What is good PEA based cleaner for 2023.

I buy the Amsoil stuff up here in Canada.

I have given up trying to find gas stations that sell top tier fuel ( I don't have the patience for Costco line ups )

When in the U.S on a road trip, I buy some Redline and Gummout just for fun.
Looks like based on the Canadian MSDS for gumout AIO that it's only 3-7% Polyether amine. If that's actually true then the motomaster branded stuff is higher. However I looked up some other ones including Amsoil and it looks like they aren't all specifically listing the p.e.a.
whats PEA in French 😂?
I just looked it up and it's faire pipi or pisser or uriner. Lol.

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Costco no longer appears on the Top Tier station finder, only Shell. It's hard to believe that only Shell is part of the program with all the major fuel retailers in the GTA. On the Costco website it still promotes the fuel as being Top Tier though.
https://stationfinder.toptiergas.com/
I guess I missed the memo that esso is no top tier anymore. I've been using basically nothing but esso in my truck because of a company supplied gas card. But they switched cards and now I can go anywhere so I guess shell it is.
 
As for Gumout, just go to their web site and look up SDS per product, they are different for US and Canadian cleaners except one iirc. Some have no PEA at all.
Also, AFAIK, all brand name gas in Canada is Top Tier, if I fill up in Canada I get either Petro Canada gas or Chevron. I do fill up at Safeway in US most times thou due to lower gas price saving C$20-25 on a tank, 4 times a month.
 
As for Gumout, just go to their web site and look up SDS per product, they are different for US and Canadian cleaners except one iirc. Some have no PEA at all.
Also, AFAIK, all brand name gas in Canada is Top Tier, if I fill up in Canada I get either Petro Canada gas or Chevron. I do fill up at Safeway in US most times thou due to lower gas price saving C$20-25 on a tank, 4 times a month.
I know esso used to be top tier but they aren't on the list anymore. Looks like shell, Petro Canada (Costco doesn't have gas in our city).
And if the labels and sds are correct yes gumout got watered down in Canada and should be avoided. I probably wasted a lot of $ on it over the last year. A couple years ago it still showed pea right on the label.
 
I know esso used to be top tier but they aren't on the list anymore. Looks like shell, Petro Canada (Costco doesn't have gas in our city).
And if the labels and sds are correct yes gumout got watered down in Canada and should be avoided. I probably wasted a lot of $ on it over the last year. A couple years ago it still showed pea right on the label.
After Covid all major brands like Techron redline ,gumout lower pea rates base sds I have read
 
Recently used Gumout Regane Complete 6oz (SKU 800001743) and couldn't believe the difference it made. We do a 100 mile road trip regularly and the car was struggling to pass at highway speeds the last time. This time, in very similar conditions with no other changes other than adding Gumout to a half tank before leaving, and the car is hauling ass even at 100mph.

We always fill with top tier 87. The SDS for the Gumout is a bit confusing as it lists what I think is PEA twice with different concentrations:

15-40% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)],.alpha.-(3-aminopropyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-15 alkyl ethers
1-5% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)].alpha.-propyl-.omega.-hydroxy-C12-15 alkyl ethers
 
Recently used Gumout Regane Complete 6oz (SKU 800001743) and couldn't believe the difference it made. We do a 100 mile road trip regularly and the car was struggling to pass at highway speeds the last time. This time, in very similar conditions with no other changes other than adding Gumout to a half tank before leaving, and the car is hauling ass even at 100mph.

We always fill with top tier 87. The SDS for the Gumout is a bit confusing as it lists what I think is PEA twice with different concentrations:

15-40% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)],.alpha.-(3-aminopropyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-15 alkyl ethers
1-5% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)].alpha.-propyl-.omega.-hydroxy-C12-15 alkyl ethers

Correction for posterity, it was actually Regane High Mileage. 10-30% PEA per SDS: https://gumout.com/fuel-additives/regane-high-mileage-engine-cleaner/
 
We always fill with top tier 87. The SDS for the Gumout is a bit confusing as it lists what I think is PEA twice with different concentrations:

15-40% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)],.alpha.-(3-aminopropyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-15 alkyl ethers
1-5% Poly[oxy(1,2-propanediyl)].alpha.-propyl-.omega.-hydroxy-C12-15 alkyl ethers
Actually, it is two different PEA types; look closely at the chemical formulae.
 
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