13 »
Lol does it make a difference as I'm back in London and driving home today (224 miles) didn't want to use it before I got some advice
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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #3 on: 05 May 2013, 13:20 »
Lol does it make a difference as I'm back in London and driving home today (224 miles) didn't want to use it before I got some advice

Never used it myself so can't comment

It should in theory help clear out some of the crud  :undecided:

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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #4 on: 05 May 2013, 13:50 »
It should clear some crud in theory but mostly it will be psychological benefits. You'd probably be better off running a tank of vpower through it as that'll do a similar process.
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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #5 on: 05 May 2013, 13:58 »
As I've never used it would I'd be better of using vpower ? Is that at tesco
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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #6 on: 05 May 2013, 14:19 »
As I've never used it would I'd be better of using vpower ? Is that at tesco

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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #7 on: 05 May 2013, 14:20 »
Vpower it as said bud. I would not trust the redex crap.
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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #8 on: 05 May 2013, 14:42 »
Why would you not trust redex 'crap'?
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Re: Will this be ok ...
« Reply #9 on: 05 May 2013, 15:13 »
My mate used similiar stuff on his old 325 once and his fuel filter and one his fuel lines had to be replaced as it blocked it up. Have no idea how. Non the less he was pissed happened a day after he used it so i have a light bulb to just stay away from the stuff as you would with puting "super" chip in cars :grin:
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