Cataclean Fuel & Exhaust System Cleaner – Pass Emissions Tests – Clear Check Engine Lights – Restores Catalytic Converters, DPF Filters and Cleans Fuel Systems, 5L (120009CAT)

Picked up a 2010 Accord EX-L 3.5 about 6 months ago with low miles. It apparently had been sitting most of its life in a dark room judging by the paint, interior and general cleanliness. Great for looks but not so much for the fuel system. 2 cat codes P0420 and P0430. Replaced a bad fuel pump already which is rare in a Honda but not unheard of. Sure wasn't excited to replace cats. Tried a bottle of Cataclean and the codes disappeared. Came back on a while later but this time only 1 bank. (P0420) Put the second bottle in (this time a richer mix) and the code went away again. But it's the performance factor that impressed me most. Glass smooth idle and lots of throttle response and power. I'll be using this again for sure. Never been a big fan of additives. I've been in the automotive repair industry for some 40 years now, and there's a lot of gimmicks out there. This one seems to work.

My 2007 Volvo failed emissions in February. I took it to mechanic who is certifed to repair emissions system. $700 later the car was running better but would not pass. Over the next three months the car received three "ABORT"ed tests. That means it did not pass nor did it fail. The EVAP system and the CAT system were not ready. I was told to complete a drive cycle. I already completed one in February but two different emissions technicians told me to drive the car more. I searched online for the specific drive cycle for my Volvo and despite trying several more times the EVAP and Catalytic monitor were not ready. I knew this because I purchased a $25 monitor so I can see for myself. This morning I followed the Cataclean instructions to the letter. At a quarter tank I poured it in the gas tank. I drove for 20 minutes on the highway towards the emissions station with the monitor plugged in. I was about to give up and head home when the Catalyst not ready turned to ready. I went directly to the emissions station for a test. The car passed and now I can register it online. I plan on using it in the future and highly recommend it.

Work good . Make sure lees 1/4 tank of gas

I own a 2006 Nissan Armada V8 with over 180K miles on it. A "Service Engine Soon" message appeared on the dash... code 420 (problem with catalytic converter). I could have taken it to a repair shop and paid them a $280 diagnostic fee and then potentially another $1800 to replace the catalytic converter, but I didn't want to put that much money into a vehicle this old.I decided to give Cataclean a try. The instructions said mix one 16 oz. bottle with every four gallons of gas in your tank. I bought a six-pack to mix with 24 gallons of gas (tank holds up to 28 gals). It took about a week to run that mix through the engine, after which I refilled with gas only. I could have cleared the code to see if it came back, but I decided to see if it would go away on its own first. In less than 2 weeks time, the "Service Engine Soon" message dissappeared and hasn't come back since.During that two weeks, I monitored my miles per gallon and found that I was now getting exactly 20% better mileage! There was also a noticable improvement in responsiveness and acceleration. I wasn't really expecting all that, but the fuel injectors were obviously in need of a good cleaning... and they obviously got it!Six bottles of Cataclean wasn't exactly cheap, but it was much less than the alternative. I'm very pleased with the results and can highly recommend it.

I would like to say must buy product. I was going through all the review and found a good review of this product so thought I should try this for my cars since 3 years I was facing Engine Light issue which was appearing on my car dashboard. I pour this directly to my fuel tank and drove for 2 days and found that engine light got disappeared.I am totally surprised with the result. I am really happy :) as I went to so many garages and they could not find the exact issue and everytime they reset this manually with machines and its back again in few days.I suggest if you are facing same issue then you shoud try once.

