Can You Restore Lost Power To An Old Engine? #TBT - Fifth Gear
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Channel: Fifth Gear
Views: 1,411,741
Rating: 4.8725071 out of 5
Keywords: Fifth Gear, car, review, fast, fifth, gear, Jason Plato, car review, Corrado, VW, Car maintenance, mechanics
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Length: 6min 19sec (379 seconds)
Published: Thu Apr 28 2016
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LPT: Perform regular maintenance on your vehicle, it will run better and last longer.
I have always had the impression fuel system cleaners were kind of a scam - I stand corrected.
Seems like an advert for Redex fuel system cleaner. It's the best ya'know :)
Seafoam would be a lot more effective since it's used in both the fuel system as well as the crankcase.
Just don't do it in a residential area, on poorly maintained cars it will produce more smoke than Snoop Dogg's tour bus.
richard hammond sure has let himself go
This was a cool video, but they really could have done a better job controlling for variables. For one, the dyno being outside makes a huge difference. The ambient conditions themselves could have accounted for a few bhp gain/drop. Also taking the max of each set of runs seems odd. I feel like an average would have given better data. You can definitely follow the trends and conclude that these things probably help gain back some lost power, but to try to compare it to the manufacturer stated bhp from factory isn't a good idea. Different dynos can measure very different hp numbers for the same car.
Off to buy some fuel cleaner!
Genuinely surprised at the results from the fuel system cleaner/gas additive.
No, I can't.