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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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fuel injector cleaner

howz over the counter fuel injector cleaner? like the ones pepboys, autozone, chevron sells? are they safe to use? do they work? any recommended fuel injector cleaner??
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:34 AM
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Pretty much you get what you pay for,don't go cheapo and you will be ok.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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B&G is supposedly pretty good....
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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they are not bad.
Best is to remove them and send them off to be cleaned
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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I use Redline S-1
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:05 AM
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I use seafoam once every 25k miles just to clean crap out. However, other people have received good results with chevron techron.

Last edited by DanJ; Mar 5, 2007 at 09:27 AM.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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There's a product from Redline Oil called SI-1 that works
great and also has other benefits as well. But having them
professionally cleaned and tested will ensure more consistent
results everytime.

Later
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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anyone tried lucas?
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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I've used Lucas. Seems to work good.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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The lucas octane boost works great. Put one bottle in half tank and filled up. Getting better gas mileage. It boosts octane, cleans injectors, etc. +1 in my book. Lucas tune up in a bottle is good to-$3.00 for a tiny bottle but it does evrything except boost octane.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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I've used lucas upper cylinder lub/cleaner and seafoam. First time I ran lucas I could tell a difference.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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chevron is good stuff! bg injector service works well too! i forget the name but some one chime in if they know, snap-on has a service machine thats suppose to be very good!
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:20 AM
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Should I clean the fuel injectors when I only have 6200 on the clock?
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 05:00 AM
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alot of people run a bottle when they change the oil.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 05:17 AM
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I run BG MI 3000
I get usually about 30-40 more miles per tank
when I removed my head everything looked very clean
no carbon
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