This product really works, it’s worth the try…

سيارتي من نوع GMC اكاديا موديل 2008 ماشيه تقريبا 400 الف كيلو متر . ظهرت عندي لمبة المكينة بشكل مفاجئ وقمت مباشرة بفحص الكمبيوتر وظهر عندي الكود P0420 والخاص بفشل دبة التلوث (الكتاليزر). اخطر واخبث كود وفعلا يعتبر كابوس والسبب انه سيارتي بها علبتين تلوث قيمة الواحده 6000 ريال اي انه تساوي 12000 ريال قيمة العلبتين مع ملاحظة انها اغلى من سيارتي لو بعتها في الحراج (ههههه). طبعا الشركات المصنعة مبرمجه كمبيوترات السيارات انه في حال انخفاض كفاءة دبة التلوث عن 95% في تنقية مخلفات العادم تظهر لمبة المكينة ويعطى حساس الاكسجين نسب خلط غير حقيقية للكمبيوتر وتبدأ هنا تزيد صرفية الوقود وبذلك اصبح لزاما على مالك السياره استبدال دبات التلوث رغم انها مازالت تعمل بنسب كفاءة اقل من 95% وهذا جيد للبيئة وسيئ لمحفظتي الماليه. هذه بعض النصائح التي احتسب فيها الاجر من الله مع العلم بأنني لست فني سيارات وانما قرأت الكثير عن هذا الكابوس.اولا: ظهور الكود P0420 ليس بالضرورة ان علبة التلوث معيبه , هناك بعض الاخطاء ربما تؤدي الى ظهور هذا الكود مثل ( حساس الاكسجين الامامي (قبل دبة التلوث) و حساس الاكسجين الخلفي (بعد دبة التلوث) ضعف البواجي و اتساخ مدخل الهواء وتسريبات العادم وغيرها مثل تلف جلدة غطاء تانكي الوقود وصمام EVAP الخاص بالتبخير. لذلك عليك اولا مراجعة والتاكد من صحة هذه المكونات قبل التفكير في تغيير علبة التلوث. لذلك ماقمت به اولا التاكد من كفاءة حساسات الاكسجين ولهذا الغرض استخدمت ماسح كمبيوتر السيارة من نوع OBD2- Blue driver والذي يعطي قراءة مباشرة Live لعمل الحساسات وكانت النتائج مبشرة جدا حيث ان نسب الفولتيه للحساس الاول تصل الى 0.1 v والمنحنى يعطي شكل زقزاق ثابت بين القراءتين 0.01-.01 فولت والحساس الثاني (بعد علبة التلوث) مختلف تماما عن قراءة الحساس الاول بمنحنى مستوي مستطيل بدون تذبذب حوالي 0.45 ملي فولت وهذا يثبت ان الحساسات تعمل بشكل جيد ويثبت ايضا ان دبة التلوث (الكتاليزر) غير مسدودة ومازالت تعمل بكفاءة عاليه ولكنها اقل من 95%. ولو ان قراءة الحساس الثاني مطابقة لقراءة الحساس الاول هذا يثبت ان دبة التلوث قد تلفت او مفرغة من البلاتينيوم والتيتان ويتوجب حينها استبدالها وتقبل الامر الواقع حفاظا على البيئة المحيطة بنا وعلى صحتنا.اقترح عليك عند ظهور الكود الخبيث لاول مره القيام بفحص مباشر بالكمبيوتر وتسجيل الكودات الظاهره ومن ثم القيام بمسح الكود والانتظار. اذا عاود الكود بالظهور سريعا فهذا يعني ان هناك مشكله غير دبة التلوث واذا رجع الكود وظهر بعد يوم او يومين فهذا مؤشر بأن دبة التلوث لاتعمل بشكل جيد وهذا ما حصل معي فعليا.