Originally Posted By: Char Baby
Most people in my circle(my friends/family) and those whom I know elsewhere(car guys) don't use anything in their gas tanks 'cept gas! Or unless they susspect an issue and only then will they try an additive in the tank. Only folk on fourms such as BITOG use as much system cleaners as we do
Funny thing is, most of their vehicles run perfectly fine with many miles on'em and too, many of these people that I speak of don't do a fraction of the maintenance that we here at Bob's do.
I have ridden in many of my non car guy friends vehicles. Often the engine was cold, meaning that their car wasn't started all day and being an older vehicle(10 yrs or more), it starts fine and cruises perfectly and they're not know as being one for maintenance...Fill'er up with gas and go! Change the oil, whenever! Fix things when they break(and a mechanic is fixing it!) Most of these non car guys don't even open the hood.
I don't know how often these guys take in their vehicle for repairs(or use FSC) as it's not really a subjet of discussion when we talk. Where as with my car guy buddys, we talk about every repair we or a mechanic performs on our vehicles and, "OH, guess what I just had to replace"? is how the conversation starts! I know almost as much of my buddy's vehicle history as they do.
So, do we need FSC/UCL? IMHO, if there is an issue, sure! Many folks like to use'em for PM.
I'm with you on this one.
your points and also that virtually all 4-cycle internal combustion engine manufacturers (automobile manufacturers) Engine R&D never factor in the need/requirements for additional oil in gasoline mix for UCL properties, so, why-on-earth does some of these armchair scientists consistently insisted the benefits of UCL by adding stoddard solvents, 2cyl water-cooled oil (ashless) into their gasoline and insisted that they see the benefits of that? That is beyond me.
*maybe I should email million-mile joe (the guy who owns that 1990 accord and past million miles recently) to see if he buys that (adding oil/stoddard solvent in gas and claim for additional UCL benefits)
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