Redex and MPG

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:30 pm

my opinion was snake oil

, then ok must be something in it

to now its in my tank and also in all my other cars

Gave the Porsche the redex treatment to see the mpg go from 18.4 to 22.6 just for running the stuff in the tank it also pulls a bit better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03nL8Z0dRkI

I am still in shock but now added at every fill up over all my fleet

Ashok · Post by **Ashok** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:07 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KNbbdQv3E

MickB3 · Post by **MickB3** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:37 pm

Ashok wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KNbbdQv3E

That's not the same stuff. The Redex in the first post is a cleaner for the fuel system.

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:51 am

Ashok wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KNbbdQv3E

think of the young drivers who have spent a fortune on this stuff, not a good advertisement for them

they did like the redex stuff though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03nL8Z0dRkI

Easy-pd · Post by **Easy-pd** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:49 pm

I do 35000 per year. I too am dubious, but got some 'wynns gold' from halfrauds. Mpg gone up by 1mpg on computer (and I do the same journey day in, day out with same heavy foot with computer on same mileage for ages). Quieter on cold start. But the most noticeable thing was when I turned engine off, it would 'judder' quite severely and sometimes hesitate very, very occasionally when mild acceleration at about 60ish

Faster? No, better acceleration? No. Smoother, quieter running? Yes. Better mpg? Apparently.

15 quid well spent, but then I do hammer the old girl and she needs a treat every once in a while...

dodgyken · Post by **dodgyken** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:47 am

Dumped a bottle in the Passat and it certainly cut out some of the heavy smoke.

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:16 pm

dodgyken wrote:Dumped a bottle in the Passat and it certainly cut out some of the heavy smoke.

let us know how you get on, I am trying it just now with our works fleet and have to say some of the results are staggering but will reserve this until we get more data, but we are also trying the Slick 50 fuel system treatment to compare

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:28 pm

Tried the Redex in the 120k S4 (2.7 V6 Bi Turbo) ... first tankful yielded a few mpg gain but hardly anything since.

MickB3 · Post by **MickB3** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:22 pm

I did 2 full bottles in 2 tanks on the wifes 2005 104,000 mile Freelander
It has made a noticeable difference to MPG.

I put a bottle in B3 OOH and went to Heathrow and back and it returned the best MPG results in 6 years.
It had the inspection 2 service just prior to the trip also.

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:17 am

At the moment Tesco are selling this at Â£2 a bottle. For both petrol and diesel engines. It is a clearance line so wont last long.

shaziman · Post by **shaziman** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:39 am

I have found similar results, put a shot in, and MPG shoots up by 2-3 mpg. Also found that the smoke i get on my non DPF-Diesel engine massively reduces after the first 10 miles or so of driving.

I use it all the time, and get it cheap from Costco

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:04 pm

MickB3 wrote:I did 2 full bottles in 2 tanks on the wifes 2005 104,000 mile Freelander
It has made a noticeable difference to MPG.

I put a bottle in B3 OOH and went to Heathrow and back and it returned the best MPG results in 6 years.
It had the inspection 2 service just prior to the trip also.

The Porsche has just returned a massive 32 mpg on a long motorway run over 160 miles and at road legal driving which may account for the return but was always above 65mph

The wife's X3 is now returning an extra 3 to 4 mpg more

and only using standard grade fuel in both so a happy Redex convert here

Post by **Charles** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:37 am

So here's the cost/benefit question:

How much saving is made in improved economy per redex treatment?

And here's another one:

How many "tanks of fuel" improvement do you get per treatment

MickB3 · Post by **MickB3** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:39 pm

Charles wrote:So here's the cost/benefit question:

How much saving is made in improved economy per redex treatment?

And here's another one:

How many "tanks of fuel" improvement do you get per treatment

I cant help I am afraid. I don't really bother to work it out, I only checked on B3 OOH because i was going on a long trip and I had put it in. 50 miles to the tank better than I had ever seen.

Wife's car is doing the usual ( round the town mileage) and the gap between fill ups has increased.

That's as scientific as it gets in my world.

Post by **Charles** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:07 pm

MickB3 wrote:
Charles wrote:So here's the cost/benefit question:

How much saving is made in improved economy per redex treatment?

And here's another one:

How many "tanks of fuel" improvement do you get per treatment
I cant help I am afraid. I don't really bother to work it out, I only checked on B3 OOH because i was going on a long trip and I had put it in. 50 miles to the tank better than I had ever seen.

On a long trip I get about 50 miles better range than shorter journeys so I am not convinced, to be honest.

Wife's car is doing the usual ( round the town mileage) and the gap between fill ups has increased.

That might be more telling but it would need a more analytical assessment

That's as scientific as it gets in my world.

Be grateful that you aren't an OCD scientist like me