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Concensus on fuel injector cleaner: effective or snake oil?

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Old 04-17-2005, 11:03 AM
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Default Concensus on fuel injector cleaner: effective or snake oil?

Just ran a bottle of Chevron FI cleaner, figuring at 63k miles it couldn't hurt. Should I expect any tangible results?

Also started running 5 gal of 100 unleaded to 10 gal of 91 craptane ... so, with $2,80/gal 91 and $4.99/gal 100, my fill-ups are getting a touch expensive. But man does the already smooth AMS M-box run nice with 93 (effective) compared to 91.
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lost power, CEL, warned about destroying filter in tank...nvr again
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Was it the pure techron stuff or the stuff "with techron" the pure techron stuff is pertty good.
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Default Hrm well I just tried some because I had a stumbly idle...and it has worked very well.

My stumbly idle is gone, and I perceive a slight increase in power, but that might be in my head. Hey, it was cheap, I hoped it would cure my idle issues, and it seems to. I'm happy.

Tons and tons of people use it and I don't think I've ever heard of any problems that could be traced back to the injector cleaner. It's usually hearsay and conjecture.
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I used a bottle of techron before my last oil change and noticed slightly better gas mileage.
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"with techron"
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