I always find this argument. Old engine. Don't do cleaning don't use engine oil with strong detergent.

So if using that logic. Does it mean all These while it's better to clean and maintain the engine so that when it's older, no problem cleaning it?

Try using castrol engine oil. My car 180,000km still got clean & shiny inside engine. i change oil every 10,000km.

car is made of metal, rubber (gasket/suspension/arm joints) and plastics
everything have it's lifespan because steel rusts, rubbers harden and crack, plastics crack.
in term of leak, it's the gasket or the material which is usually rubber/plastic material has already exceeded it designed lifespan.
lets say you drive that car for 15years. gasket already fail around 10 but havent leak yet.

There are many ppl that never do engine flush (like my dad's car), so those engine oil form grease like gunk which hardens and sometimes it formed a coat.
When the above happens, usually the car will feel kinda crap, cuz the sludge will cause engine to have higher friction, sometimes it might clog your oil pump or even cause your engine to overheat because engine oil function is not only to lubricate but to be splashed around so that it cools engine as well.
When u try to overtake the power doesnt come, like hesitating, so you tend to floor the pedal to make the car pull, thus worse FC


so normal people dont see the loss of fuel efficiency, loss of performance as a problem.
they just know new cars FEELS BETTER but they dont know why their old car FEELS OLD.


'bocor' problem
When they do engine flush, the engine start to leak, they get to see the 'bocor' problem.
By right, changing gasket is part of the preventive maintenance, but since no bocor we use until it bocor
usually when bocor, mech open up find more worn faulty parts, (bills pile up) so ppl are very afraid of BOCOR.

But i find there are 2 types of people around. one is dont care can get me from point A to point B. the others are the more power hungry ppl like me.
high performance car workshop all do engine treatment everytime they service, while normal workshop dont do it because they fear later customer car leak oil and get blamed for it. cuz the customer always think that no bocor = no problem. (basically one is willing to spend to make perform 100%, the other simply DGAF can jalan okay d)


on the leaky gasket, i found another product that can rejuvenate the seals inside, can be used on engine, gearbox, transmission oil.



so this is how your engine looks like without engine flush.



This post has been edited by AllnGap: May 22 2019, 11:43 AM

Overhaul top before ?

So my question is this. Is it better to do this even before the car is old. Or it won't impact aka might as well just do it when your car is old. Bocor then Bocor la since its memang sudah over lifespan.

If you prefer car to perform well then do it like every year once.
U will feel your car lighter, easier to overtake

Bocor no bocor really depends on luck.

I do this treatment everytime my throttle response feel crap. Like car can't pull instantly when pedal on it. Or when I need to floor the pedal to make the car pull

If you prefer car to perform well then do it like every year once.
U will feel your car lighter, easier to overtake

Bocor no bocor really depends on luck.

I do this treatment everytime my throttle response feel crap. Like car can't pull instantly when pedal on it. Or when I need to floor the pedal to make the car pull

Alright Bro. Got it.

I too use this practice of 10k km oil change. Up until 295k km and mechanics says engine still clean. & No engine eating oil problem. Old proton waja.

Believe flushing is recommended for car that had not been serviced regularly last time.

Seafoam works good.... never top/bottom haul anything 200km plus on my spare car. The car pickup feels like when I got it new. FC now 30% better too.... amazing n really works. Engine oil change every 5k. Anyway my 140 bucks well spent. Yeah I had to use 2 bottles due fuel tank size 😎

Yeah it also could be snake oil, but the Mileage counter and my butt road dyno is not wrong

What rejuvenates the seals ?

I was so impressed with the seafoam, I tried HKS DDR and DSR but I don’t feel much difference in the performance ? 😂
Mileage is low tho, maybe that’s y but the engine oils
I can feel the response with the performance ones...
But a old high mileage car the sea foam is no brainer...

This post has been edited by Fenix98: May 22 2019, 10:45 PM

ya, the new car feel is addictive.
when my car throttle response is bad, i tend to floor it cuz mine has been remap.
causing me to lose 10% of my tank FC.

so i'd rather spend it on seafoam and can overtake without hesitation.

u dint use the spray type ? spray is needed to clean the top intake part

check this out.
it's a plasticizer that can rejuvenate rubber and seals.

i do apply it on my engine mounting and rubber parts
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...70205&hl=at-205

I used seafoam for crankcase and fuel tank,

Amsoil powerfoam to clean out throttle plate and intake plenum, and I use contact cleaner to clean out the MAP sensor.

I netted 30% increase mileage.... over the years the mileage got worse and worse....

i guess your powerfoam does the same thing also.

u must be flooring the pedal all the time to lose 30% FC

I have a very heavy foot on the older cars 😂
Newer cars response are too goood

bro, u see Fenix98 did record better FC and new car feeling.

Actually lots of ppl just continue to drive because they dont see losing performance and FC as a problem.
And they got fed up with the bad FC and so weak cant overtake so dump that car and buy new one.

I have a question. Is it ok to run seafoam for tgdi engines?

Usually the method is to run it via the throttle body. However my cars throttle body is located well below the intake makes it unreachable. If i were to run it via the intake thru the turbocharger, will it cause harm?

Went thru youtube cant seem to find any vids

whatever engine also can.

you may spray the mist into intake also, dont have to directly spray into throttle body.
but avoid spray on MAF sensor can d (at the intake there)