Truckster (Vic) replied:

Roachie gave me some CEM to try, so I tried it on my TD42 GQ with 340,000 on it, made ZERO difference to anything, it did clean out some crap, but no change to power, economy, or anything.

IMHO All these things are placebos.. people WANT them to work so in their minds they do.

Extractors and bigger exhaust will set you back $700+ for a good setup, and the gain will be minimal, certainly not $700 worth :(

if you must save up and turbo it with the crew from Denco - they took me for a run in theirs when I had my GQ in their shop.. I didnt ride in it before they worked the turbo, but it did go quite well :) Suprised me..

bucky replied:

Have you looked at the write ups on Hyclone, it may be what you are loking for ,,, not too sure if they work for My 3.0 TD Navara ,,, but I believe that they are good for normally aspirated motors...by the way extractors and a large exhaust pipe will help the motor breath, a lot better ,, thus helping too
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Cheers mate
Bucky

Alloy c/t replied:

Used the CEM oil flush on my 92 80 series turbo diesel ,,normal oil change with filter = 9.5 lt , used recommended rate of CEM ,11LT oil +sludge removed ,, oil now "stays" cleaner visualy for longer ,no other major improvements ,none measurable anyway ,

Member - Crazie (VIC) replied:

Used both CEM product for my diesel nissan patrol, the fuel and the oil products. Cleaned the car right out and found it ran better. The patrol had done just over 350K when i started using it. I was happy with the product. I sent my left overs to Willem.

Ron173 replied:

Navara disaster, whats the disaster?

I have 99 model, have a wildcat extractor system and 2.5 inch throughout, best $600 I ever spent on it.

Turbo will give more power and heaps of heat, but will also create more stress, as I'm keeping mine for long term went with the extractors, I did extractors first, then next payday did system, $300 a piece. Have to say you need them both to complement each other.

7.5km/ltr is 13.3ltr/100km which is IMO bit much. I get around 10.5lt/100km goes up to bout 11.5 to 12ltr/100km towing.

Do you trust the shop who did the injectors n pump?? like did they do them right?

I would have thought that after the kms you have difference would be significant.

Run some diesel additive with it for a while, flash lube or chemtech or similair.

Ron

ExplorOz Team - David replied:

I am now using the CEM products - (and no it is not an advertising contra deal - I paid for it same as everyone else).

I have only just started but used the FOC for the 200,000 service oil change. The oil in our car was always black even when replaced - 5 mins later black again. So I used the flush and poured a few litres of new in when I was draining out the original oil. I can now say that the oil is significantly cleaner after a few hours of operation than it would have been before. I will continue to use it on my 5K oil changes and see what happens over time.

I bought the 250ml pack of FOC and CleanPower ($99). So I am also trying the Cleanpower product, our vehicle with all the extra stuff we carry is V heavy and my fuel ecomony is totally crap (worst 80 series diesel figures I have ever heard of 5-6KM/ltr or 16-20Ltr/100 - not towing) I will gauge anything else we try on these figures if it imporves even a little bit it would help. At upto $1.4/ltr you only need a very small imporvement to make it cost effective and is really a cheap test, if it does not work then you have not really lost much less than $50 ish for 250ml will last for ages at 20ml/80ltr mix rates.

Mind you my vehicle may improve itself as the timing belt I swaped out had a few degress worth of slackness and would have shifted the fuel pump timing a little so this may improve the fuel consumption significantly and not be related to the CEM product at all. Time will tell and I am happy to try.

This is a totally personal post and does not endorse the CEM product in anyway other than that I paid for it and am using it and this is what I think.