بعد ان ثبت لدي ان دبة التلوث لاتعمل لدي بشكل جيد (كفاءة اقل من 95%) وضعت لنفسي خطة الاصلاح التالية:1- استخدام منتجات تنظيف الدبة عن طريق خزان الوقود مثل cataclean (المنتج الحالي) رائحته مثل التنر (مذيب الدهان) وغيرها من المنتجات مثل (ليكي مولي). واذا لم ينجح هذا الخيار اطبق طريقة العلاج الثانية:2- فتح الحساس الاول (قبل علبة التلوث ) ووضع سائل التنظيف ومن ثم تشغيل السياره ,ورفع ضغط المكينه الى 2000 RPM لمدة نصف ساعة. اذا لم ينجح هذا الخيار اطبق العلاج الثالث:3- فتح الحساس الثاني (بعد علبة التلوث) وعزله بصامولة (سبيسر) وبذلك يعطي قراءات مختلفة عن الحساس الاول وتختفي لمبة المكينة مباشرة. اذا لم ينجح هذا الخيار اطبق العلاج الرابع:4- ابيع السيارة والعوض على الله .لاحظ انه لم اتطرق لطرق اخرى مثل وضع سائل التنظيف في البوابة مع التشغيل لانها تحتاج الى فني متمرس لكي لايضر بجلد البلوف واجزاء المكينه الاخرى. ولا انصح بأتباع وضع جالون تنر امريكي في الخزان لانه راح يضر بطرمبة الوقود واجزاء المكينه. ولا انصح بتفريغ دبة التلوث من الرصاص لانه يضر بصحتك وصحتي ويؤدي الى صرفية عاليه من الوقود وجهد غير مبرر على المحرك.بعد مراجعات مطولة على افضل سائل لتنظيف دبة التلوث عن طريق خزان الوقود وجدت ان cataclean عليه مراجعات موثوقة ومشجعه على مستوى العالم لذلك قررت شراءة وتوكلت على الله رغم ارتفاع سعره الا انه مازال اقل بكثير من سعر دبات التلوث.ما يلي شرح للطريقة التي استخدمتها:1-لاتمسح لمبة المكينه (لاتمسح الكود) قبل المعالجة لكي نتاكد ان المنتج فعال.2- يتوجب ان يكون في خزان الوقود 4 جالونات امريكي (مايعادل 15 لتر من البنزين) ولا يزيد عن ذلك لكي لاتتسبب في تخفيف المنتج ومن ثم تقل كفاءته. سيارتي تسع الى 80 لتر من الوقود لذلك انتظرت مؤشر الوقود يقل عن الربع بقليل.3- اضفت علبه واحده من cataclean الى خزان الوقود بعد ان اخذ المحرك درجة حرارة التشغيل (سخنت السيارة 10 دقائق) واحكمت اغلاق غطاء الخزان.4-توجهت الى الطريق السريع وقدت بسرعة 120 كيلومتر بالساعه ولمدة ساعه كامل حتى اضاءة لمبة تحذير نفاذ الوقود.5- قمت بتعبة الوقود بنزين خالي الرصاص احمر 956- قمت بالقيادة مجددا بنفس الطريقة حتى وصلت المنزل بعد ساعة اخرى7- عندما وصلت المنزل (بعد قيادة ساعتين بسرعه 120 ) مازالت لمبة المكينة مضاءة مما سبب لي الاحباط.8-اطفئت السيارة وانا اتحسر على الجهد المبذول.9- عندا المساء توجهت الى وسط المدينه لقضاء بعض الحاجات ومازالت لمبة المكينة مضاءة.10- عند تشغيل السيارة مرة اخرى في وسط المدينة اختفت لمبة المكينة من تلقاء نفسها (انه سحر) الحمدلله دبة التلوث الان نظيفه ونجح cataclean في رفع كفاءتها اكثر من 95%. اشعر بالسعادة الان وانا ممتن كثيرا لهذا المنتج.سوف اقوم بوضع قارورة اخرى احترازيا بعد ثلاث اشهر من تاريخ هذه المراجعه وسوف اوافيكم بالجديد في حينه . هل تعود لمبة المكينة مرة اخرى لاقدر الله ام لا.حظا سعيد لكم ولنا.

