REDEX and other stuff

N-ice one Grinch! Cheers

[northwind]

Originally Posted by thedonal

I've heard a few people suggest that Redex is not suitable for bikes- it's designed for car engines and clogs bikes up a bit.

Is there something better out there that helps with carb icing?

Like Grinch, I've found that the premium fuels help with minor carb icing- with the setup on mine it can suffer quite badly, the premiums keep it under control. In really bad conditions- fog, basically, on a very cold day- it'll still ice up though, so I keep a wee 50cc bottle of FST Pro under the seat for those bad days, it's ace stuff, like voodoo (also, it lives in a Smirnoff bottle, which gets some funny looks )

I've used Redex on the SV, if I suspect it of bunging up I'd usually just pop the carbs off and give them a proper clean but sometimes I can't be bothered, and it does seem to help. Course, you never know if something's just got better by itself, or if it's placebo effect even... But then again, even if it is a placebo effect, a bottle lasts for ages so it's a cheap placebo

Originally Posted by northwind

Like Grinch, I've found that the premium fuels help with minor carb icing- with the setup on mine it can suffer quite badly, the premiums keep it under control. In really bad conditions- fog, basically, on a very cold day- it'll still ice up though, so I keep a wee 50cc bottle of FST Pro under the seat for those bad days, it's ace stuff, like voodoo (also, it lives in a Smirnoff bottle, which gets some funny looks )

I've used Redex on the SV, if I suspect it of bunging up I'd usually just pop the carbs off and give them a proper clean but sometimes I can't be bothered, and it does seem to help. Course, you never know if something's just got better by itself, or if it's placebo effect even... But then again, even if it is a placebo effect, a bottle lasts for ages so it's a cheap placebo

So to clairfy it is ok to use redex on a bike.

I might waste some money on it.

[Wideboy]

i will try some of this FST Pro stuff, i occasionally suffer from carb icing

[northwind]

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

So to clairfy it is ok to use redex on a bike.

Well, I'm no chemist, but I first put some in the bike 20000 miles ago or so. I can't really see that there's much difference between a bike and a car from this point of view, especially with older bikes.

Ok cheers.

[embee]

Originally Posted by rictus01

...Oh and I had some ZX1 in an Armstrong MT500 on and enduro, smashed the sump out of it (on a log) and it managed another 18 miles like that , most impressive that.

While on the subject, let's just be clear about a couple of things.

Cleaners like Redex are OK to add to fuel in the amounts instructed for specific purposes, i.e. to clean parts of the fuel system where deposits have built up.

Stuff like FST to minimise carb icing are fine.

Avoid any additives for engine or transmission oils. Decent oil will do the job fine. In particular do not use anything with chlorinated paraffins, like Active8 or ZX1, they look good in anti-scuff test demonstrations but will destroy an engine, read this

[Wideboy]

can you add that FST and redex at the same time or is it best to flush through with redex 1st then use FST

[yorkie_chris]

I'd say use the tank with redex in it first, then add FST to the next. No particular info about any possible reaction, but it's the safe bet.

[johnnyrod]

Frankly save your money on Redex and just give it a couple of tankfuls of decent fuel, it's old-hat additive technology compared to what Shell et al are selling you