Combustion chamber cleaner recommndations
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Two products seem to work, RXP and EssentialLube, and they can be found on your web browser. My F-150 has benefitted from both products, as has my '95 Olds 98. The injectors benefit as well as the combustion chambers. I get EssentialLube at work, and mix it 1oz. per gallon of gasoline. RXP comes in a small orange plastic bottle, and mixes with up to 25 gallons of fuel.
My top three:
Redline SI-1
Chevron Techron
Gumout Regane
Redline SI-1
Chevron Techron
Gumout Regane
B12 Chemtool sprayed into the throttle body with the engine running.
What about water misted in as possiblr? Cheap and it works.
Just what I was thinking water or even transmission fluid works well. On a TPI motor it might be tricky pouring it in. A good spray bottle might work. But on a throttle body or carburated car you pour the water in the carb throat slowly and try and keep the RPM up to about 2000. Don't pour the stuff in so fast that you hydraulic lock it. That would be bad!
Ran two bottles of SI-1 through my '95 F150 at 102,000 miles and if seems to run much better. Have tried half dozen other products, including the Valvoline Synpower stuff (which even has polyol or some synthetic ingredient) but none did anything noticable. I uncorked a Casite injector cleanere--smells like kerosene. SI-1 dosen't smell like anything I ever smelled before--kind of nasty smelling at that, but sure did work nicely in my truck. The Redline website has an interesting writeup under tech info on the SI-1 talking about all the garbage in todays fuels that play havoc with your fuel system. Good read.
Have you tried Chevron Techron and Gumout Regane?
Can you convince us that using Fuel Power will result in a cleaner fuel system than using Redline SI-1, Chevron Techron, or Gumout Regane?
Patman
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What is a proper dose of Fuel Power for someone who wants to do an agressive cleaning on a vehicle which might have a lot of carbon buildup in the CC?
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KW ..you and I suffer from "old timers disease". No one of the younger crowd appears to believe the validity of these two agents.
Next they'll doubt that the majority of the federal highway net was constructed in a very few years ..just because there ain't enough money or equipment to repave it in two decades.
Like I said on another thread ...A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
I like Schaeffer's Neutra #131. If the spark plugs are any indication of the cleanliness of the rest of the combustion chambers, then this stuff works great. I pulled a plug before I tried it, and around the base of the metal area, it was all black and carboned. After 2 full tanks of gasoline treated with a bottle of Neutra, the same plugs had no carbon residue on them whatsoever.
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Two oz. per five gallons for the first and second treatments. Then, one oz. for every five gallons after that. Good luck.
If I were to use anything, and it would have to be because there was a specific problem, I'd use the GM's "Top End Cleaner" Part # 1050002, or ACDelco's Fuel Induction Service Kit.
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I believe more people are "scared" into using these products then they really need to. Placebo effect again.
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I believe more people are "scared" into using these products then they really need to. Placebo effect again.
Agree. Used this trick several times myself. Also verifiable with a borescope.
Dunno about repaving, but for new highways, it's all of the DEIS (draft environmental impact studies) and other assorted red tape that takes the most time.
Jelly,
I am biased, of course, but we believe nothing comes close to FP. Instead of reading what I say listen to the many others on this board who, through experience, feel the same way.
Just run a quick Fuel Power search and read the comments....here's an example.
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000973#000003
There are many other threads from very happy customers.
I am biased, of course, but we believe nothing comes close to FP. Instead of reading what I say listen to the many others on this board who, through experience, feel the same way.
Just run a quick Fuel Power search and read the comments....here's an example.
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000973#000003
There are many other threads from very happy customers.
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