[HARDS 87]

Originally Posted by jt33592

Try Rencal located in Coopers Plains, been meaning to give them a call to see how much. If you do call them, if you can post up how much they charge

Rencal got back to me, looking at $600+ for the walnut blast and intake gasket replacements. They also recommend replacing the oil filter housing gasket at the same time, with an oil change on top. All up $1,179.

I think I might build my own...

[jt33592]

Originally Posted by HARDS 87

Rencal got back to me, looking at $600+ for the walnut blast and intake gasket replacements. They also recommend replacing the oil filter housing gasket at the same time, with an oil change on top. All up $1,179.

I think I might build my own...

Ok cool thanks, Im up for a walnut blast if you do decide to take diy path to help out with costs..

[HARDS 87]

Originally Posted by jt33592

Ok cool thanks, Im up for a walnut blast if you do decide to take diy path to help out with costs..

Too easy. I've purchased the adaptor already, just gotta get the rest set up. I'll pm you once it's sorted.

[RacePace]

Just got my 335i back from VTL this afternoon and happy to report the below;
-Improved idle and less of a stumble (yet to replace coils & plugs sure this will take care of that)
-Improved pull between 2.5k to 5k
-Very professional & knowledgeable on the n54 engines

Thanks again Vince pleasure to have met you and keep up the good work dude! Will be back for sure ☺

Before and after pics, e90 335i 2006 156k

[Aus335iguy]

Originally Posted by HARDS 87

Rencal got back to me, looking at $600+ for the walnut blast and intake gasket replacements. They also recommend replacing the oil filter housing gasket at the same time, with an oil change on top. All up $1,179.

I think I might build my own...

Is that for walnut blast, oil filter housing gasket, oil change as well or ....?
I've been quoted a lot higher than that

[vtl]

Good meeting RacePace and walnut blasting his car. Looked like pretty light buildup for 156k.

Looked like the car had been worked on by some monkey who had no idea what they were doing. They had put silicone rtv gasket on the intake manifold! On top of the rubber gaskets no less. A lot of crap stuck on the cylinder head which needed to be cleaned off.luckily new rubber gaskets were to be installed anyway. Always have to be careful who you trust to work on your car.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by vtl

Good meeting RacePace and walnut blasting his car. Looked like pretty light buildup for 156k.

Looked like the car had been worked on by some monkey who had no idea what they were doing. They had put silicone rtv gasket on the intake manifold! On top of the rubber gaskets no less. A lot of crap stuck on the cylinder head which needed to be cleaned off.luckily new rubber gaskets were to be installed anyway. Always have to be careful who you trust to work on your car.

WTF??? name and shame!!! who did this Race??

[RacePace]

Thanks again VTL for also resolving that silly gasket fix i have no idea wtf they were thinking!?

@socket idk as ive had the car for just over a 2 weeks now. Glad the first thing i done was get the walnut blast & engine oil sorted (black as!)

[MMM335]

been doing a few of these for people, will document more tmoz doing another

anyone brizzy, gold coast based hit me up includes coding/module updates that are possible via k-dcan.

[vtl]

Did a walnut blast for Rdany who had just recently purchased a e90 335i. Came to me in the morning on 5cylinders with a dead coilpack, I had a spare and easily fixed.

Definitely make sure you put in new coils and plugs before putting a tune on the car!

His car had over 150k kms on it and the build up was quite significant, but not as bad as youd think for the kms.

[vtl]

Yet another new owner BM335 with an E90 335i.

Was around 120k kms with a walnut blast done previously at some point. The buildup didnt look too bad

[Rdany]

Originally Posted by vtl

Did a walnut blast for Rdany who had just recently purchased a e90 335i. Came to me in the morning on 5cylinders with a dead coilpack, I had a spare and easily fixed.

Definitely make sure you put in new coils and plugs before putting a tune on the car!

His car had over 150k kms on it and the build up was quite significant, but not as bad as youd think for the kms.

A big thank you VTL
Car is way more responsive now even in D
I have a new set of coils plugs and turbo presure selenoids on the way
Once I get them I'll start flashing again.

[BM335M]

Originally Posted by vtl

Yet another new owner BM335 with an E90 335i.

Was around 120k kms with a walnut blast done previously at some point. The buildup didnt look too bad

Thanks vtl , car runs smoother now.
As a new owner the walnut blast was first on my list to do along with the plugs and coils.

The coding stuff is also great, no more clicking Accept on iDrive (so annoying before) and km/h digital display on the dash is awesome.

[juld0zer]

Just out of curiosity, what's the average walnut media consumption per job?
Only asking because the bag at work has never been replaced in the past 4 years. But it's not a daily thing we do. We mainly use it on the N57 engines actually

[vtl]

Originally Posted by juld0zer

Just out of curiosity, what's the average walnut media consumption per job?
Only asking because the bag at work has never been replaced in the past 4 years. But it's not a daily thing we do. We mainly use it on the N57 engines actually

I use around 3-4kg depending on the amount of buildup on the car

[vtl]

Did Kalsharith 's car last weekend, also swapped out the oil filter housing gasket since hte intake manifold was off. The buildup didn't seem to bad considering the kms, looks like it may have been done in the past.

Forgot to do after pics for this one

[vtl]

Also did pitos_7 's car last weekend as well, his car has over 150k kms on it

[vtl]

Forgot to put these pics up, but did TIRA 's car a while back, and probably the worst carbon buildup ive ever seen @ 120k kms

Bascially the back of the intake port behind the valve is filled up with carbon. Was very inconsistent with the cylinders too, some of them looked fairly normal and 2 cylinders the valves were very clogged up.

[TIRA]

And since then it's been running amazing!

[Socket]

Originally Posted by TIRA

And since then it's been running amazing!

another happy customer

[TIRA]

Originally Posted by Socket

another happy customer

Always been a big fan of Vinces work and advices.

Definitely will be a returning customer.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by TIRA

Always been a big fan of Vinces work and advices.

Definitely will be a returning customer.

+100 Tira

Next meet should be at Yoda motorsports