16th December 2018, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Originally Posted by Turbo Tony
I asked ECS Tuning in USA this very question (they sell a catch can kit). They told me it wouldn't make much difference on the S8.
After getting the carbon cleaning done, I've taken to using Wurth intake cleaner ever thousand miles or so as a preventative measure. I was surprised that, after my first application, 3000 miles after the physical carbon clean, I could feel a difference. That implies that carbon had already began to build up again.
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Cheers for that. Nice to see a seller tell the truth about the products.
Pardon the pun, but it may be worth me trying the intake cleaner, at least on the 4.2 daily to begin with. The S8 doesn't get driven that much, and will soon be going under wraps for the winter.
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