I think the Cataclean did help. The fuel economy has improved and so far so good no error message has re-appeared appeared.

Here's the quick summary: Yes I used this and yes my car passed smog test.... but I would try lots of other things before using Cataclean again.My vehicle is a 2004 Toyota Sienna with 137,000 miles. Check engine light (CEL) has been on for two years now. The CEL is on due to the following codesP0420 - Cat Bank 1,P0430 - Cat Bank 2 ,P2238 - AF Sensor Circuit.This year we got the registration renewal and were required to get a smog certificate. Since you can't pass smog test with CEL on, we took the van to the dealer to see about getting it the CEL fixed. The dealer recommended replacing both catalytic converters the A/F sensor and calibrate ECM. All for a cost of over $2,800.So instead of spending the $2,800 I figured it was worth it to give Cataclean a try. I followed the directions and added the entire contents to about 1/4 tank of gas. Then immediately drove the van until it was empty. The van was not completely empty, but the yellow fuel warning light did come on and the gauge was on E. At this point I filled up the tank with premium gasoline. After filling it I immediately drove the van for about 40 miles. I was expecting the CEL to turn off but it did not.At this point my story gets less normal than most I suppose. My wife drives this van most times and I have another car. It just so happened that my wife was sick with a bad case of the flu and she did not drive the Sienna for more than 1 week. So the Sienna sat with nearly a full tank of fuel and whatever was left of the Cataclean for 1 week.After 1 week of sitting in the garage, I decided it was time to try to drive the van and see if the CEL would turn off. This is where it gets very weird and discouraging and expensive. I pulled out of the garage and the van barely ran at all. It felt like only half of the engine was running. The engine had very little power and to make matters worse the CEL was now flashing ON and OFF. I pulled over and did some quick research on my phone and found out that a flashing CEL is bad news. I spent the next 4 hours "babying" my car. I would drive it for a little bit and the CEL would flash. So I would pull over and let it idle next to the curb. When the engine was simply idling the CEL would not flash. I did this for hours and hours and the CEL flashing got less and less prevalent. Finally the CEL stopped flashing after about 4 hours of driving and idling. If this does happen to you, you need to be very careful. Driving with a flashing CEL could lead to really expensive damage and even your car catching on fire.After that long evening of babying my car, the CEL never flashed again. But the car did not run correctly after that either. The car was rough at idle and vibrated a lot while it ran. And now, my car had a new code P0354. I took it to a mechanic and he replaced the #6 ignition coil and spark plug and cleaned the fuel injection system. This made the car run smooth and cleared the P0354 code. Replacing the ignition coil spark plug and cleaning the fuel injection system cost $510.I had a lot of expensive problems after I put in the Cataclean (see above). These problems could have been a coincidence and I could have had those problems without the Cataclean. After all, it's an old vehicle with lots of problems. Anything is possible. But I don't think I will be using Cataclean again.I cleared all codes and tried to run the monitors. For those of you not familiar, there are "monitors" which run in software on your vehicle. These monitors must be run and passed with no codes before you can have your car smogged. If the monitors generate codes, then the CEL turns ON. If you clear the codes, your CEL does go off, but your monitors are now "imcomplete" in your cars OBD memory. You cannot pass smog with incomplete monitors (actually the number of incomplete monitors allowed to pass smog varies from state to state so check with your motor vehicle department). You can find the rules for California here: [...]So now my car runs smoothly, the Cataclean has run through the emission system and the CEL is off. I have two incomplete monitors. One of the incomplete monitors is the Catalytic Converter monitor. So I then drive the van around town running some errands. Mostly stop and go, but some highway driving. After about 50 miles the CEL turns ON and generates code P0420... very discouraging. But I did not give up. I cleared the P0420 code and decided to try nothing but highway driving at moderate speed. Just a hunch I guess. So I got on the freeway and drove. Entirely freeway driving at very moderate speed. I got in the slow lane with the trucks and probably averaged 55 MPH and for it's worth I turned my Air Conditioning off. I did this for about 75 miles. I kept checking the scanner to see if the monitor for the Catalytic Converter had run, but it said incomplete. I must have checked the scanner 30 times to see if the monitor had run. Then it happened, the Catalytic Converter monitor ran and the status went to OK with no code. As soon as the monitor ran with no code I found the first smog station I could find and got a smog certificate. YEAH!!!!In order to do all of this I needed an OBDII scanner with me in the car to check monitors, read codes and clear codes. I used a very inexpensive OBDII scanner that I bought at Wal-Mart for $21. I think some of the inexpensive models offered on Amazon would work as well. You don't need an expensive scanner to do this. The main thing for checking monitors is a feature called "I/M Readiness Status"-- make sure your scanner can do this function.So did the Cataclean help pass smog? Did Cataclean cause the damage to the ignition coil? Did not driving it for a week in the middle of this process cause a problem? .... I don't know. If I were to ever need to use Cataclean again, I would drive the vehicle... a lot and try to get it through the system as quickly as I could. Hopefully, I won't need to use it again.