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No, they actually both say to do it when the engine is cold, probably to prevent it going into a piping hot engine. But I think both would work better if the gunk is warm and soft, so a soak stage would probably help. Although again the stuff may evaporate more in a hot manifold...!

My pleasure, glad it was helpful! Please share on your socials!

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

That makes sense and it's what I did in this video. But the instructions on the can don't say that, it says it'll clean dirty manifolds (however unlikely that claim may sound to you and I) so that's why I tested its claims first.

It's still coming. The hold up has been that the subsequent tests were different to my initial tests, so I've had to do a lot more work to work out what's gone on and make sure what I present is repeatable.

@@TheMusingGreg thank you and only asked as the Melbourne Caravan Show is coming up and was going to see if the HardKorr was on sale :)

@@PetSue If it is, and you need close to 200W of output, I would definitely grab one. Anything sub $500 including the regulator will be very good value.

You're welcome, glad it was helpful!

The pump does push it out so fast that it should eliminate the air pretty quickly. I reckon having up higher might risk it spilling and making a mess! A drain and refill a few times without removing the hoses, with a bit of driving in between, would help, but you'd still have some of the old stuff in there mixed with the new.

Ground it is, I’ll revisit in a couple years, mine is only just about to tick over 100 thousand. Do you have a transmission oil change video?

Haha no sorry I actually did that prior to the power steering and didn't think of it! Wish I had TBH. But it's basically the same process, you just remove the top end of the rubber hose at the bottom of the trans cooler and slide a plastic hose over the metal pipe that comes down vertically and run the engine until fluid starts spurting. Refill underneath (helps to have a hand pump to pump it up to the fill point which is high on the driver's side of the trans) and repeat until you get clean fluid coming through. Uses about 10L to do it properly, and then refill. I've changed the filter in the transmission twice, about 70k between each time and both times it's been clean as inside so I wouldn't bother doing it on yours yet.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Glad it was helpful! When I get some time I'll try to finish parts 2 and 3!

Yep there are plenty of ways to achieve this. The main thing is you know what's happening and don't leave all the good stuff in the can when it's thrown out!

And subbed to your channel

Thank you on all counts! It's a great tracker, and I got another one recently and the changes they've made since the review have made it even better! Enjoy and thanks for your support!

@@TheMusingGreg Your more than welcome, Its people like you that make great sales for companies. Your video sold me lol So win win

Cheers mate I really appreciate it! 👍

Hey Jack, no not so far, there are heaps of brands out there so it's hard to cover them all!

Unless you've already donated to the channel to help me continue to buy products for reviews, I don't think you're really in a position to criticise an upcoming review of a loaned product. How does that have any influence on the content of the review? I don't get to keep it, I just review it and send it back to them, and the only thing I get out of it is the tiny amount of ad revenue from the video, and affiliate commissions from any kind people who choose to use the link (of which there has been one so far, not five). Over the past few years I've regularly asked for viewers to financially support the channel and unfortunately hardly anyone's ever done it. So if I'm to continue creating in-depth reviews like I do and people aren't willing to donate to offset those costs then I need other ways to access product, especially when I don't actually need it myself. I already have a solar blanket, so it makes no sense for me to pay $500 to buy a product I don't need just so I can create reviews for people who aren't willing to chip in. Do you really think TH-camrs should create content and not get paid for their work?

It might well work but I didn't try it. I expect a fine polish might work better.

Glad it was helpful! Which one did you decide to buy? Note there is a new version of the Hard Korr blanket out now that performs even better! Check out the teaser video I did on it and stay tuned for a full review soon!

Isn't that basically what Liqui Moly diesel intake cleaner is? I've covered that several times on this channel and it's only made a minimal difference

@ When applied through the throttle body and all the vac hoses Regularly it makes a difference. I have also seen it take vehicles that were so gummed up that didnt run to a running vehicle again. It took 3 cans.

