I've inherited a little 2006 Citroën C2 with the 1.1 TU engine. This car belonged to my grandmother and only did short trips to get groceries. It now has 163 000 km on the odo. The poor thing maybe had an oil change every two or three years. Needless to say, there's some thick varnish under the valve cover but no sludge so i don't really care about that.
When i changed the oil, there was only 1L left in the crankcase over a 15 000 km OCI just like the previous oil change i did back in 2017. It smokes a bit under heavy acceleration. I plan to give this car to my girlfriend as a little city commuter. I've been able to slowly cure oil consumption in the cars i owned with many short OCIs and extensive italian tune-ups but i don't plan to do that with this car.
I really want to try a piston soak. How would you proceed given what's available to me? Here's a list of what i can buy at the stores :
- Gasoline fuel system/injector cleaners (CHEAP)
- Diesel fuel system/injector cleaner (CHEAP)
- Engine flushes (CHEAP)
- Carburator cleaner (aerosol)
- EGR cleaner (aerosol)
- DPF cleaner
- White spirit
- Turpentine
- Kerosene
- Diesel
When i changed the oil, there was only 1L left in the crankcase over a 15 000 km OCI just like the previous oil change i did back in 2017. It smokes a bit under heavy acceleration. I plan to give this car to my girlfriend as a little city commuter. I've been able to slowly cure oil consumption in the cars i owned with many short OCIs and extensive italian tune-ups but i don't plan to do that with this car.
I really want to try a piston soak. How would you proceed given what's available to me? Here's a list of what i can buy at the stores :
- Gasoline fuel system/injector cleaners (CHEAP)
- Diesel fuel system/injector cleaner (CHEAP)
- Engine flushes (CHEAP)
- Carburator cleaner (aerosol)
- EGR cleaner (aerosol)
- DPF cleaner
- White spirit
- Turpentine
- Kerosene
- Diesel