My wife will be really happy about this. She pretty much only puts Costco gas in her vehicle. She loves the rebate check at the end of the year. She has been using Costco gas from the first day we got it new from the dealer.
Valvoline Restore and Protect Fuel System Cleaner??
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Unfortunately Costco gas purchases don’t contribute to the executive member rebate check.
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I found that out the hard way. I upgraded to the Executive membership for one year and was buying a lot of Costco gas but not really all that much in store at the time and my first rebate check was sad
a nice perk w/ exec is that they open the store an hour early for members, i heard it's pretty empty at 9amI found that out the hard way. I upgraded to the Executive membership for one year and was buying a lot of Costco gas but not really all that much in store at the time and my first rebate check was sad
Yeah it would be so nice if they did... We still get a big rebate though from everything else.I found that out the hard way. I upgraded to the Executive membership for one year and was buying a lot of Costco gas but not really all that much in store at the time and my first rebate check was sad
The 93 octane, top tier fuel has all the PEA and lubricants manually mixed on site. "Fresh cocktail of guaranteed premium fuel"
Standing tall here at an AutoZone in Parker, CO (just outside of Denver). Two of each flavor available. Looks like they have the same FSC layout as @Sequoiasoon's AZ.
Had about 65% of a tank, put in the Valvoline Restore and Protect FSC (gray bottle) and topped off w/ Mobil 1 SuperSyn+.
I will say that I like the stretchy yellow tag on it. Never seen somethin like that before and much easier to remove than Techron's cardboard flag that you have to rip off
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Check out this latest video from Midwest using the Valvoline Restore and Protect Fuel System Cleaner… had an emissions code clear. Thoughts?
Would've been nice to see the plugs and/or a borescope view before & after rather than just a code clearing. Plus, too many variables changed with the addition of Engine Restorer.
Switching to Shell V-Power, another premium fuel, or a heavy dose of Techron/SI-1 has also done the same.
It's just a data point man
@UGASpike literally asked for "Thoughts?", so I gave them.
Here is the mileage from the tank with the Restore and protect FSC.
For reference this is a PHEV and the “best MPG” came from a 1/2 tank top up with my wife plugging the car in at her work the 3 days she goes in. This car only gets Chevron 87.
Not that I think this proves anything but I will follow up after 3 more tanks and display the 3 averages compared to before the treatment.
For reference this is a PHEV and the “best MPG” came from a 1/2 tank top up with my wife plugging the car in at her work the 3 days she goes in. This car only gets Chevron 87.
Not that I think this proves anything but I will follow up after 3 more tanks and display the 3 averages compared to before the treatment.
Thanks. When you do also keep in mind and comment on 1) terrain [flat vs incline], 2) ambient temperature, and 3) highway or city driving as those are some of the biggest mpg dependencies
I will update the post tomorrow. But car sees stop/go heavy congested hwy, and school zone/redlight city driving around Atlanta 3 days a week. Weekends short trip around rural town. 80 miles round trip to work X3. Hilly(ish) terrain.
Hybrid helps so much but I wish this tank was larger lol only 16 gal.
Well we have a 16 gal tank without a hybrid drivetrain so could be worse haha. We get the same MPG though (Nissan Rogue). About 27.5 MPG pretty consistently.
Definitely could be worse. I have a 13 gal in my Impreza and the MPG sucks!
I'm still committed to and dedicated to the red line products especially their transmission fluids and fuel system cleaner but I thought just so I didn't look like a hypocrite i would buy two bottles so I could at least add another point to my autoZone account and give it a fair Shake. We shall see how she does
I got to wondering this week, if there's no PEA, would this be a good candidate for a maintenance dose for those who don't get TT/TT+ fuel?
I ask this b/c it's known in the literature here that PEA accumulates in crankcase and has adverse affects on sludge/varnish. I'd say right now the answer is no since AutoZone won't put it on sale / do BOGO, but there's also no visual before --> after datapoints showing Valvoline Restore and Protect FSC removing valve and intake carbon.
Just went to Autozone looking for Redline, got this instead. Going to use it on our newly acquired 2023 Mazda CX9!
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In other parts of these discussions - it’s noted that the Valvoline product is not PEA - and you don’t have to change oil after use. I’m planning on doing both … (PEA before oil change) …
