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Old 04-05-2007, 11:37 AM
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Thanx everyone...so forget the feul cleaners...waste of time & money. Thanx for your advice.
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Old 04-05-2007, 03:44 PM
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Thanx everyone...so forget the feul cleaners...waste of time & money. Thanx for your advice.
If you're dying to spend $$$ on something like this, focus on one of the mainstream products such as LM, RedLine or Techron. They're all fairly e-z to find. Unless you've got other issues, most will probably not notice any difference in operation.
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Old 04-05-2007, 07:01 PM
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Fuel system cleaners work great. But I only use Techron when it's needed. One bottle will usually clean out a dirty fuel injection system in just a vew miles. Its a wast of money to put it in every tankful.

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Old 04-05-2007, 07:55 PM
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Its a waste of money. All you have to do is change gas brands once in awhile. Every company uses a slightly different additive package and they all will leave deposites, of some sort. But if you switch brands they will clean eachother up.


Remember all gas is pumped down the same pipe line, they just add some additives after its put into the tanker truck.
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Old 04-05-2007, 08:59 PM
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I think they work.

I've had good luck with Lucas UCL.
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Old 04-05-2007, 09:14 PM
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Dunno. Some people believe in the Easter Bunny and some don't.

This is one of the reasons I only use premium fuel in my car. My 140's fuel system is complicated enough to use the A/C system to cool the fuel before it reaches the injectors so I can only imagine the repair bill to take it apart and clean it out.
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Old 04-05-2007, 09:18 PM
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You are supposed to use "premium" fuel because it has a high octane rating that higher compression engines need.


Note the higher the octane the more resistent to ignition the fuel is. So 87 burns faster then 93, or 100.

The octane rating has nothing to do with the additive package.
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