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vette_7t9
06-04-2006, 02:43 PM
eeeeeeeh.... i was thnking of getting larger fuel injectors in the future....then just thought if using injector cleaning chemicals is a good idea for my car now. do they really work? do they really clean my injectors? and while im at it...what other useful(IF these things work) cleaning chemicals can i use?

polacek
06-05-2006, 10:49 AM
I use 2oz of Mystery Oil (in a red plastic bottle) every other gas fill up. I can't tell you if it works, as I only have one car so I don't know what the same milage car, etc is doing health wise. I have 243,000 + miles on my '92. I am burning (no drips) about a 1/4 quart of oil between oil changes (3k-4k miles) and get about 41mpg. I use a fuel injector cleaner once a year. Not sure if that helps either, still get the same mpg after the cleaner.

AudioGuy93DelSol
06-05-2006, 11:33 AM
I had the common idle surging problem after my car sat for about a month and I ran some Lucas fuel system cleaner and it's never happened since. I'd highly recomend it.

vette_7t9
06-08-2006, 12:04 PM
i just put in a bottle of Motomaster Formula fuel system treatment into my car....i dunno if its just me.....but this is exactly what happened, no BS. My car used to be able to pull up to 180 kmh on the freeway, but then it started gettin sluggier and sluggier until it had trouble pulling up to 160 kmh...then after i added the treatment to my fuel, and ran the car for a good couple days. i decided to give the engine a lil test.......lo and behold, i hit 190 kmh. yup, this is good stuff i tell ya what. and i tested it on a severely hot day too, 32 degrees C(dunno what degree F). So, choose a good one, and may your engine be restored to a beast.

polacek
06-08-2006, 12:52 PM
32c is about 90F
http://google.com
type in
32c to f
in the search bar. wa la

nitebeest
06-09-2006, 03:44 AM
If you really want to clean your engine I've heard some good things about Auto-RX (http://auto-rx.com/index.html). Also I've heard sea foam is good too.

Pavlo
06-09-2006, 06:16 PM
Seafoam ftw.

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