If you have a DPF yes that would seem to make sense

Thanks mate! If you mean the Hard Korr one, that's not the same product as I reviewed. That's their budget range which is quite different. Look for the heavy duty crocskin version which has also been updated and performs even better, see my separate teaser video on that. th-cam.com/video/rsSXbBbueoI/w-d-xo.html Glad you enjoyed the review!

I'm really not sure where you're coming from with this comment. I've not seen any 200W blankets for $100-200 from anyone I'd call a top brand. Send me some examples. The only 200W blanket in that range I know of is Kings which is no way a top brand and was pretty well rubbish when I tested it. All the brands in this test are pretty good and reputable. I don't consider any of them to be scams.

Interesting theory, but clearly in practice neither product worked very well. I can't see why solvents would work better where it's hot, they're just going to evaporate faster surely?

Great, glad the review was helpful! Did you use my coupon code and get your free tracking upgrade?

Yep EGR is certainly the main culprit. If it was legal to get rid of it that's probably what I'd do.

Hi Ian, Thanks for the comment. Yeah as you would have seen from the review, I had the same issue mounting in my van. In the end I fabricated a little nook for it and that's working fine, however Solid GPS is now offering a waterproof pouch with their trackers if you want it, which provides a good mounting alternative. I'll be doing another review this year on the Solid comparing with a similar unit and I'll show cover that pouch as part of the review, so stay tuned for that. Odd that you didn't get an alert about the low battery, do you have the app installed on your phone? Or might it have gone into spam in your inbox? I haven't had the luxury of letting mine run down to a critical level as I'm using it regularly, but I'll check that next time. A hardwired option like the Black Knight is certainly set and forget as far as battery maintenance providing your happy to go through the hassle of doing the wiring, it's just a shame the ongoing fees were so much higher than Solid. The solid GPS isn't a perfect unit, but all up I'm pretty happy with it especially for the price. Cheers, Greg

@@TheMusingGreg Yes, we get alerts from it including sms and I have the app. Battery last reported at 63% so I don't think it was low battery.

Oh right sorry I misunderstood when you said you charged it. That's weird if it wasn't tracking but still had charge. Are you sure it had signal the whole time? I've had that when I've been out of range

@@TheMusingGreg When the van is in storage the signal varies from Great to Okay and sometimes Poor. But it didn't give any updates for the 3 days we were away - about a 150K round trip. After fully charging and turning it off/on as advised by support it's working again.

Hmm that's weird. But I guess any electronics can have glitches. Glad the all reliable power cycle worked!

Yep I guess so

Glad you found it useful!

What made you decide to do that?

@TheMusingGreg plastic ones bloat and shrink and leak. The painter knew what he was doing.

Maybe it depends on the quality. The yellow ones in the video were 3 years old. The small one had been in the sun and was faded but otherwise fine. And as I mentioned in the video, the red one is over 25 years old and still going strong. So my experience certainly hasn't shown any of the problems you allege.

Yeah, maybe I've just been exposed to the modern cheap Chinese stuff. However the excessive expansion in the sun always made me anxious. I'll try the metal for a while and see how we go. I do agree quality is key.

Cool keep me posted. I agree expansion could be a concern but they should be designed to handle it. My yellow cans are about 5 years old and probably Chinese (Proquip brand I think) and haven't split despite the 10l being in the Aussie summer sun a good 2 years

I'd recommend you check the two videos I did on catch cans in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLY9DsfXyOtbJpXEGN-ngDH72F9bzJRTdW.html It may change your opinion on that

It may well have done that, but I couldn't see much evidence of cleaning of the manifold which is what I was primarily looking for.

I've had that when the device has gone out of signal range but not other times. Check with Solid GPS why it might be doing that, it may be that it's not going to sleep properly and that Moving is the default position when it's not sleeping. If so it'll be chewing through more battery than usual. Let us know what you find.

From what I understand the timing chains don't need replacement unless they're stretched. I'm not aware these have been changed ever, maybe I'll get them checked.

