cheap redex

[doug]

Redex is 3 for £4.50 in Tescos. Usually £4.00 each.

[twosmoke300]

Still not cheap enough - bottles of hopes and dreams

[plasticvandan]

i can get a gallon of parrafin for a fiver,so not that cheap

[sierraman]

Does it make any difference? I've put some in and it's never made a difference. My dad swears by it. It's not going to save your bacon though is it if you are filling up at Asda, chucking an egg cup full of Redex in won't stop your injectors going on the blink.

[Tamworthbay]

I used it in my Capri when I was 17 and sure it added at least an extra 1004bhp.

[tooSavvy]

Tesco Coast Rd... = ... uhh uhh

 

1bttl = £4

 

 

TS

[sierraman]

I think it's the placebo effect if I've got that right. You THINK it feels different. Might work but in my experience you might as well chuck some paraffin in.

[fordperv]

i bought a load of the big bottles from b&m a while back for 50p each marked down to get rid, gave them out as random gifts to people i knew with old motors

[Guest Lord Sward]

I used to use it to clear sticky valves on K and T series engines and latterly Nissan Micra engines (the K11 sort).  Its cheap for what it does.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I always file this under 'for classic car show mentals only'

[Squire_Dawson]

As an upper cylinder lubricant, it surely has a value being used with today's dry fuels.

[saucedoctor]

We convinced and RGJ Corporal that the Army "Injected Redex into the carburettors of tanks to make smoke."

[Junkman]

What exactly is Redex and what is it supposed to do?

[plasticvandan]

its basically parrafin and red

[gm]

being a bit tight, I keep a log of mpg on the dailys fuel usage (2004 Audi A3 diesel)

 

 

would anyone like to hazard a guess at what point I added a bottle of redex ?

 

towards the right hand side of the chart, there is a peak which corresponds to a satisfying 51.28mpg, I added the redex after this fill up and look what happened ! what a load of shit ! I want my £2 back !

[gm]

by way of balance, I couldn't give a hoot what mpg I get out of the mx5, it is a toy and I don't care what it costs to run as every journey puts a smile on my face

[Uncle Jimmy]

Redex sounds like a hair replenishment product c.1963 to me.

[CortinaDave]

it was always amusing to use the old redex carb cleaner by pouring it down your twinchoke and upsetting the neighbours as the whole street filled with reek.

[cort16]

I think this stuff is about is affective as the clutch repair fluid I was going to start selling on eBay.

[Bren]

it was always amusing to use the old redex carb cleaner by pouring it down your twinchoke and upsetting the neighbours as the whole street filled with reek.

I did this to my vauxhall royale - neighbour's thought a plane had gone down.

[Bren]

I watched an old fifth gear today - they had a VW corrado that was down on power.

 

A bottle of redex gave it 6 bhp back. The guy who has a rolling road in Widnes told me years ago that it does work.

[twosmoke300]

Did he also sell it ?

[steveo3002]

I watched an old fifth gear today - they had a VW corrado that was down on power.

 

A bottle of redex gave it 6 bhp back. The guy who has a rolling road in Widnes told me years ago that it does work.

bet the red line abuse on the rolling road gave it back the power by blowing out the cobwebs...italian tune up and all that

[Andychancer]

Can't beat an enthusiast de-coke down your local dual carriageway.

Banging off the limiter at every gearchange soon sorts it.

[Guest Hooli]

I've had engines run smoother after redex in the past. Only when poured in the tank mind, it's pointless tipping it down the carb to just burn.

[fordperv]

it was always amusing to use the old redex carb cleaner by pouring it down your twinchoke and upsetting the neighbours as the whole street filled with reek.

i used to love putting a splash down each cylinder to clean them up, my god that was a great smoke screen produced

[SamR380]

I watched an old fifth gear today - they had a VW corrado that was down on power.

 

A bottle of redex gave it 6 bhp back. The guy who has a rolling road in Widnes told me years ago that it does work.

 

See here and make of it what you will. Quite interesting I thought.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQN-0zvZNbY

[Bobthebeard]

Dunno about Redex as never used it. Possibly snake oil related but Wynn's injector cleaner seems to have had a positive effect on the MG KV6, it always misfired for around 20 seconds after a cold start as if running on five of the six.

After a bottle of the Wynn's stuff it rarely does it now. Sorry, as you were....

Redex.

[drewd]

I've used the diesel Redex in my old Mazda 6 a couple of times when it was on offer just to clear out some of the crap. I'm not sure it worked but it was cheaper than a tank of premium diesel and I used to use one or the other every couple of months. I bought a 3 pack of petrol Redex a few months back from Tesco for £3. I gave my dad a bottle, but haven't used any myself yet. I'll give it a go when I next fill up to see if it does anything.

 

That 5th gear video has annoyed me a bit. Yeah the results showed a greater increase using the Redex, but suggesting just adding that rather than giving the car a service seems pretty stupid to me, especially if you're planning on driving the car hard.

[Junkman]

So let me get this straight. If I put some paraffin into my tank, it

 

• Saves fuel
• Reduces emissions
• Improves the life of the engine

 

Is Redex owned by the government?