Cost Effective Maintenance

Cost Effective Maintenance: engine problem solutions

Cost Effective Maintenance is an Australian company dedicated to manufacturing additives for combustion engines. Its approach focuses on addressing the root cause of failures such as diesel particulate filter (DPF) clogging, excessive oil consumption, power loss, smoke, high fuel consumption, blow-by and overheating. The company presents itself as an alternative to costly repairs and temporary fixes.

Products for engine cleaning and protection

The catalogue includes a variety of treatments formulated to clean and condition different engine parts:

• Flushing Oil Concentrate: oil cleaner that removes accumulated sludge and old oil. It is used during an oil change and, according to the company, helps reduce blow-by and oil consumption.
• FTC Decarbonizer: fuel additive that removes soot and carbon from exhaust areas, addressing DPF regeneration problems.
• CRD Fuel Enhancer: additive for common rail diesel engines that, according to the company, solves more than 90% of injector problems, such as rattle.
• Cleanpower: fuel treatment and injector cleaner.
• AW10 Antiwear: additive that increases the load-carrying capacity of the lubricant and reduces wear and friction.
• RMI-25: cooling system treatment.
• Marine Diesel Stabilizer: stabilizer for marine diesel.
• Kathon Fuel: fuel biocide.
• PMX 145: biocide with independent bacterial efficacy testing.

Kits and specific solutions

The company sells assembled kits for specific problems, such as the Engine Blowby Kit, the Stop Smoke Pack (in diesel and petrol versions), the Dirty Petrol Kit, the Dirty Diesel Kit and the Overheating Value Pack. It also offers value packs that combine Flushing Oil Concentrate with Cleanpower or with CRD Fuel Enhancer, and packs for diesel and petrol engines.

Accessories and complementary lines

In addition to the additives, the catalogue includes accessories such as Oil Catch Cans (with specific kits such as Western Filters, Directions Plus and ProVent 200, and replacement filters), Throttle Controllers and Fluid Testing Kits. The XTROLL line groups rust treatment products: Rust Conqueror UV, Chassis Guard, Silver, Impact Black and GP Primer. The Rusted Solutions line offers rust removers in gel and liquid form.

Technical support and testing

The company publishes technical documentation and independent test results for several of its products, including FTC Decarbonizer, CRD Fuel Enhancer, AW10 Antiwear, Cleanpower, RMI-25, Flushing Oil Concentrate and PMX 145. These include carbon emission assessments (ISO 14067), injector testing, fuel efficiency and emission reduction trials at a New South Wales open-cut mine, and bacterial analysis. It also provides safety data sheets (SDS) and dosing guides.

Applications and customers

The products are aimed at owners of diesel and petrol vehicles, fleets, trucks and mining equipment. The company mentions applications in mining, with a combustion optimisation and safeguard alignment framework. Its website highlights use cases in Toyota Land Cruiser, Nissan Patrol, Hilux and outboard engines, among others.

Experience and approach

With 41 years of experience, Cost Effective Maintenance defines itself as a company dedicated to offering cost-effective solutions. It maintains that around 80% of trucks with blow-by show wear within acceptable levels and that the problem is usually carbon and sludge accumulation, not mechanical wear. The company states that its products are made in Australia, highly concentrated and with a high treat rate, which makes them more economical than many commercial alternatives.

Shipping and customer service

The company offers free shipping Australia-wide and accepts payments with Afterpay and ZipPay, as well as express shipping. For advice, customers can contact Jimmy or Brid on (07) 3376 6188.