@@TheMusingGreg yes they can jump a few teeth sending valves thru pistons or worst chain can break all together destroying engine

There are probably locations where there are limited satellites available but it only tracks every 10 minutes usually, or 2 minutes in emergency mode, so there's usually plenty of time to get a new location lock. Your phone can still detect its location from inside luggage so the tracker should be able to do the same. As far as your minimum specs: I doubt you'll find anyone who gives you a tracker without a subscription, as the network provider charges an ongoing fee. It would be like buying a phone and wanting no ongoing plan / fee to use it on a network. No-one's going to do that unless they charge you a huge amount upfront to cover themselves and then they'd never sell one. I don't know how it would handle being on charge permanently, Solid said it could be done but not sure if it's been tested.

Yep that's what I ended up using!

Cool thanks for the update Craig! They told me they were working on it but I haven't seen it yet! I will be ordering another one soon so looking forward to checking it out!

Yep I've been pretty happy with them although this unit failed just after the test concluded. I'm currently reviewing their updated version, here's the teaser. th-cam.com/video/rsSXbBbueoI/w-d-xo.html stay tuned for the full thing!

Haha good one! Yeah that's how we say it over here and we spell it with an extra i near the end "aluminium". But you're right and good shot! 😄

Great to hear, glad you enjoyed the video! Did you use my 5% discount code rather than pay full price?

No , sadly. Saw your video after i purchased them

Oh shame, not to worry hope you'll be happy with the batteries anyway! Keep the code in mind for any future purchases! 😎

All good points thanks for sharing! Yeah the issue of heat with cables comes with time; 250A for a few seconds won't matter but sustained high loads week cause melting issues

Yep it gets plumbed back into the manifold and reburned. That's what contributes to the build-up

Not that I noticed, bit it's possible you could get minimal fumes

Yes I had no voltage prior to the repair because half of one panel had gone open circuit. That's why for me it made sense to pull it apart and see if I could at least get something out of it. In your situation it sounds like the panels with minimal voltage drop have gone faulty, either by having just reduced output,, or one part may have failed but it may be in parallel with another part which hasn't. In either case, removing the faulty part isn't going to increase your output unless it's in series with other parts that aren't faulty and can't currently provide any output. If the panel is practically unusable for you as it is, you don't have anything to lose by opening it up and seeing if you can isolate the faulty part like I did. However if you're still able to use it as it is, I would just keep it as it is as it's possible you could go through all that work and not actually improve it at all.

@@TheMusingGreg Took the brave step today and removed the stitches. Four panel are attached in series and the rear side of the panels are covered with some white sticker so not like yours where you can see the copper. Anyways tested it without the sun for resistance of each panel and the first two show most resistance then the 3,4 panel. Soldering is all good and even checked the continuity from the +.ve points of the panel with the visible side thin wire coming from the front side of the panel. All showed continuity. But that's from the one side only, the other side does not show continuity with the terminal even on the good ones. This testing is without removing the series connection. Seems like the panels are just not producing enough volts and that's about it.

@@CrazzyRandy It would be worth disconnecting the wiring and measuring the voltage of each panel in the sun. That will help you compare the behaviour of each panel and isolate if it's just one panel with the issue. You could then put a small load on each panel and measure the current through that same load while using a voltmeter to measure the voltage it can hold while delivering that current; that will further help you determine the performance of each panel.

Finally opened it up last month and magically it was putting out around 60watts at 3 amp. Measured it few times at it still showed the same. Today though to measure it again and it is back to 2 amp. All the wiring seems good, re soldered all the points and still same 2amps output. God knows what’s the issue now. It’s nothing I can do and all the panels which are attached in series are good but just not producing enough. Something to do with Earths alignment with the sun🤣

And the back side of panel is glued with some kind of white sheet nothing is visible from back, only the output points are there.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I'm sure it will to a point, it's just a question of how hard the build-up is common and I suspect around the valves it's going to be somewhat harder than in the manifold. So it should do something but probably not a heap

Glad you found it helpful! Did you end up buying one yet? Make sure you use that coupon and get your 75 days' free tracking if you haven't yet!

Which one did you like?

Awesome, glad I could help! Let me know how you get on with it! Hope you got your 75 days' free tracking?!