B7 Carbon Clean

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Poonmobile

Quote from: bballz on May 14, 2016, 11:07:31 AM
dunno about nitrogen, but i finally found someone in NZ that uses a wallnut shell blaster similar to what people talk about on the other US/EU audi forums - and all i can say is HOLY s**t it was way better

i guess its subject to who/how well the CC was done before


Details please?
Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

moochier

Keen to get my B7 RS4 Carbon cleaned... Feeling a bit flat and it's been almost 3 years! Last time it made a real significant difference.

Giltraps just quoted me $2300!!! Fark off surely that's a rip? Who else is doing a good honest job of this in Auckland?

Walnut blasting contact? Did you get to see the finished result, was it clean?

Cheers Guys.
RS4 Black Avant '06 B7 | milltek - replacement!!
RS4 Black Avant '07 B7 - toast
Alfa Giulietta Black '12 - you have to have had at least one right?!

Bullseye

BM Workshop do Walnut Carbon Cleaning or try Syntech Surface Finishing, they should know who as they supply the Walnut media for blasting.

B8 A4 Avant - soon to be eating Chips

moochier

Quote from: Bullseye on June 27, 2016, 07:45:10 AM
BM Workshop do Walnut Carbon Cleaning or try Syntech Surface Finishing, they should know who as they supply the Walnut media for blasting.

Thanks will do.
RS4 Black Avant '06 B7 | milltek - replacement!!
RS4 Black Avant '07 B7 - toast
Alfa Giulietta Black '12 - you have to have had at least one right?!

Poonmobile

I'm giving the Carbon clean that Clint in Grey Lynn does a go. Had a good chat to him, and I thought at that price, its worth a go- if i'm not impressed or it makes very little difference in terms of performance i'll book it in to do it properly as i had budgeted for it in my maintenance this year. will report back.
Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

moochier

Cool, interested to hear of process and results. BTW I'm based in Ponsonby, who is Clint? Where is his workshop/business? Cheers
RS4 Black Avant '06 B7 | milltek - replacement!!
RS4 Black Avant '07 B7 - toast
Alfa Giulietta Black '12 - you have to have had at least one right?!

RS ZWEI

Quote from: Poonmobile on June 30, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
I'm giving the Carbon clean that Clint in Grey Lynn does a go. Had a good chat to him, and I thought at that price, its worth a go- if i'm not impressed or it makes very little difference in terms of performance i'll book it in to do it properly as i had budgeted for it in my maintenance this year. will report back.

Is that Clint Barber?
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

waxer

I think it is - they are on Home St.  Really good guy, knows his RS4's and has one.  Not a massive change in mine but I think it needs the full scrape out.  By all accounts the nitrogen is a preventative measure.  Get them fully cleaned, only use 98, and a nitrogen blast once in a while and should remove for the need to do the full clean.  H gave me some additive which I am hoping has fixed my potential leaking injectors.  All round good rooster is Clint

Poonmobile

Quote from: RS ZWEI on June 30, 2016, 10:15:30 PM
Is that Clint Barber?

Yes, just had it done today- Clint Barber and his brother Matt run the business. (Matt is actually an old regular customer of mine from Welly days, so we had a good old chat). Clint also explained the process, and it doesn't remove the oil sludge build up, he was pretty upfront about it. They now offer the full clean out service which i will do in about 5000kms (as i just did an oil change). They look after about 8 B7 RS4's and have done close to 30 carbon cleans on them. He himself is a huge fan of the car and has owned two.

At first drive, throttle response is MUCH better, revs out far easier at idle and power delivery and cold start is much smoother. I think as waxer mentioned this i s great preventative maintenance step, coupled with a good clean and changing oil regularly this will keep the car ticking along nicely. I can't wait for the run up to the mount this weekend!

Here are their updated details for anyone who is keen- Please mention VASK if and when you book in!

Clint Or Matt Barber
H2 Engine Carbon clean
www.carbonclean.co.nz
6 King St Grey Lynn
021999338 (clint) , 021522459 (matt)
Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

RS ZWEI

Quote from: Poonmobile on July 05, 2016, 12:47:29 PM
Yes, just had it done today- Clint Barber and his brother Matt run the business. (Matt is actually an old regular customer of mine from Welly days, so we had a good old chat). Clint also explained the process, and it doesn't remove the oil sludge build up, he was pretty upfront about it. They now offer the full clean out service which i will do in about 5000kms (as i just did an oil change). They look after about 8 B7 RS4's and have done close to 30 carbon cleans on them. He himself is a huge fan of the car and has owned two.

At first drive, throttle response is MUCH better, revs out far easier at idle and power delivery and cold start is much smoother. I think as waxer mentioned this i s great preventative maintenance step, coupled with a good clean and changing oil regularly this will keep the car ticking along nicely. I can't wait for the run up to the mount this weekend!

Here are their updated details for anyone who is keen- Please mention VASK if and when you book in!

Clint Or Matt Barber
H2 Engine Carbon clean
www.carbonclean.co.nz
6 King St Grey Lynn
021999338 (clint) , 021522459 (matt)

Matt is Clint;s Dad ;)
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

Poonmobile

Ha! Classic. Matt looks good for his age then, from HB too, do you know the family?
Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

RS ZWEI

Quote from: Poonmobile on July 05, 2016, 01:36:21 PM
Ha! Classic. Matt looks good for his age then, from HB too, do you know the family?

Yip, my Grandfather remarried Matts mother inlaw.
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

DASH!

Is anyone able to recommend a garage in Wellington for a Full carbon clean (walnut shell blasting or manual soak and scrub)?
2008 Audi RS4

knr

Hi all, I know this topic has probably been overdone but I'm looking for recommended places for a full carbon clean for my B7 RS4 in Auckland? A couple of quotes came back over $2K which seems pretty excessive. Thanks!

jaimzthedrummer

Hiya mate,

I'd recommend Brodie European (as many on this forum would I guess...). From memory it cost me around $1500 but they did a great job. Before and after photos show this.

Stay away from the intake spray-in solutions. Effing snake oil.

James
Current: 07 Audi RS4, 07 Audi S6, 94 BMW M3, 92 BMW 318is (race car), 04 Honda Odyssey
Past: 91 Ford Laser GT-X, 98 Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4, 04 Subaru Legacy GT WR Edition, 93 Nissan Skyline GT-R

knr

Thanks for the recommendation James - will check out Brodies!


jpmeikle

#96
Quote from: DASH! on March 01, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Is anyone able to recommend a garage in Wellington for a Full carbon clean (walnut shell blasting or manual soak and scrub)?
the rs4 is possibly the most prone to carbon build up,
We do this in wellington and are affiliated to matt and clint barber in akl  . see carbonclean.co.nz
best idea is to have the intake manifold removed and clean this following up with a 2 step process using a professional
strength motovac intake cleaner put in while engine is running followed by  a hydrogen treatment to clean the injector face,combustion chamber,plugs
oxy sensor etc. quite often after 100,000km you get issues with the intake manifold swirl flaps (wear).
there is a modification available which we remove the flaps and reset the adaptation,manually clean the intake and valve stems.
call on 027 7337270 for more information. thxs John

slowmo

What sort of interval (time? km?) should be between carbon cleans?

Mine was done May 2017 by Matt and Clint according to the service records but they didn?t indicate the KMs at the time.
Current: 2004 MK4 R32 3-door NZ New DBP

Past: 2010 MK6 GTI / 2013 Nissan Leaf LOL / 2007 B7 RS4 / 2006 MK5 R32 / 2005 MK5 GTI / 1998 MK4 GTI / 1997 B5 A4 MTM