Preventative Early Fuel Injector Cleaning?

[CarbonSteel]

After seeing the results of the Gumout tests, I was wondering when all of you start using fuel injector cleaner as a way to get ahead of carbon deposits and the like. I normally would not consider injector cleaner until many miles were on a vehicle, but I have been thinking that starting at 30K or so may be a good idea.

Thoughts?

 

[Revving2Redline]

Running my Pea based cleaner right before oci.

 

[demarpaint]

I add a bottle a tankful before changing my oil. So that works out to a bottle about every 5K miles. On a new car I drop the factory fill early and start the FI cleaner at the 5K mile mark.

 

[CarbonSteel]

Originally Posted By: Marco620
Running my Pea based cleaner right before oci.
Any reason not to do it at any time?

 

[wemay]

I use it after my OCI. No reason other than that's when i remember. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year.

 

[billt460]

Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
After seeing the results of the Gumout tests, I was wondering when all of you start using fuel injector cleaner as a way to get ahead of carbon deposits and the like.....


My 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee just turned 8,000 miles. I dump a can of Gumout Tune-Up in after every other tankful. Cheap and easy to do. So I figure why not?

 

[sprite1741]

I run top tier gas and do frequent Italian tune ups on both cars. Still have the 32 year old OEM injectors on the 4 cyl. They work, don't leak so I don't touch them.

 

[RichR]

Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
Originally Posted By: Marco620
Running my Pea based cleaner right before oci.
Any reason not to do it at any time?


BITOG wisdom is the byproducts from the cleaning and the cleaner
itself wind up in the oil and it would be good to change the oil.

 

[Trav]

One full bottle of Red Line SI-1 to start then 3oz per every full tank. Don't wait till they are dirty, this is a great preventive does that works.
I have had injectors apart that had this dose and in 30K showed no signs of deposits or reduced performance. Good stuff.

 

[Artem]

Deposit build up start INSTANTLY on a new engine. How much builds up and if it starts effecting performance depends on the engine and type of gas.

I think small maintenance doses since new is the best way to prevent build up, period.

Why wait till 30,000 miles + and then start trying to clean up the buildup from years ago. Seems silly.

I use Redline SI-1 fuel system cleaner in small doses. I try to do it every tank but sometimes wifey fills up the beater so it basically gets a flush of nothing but Premium Shell 93 octane for that tank.

I use nothing but Top Tier in all my cars. Lucky for me, all 4 of my vehicles require / recommend Premium. Lol. Yay.

2004 Mazda RX-8 Rotary
2014 Mazda 3 -- ECU is tuned for premium fuel
2001 Toyota Celica GT-S
2003 Acura TL Type-S

 

[Brigadier]

So, if you run top tier fuel every fill up, do you still need injector cleaner to clean injectors? If so, then what is the benefit of using top tier fuel?

 

[CarbonSteel]

Originally Posted By: Trav
One full bottle of Red Line SI-1 to start then 3oz per every full tank. Don't wait till they are dirty, this is a great preventive does that works. I have had injectors apart that had this dose and in 30K showed no signs of deposits or reduced performance. Good stuff.
Yep; I used this stuff in my 2010 FX4 and never had an issue. I was buying from Amazon pretty reasonably, but one of the bottles always had a loose top that leaked. I need to find another source.

 

[4WD]

I’m sad that all 4 of mine burn regular …

 

[billt460]

Originally Posted By: Artem
Deposit build up start INSTANTLY on a new engine. How much builds up and if it starts effecting performance depends on the engine and type of gas. Why wait till 30,000 miles + and then start trying to clean up the buildup from years ago.


Here I agree. A good fuel injector / fuel system cleaner used from day one on a new vehicle seems like good common sense. I have had several co workers over the years require repair of their vehicles, due to bad running, dirty injectors causing hard starting, rough idle, quitting at stoplights, poor fuel mileage, or any and all of the above. A lot of this work was not cheap to have done. Some had it run well into 4 digits with parts and labor.

Most all of them were told that using a good fuel system / fuel injector cleaning product would help a great deal in preventing these type of problems. I've found it much cheaper to learn from other peoples mistakes.

 

[Artem]

Again, it depends on the engine design whether build up gets severe enough to cause issues. I know several people who never add anything to the tank and use the cheapest fuel available. No issues with 250k+ miles. Others aren't so lucky. I'd rather play it safe and dump some extra cleaning agents so keep it factory clean.

 

[ChrisD46]

*That might be excessive - every other tank full ? ... Gumeout Corp will love you !
Originally Posted By: billt460
Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
After seeing the results of the Gumout tests, I was wondering when all of you start using fuel injector cleaner as a way to get ahead of carbon deposits and the like.....


My 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee just turned 8,000 miles. I dump a can of Gumout Tune-Up in after every other tankful. Cheap and easy to do. So I figure why not?

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: Brigadier
So, if you run top tier fuel every fill up, do you still need injector cleaner to clean injectors? If so, then what is the benefit of using top tier fuel?


It is my belief that if you use only Top Tier fuel on a new engine right from day one, you shouldn't need to use any kind of fuel system cleaner. I'm using only Top Tier in my Corvette and am going to avoid any extra cleaners in it, so we'll see in the long run if I have any issues (I'm betting I won't have a problem)

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: billt460


My 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee just turned 8,000 miles. I dump a can of Gumout Tune-Up in after every other tankful. Cheap and easy to do. So I figure why not?


Cheap? Isn't that stuff about $7 per can? That can add up to be pretty expensive over the life of a vehicle if you're adding it every other tank. And I doubt you're seeing any benefit compared to adding it once every 10 tankfuls.