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> fuel injection cleaner,octane booster etc, is it worth it?
post Mar 13, 2008 - 10:08 PM
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hey guys. i was roaming autozone the other day. i ran across things such as fuel injection cleaner, octane boosters, and stuff that supposed to clean your intake and carb and stuff like that. all of them would be dispensed through the gas hole.

im just wondering if these things really work? they are labeled as lasting for 3,000 miles which would mean i would only use 2 bottles a year. thats like 10 dollars a year which isnt bad if these things actually do something.

anyone have experiance with them?

post Mar 13, 2008 - 10:47 PM
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i think of that stuff as drugs for the motor.

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post Mar 13, 2008 - 11:00 PM
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Personally, I would prefer seafoam your engine, it'll do all that stuff for you and tell you where you have a bad gasket, or you could go to Mr. Lube and ask for a stage 4 fuel man. job, they clean out your fuel injectors, fuel rail, fuel lines, throttle body, ur entire intake system and everything. It's well worth it.
post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:18 AM
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QUOTE(_mikeE @ Mar 13, 2008 - 11:00 PM) [snapback]653620[/snapback]

Personally, I would prefer seafoam your engine, it'll do all that stuff for you and tell you where you have a bad gasket, or you could go to Mr. Lube and ask for a stage 4 fuel man. job, they clean out your fuel injectors, fuel rail, fuel lines, throttle body, ur entire intake system and everything. It's well worth it.


how much does it cosT? did you feel a difference?
post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:20 AM
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I'd prefer picking up a can of seafoa and call it a day. Why take it to get the car serviced, when you can do everything yourself with some seafoam.


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:57 AM
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QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Mar 14, 2008 - 1:20 AM) [snapback]653690[/snapback]

I'd prefer picking up a can of seafoa and call it a day. Why take it to get the car serviced, when you can do everything yourself with some seafoam.


is this the right one?

http://www.amazon.com/SEAFOAM-Seafoam-Moto...p/dp/B0002JN2EU
post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:09 AM
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I was getting around 22ish miles to the gallon pre-injector cleaner. Bought some 2 dollar STP one that was on sale and now I'm getting around 27. So I recommend it.
post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:15 AM
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i personaly run some injector cleaner thru my system every few months or so, I dont notice a Rip-Raring difference or anything, but the genneral ride seems smother... Eh, it could all be in my head though laugh.gif


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:19 AM
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BG products are a world better and safer for your motor than seafoam (BG 44k for instance)

"octane boosters" are a waste of money and do nothing....
post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:23 AM
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QUOTE(playr158 @ Mar 14, 2008 - 11:19 AM) [snapback]653782[/snapback]

"octane boosters" are a waste of money and do nothing....


They do too do something... (...waste your money...)

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Whats so special about sea-foam ya'll? never heard of it... is it like a Toyota thing or what?


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:30 AM
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QUOTE(D-Man @ Mar 14, 2008 - 10:23 AM) [snapback]653784[/snapback]

QUOTE(playr158 @ Mar 14, 2008 - 11:19 AM) [snapback]653782[/snapback]

"octane boosters" are a waste of money and do nothing....


They do too do something... (...waste your money...)

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Whats so special about sea-foam ya'll? never heard of it... is it like a Toyota thing or what?


Might as well forget the Seafoam thing. if you're appt's won't let you work on the car there your gonna get evicted for sure when the seafoam starts a smokescreen in there.


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 10:32 AM
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post Mar 14, 2008 - 11:38 AM
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okay, no sea foam for me... Black and smokey; My apartments already told me the first day i had that car (first day after the day i brought it) that it better move every day or it'll be towed. No broken down dirty cars in their parking lot, and it pisses em off that they havn't been able to tow it yet.

Besides, if anything smokes more than i do; i dont trust it to live long laugh.gif And i think i'm at the limit with those office managers tongue.gif


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 11:53 AM
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QUOTE(playr158 @ Mar 14, 2008 - 9:19 AM) [snapback]653782[/snapback]

BG products are a world better and safer for your motor than seafoam (BG 44k for instance)

"octane boosters" are a waste of money and do nothing....



werd BG Products/44k FTW.. biggrin.gif


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:23 PM
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Yes, that's why I didn't do seafoam on my driveway, because my driveway insersects with an alley so I dont want ppl thinking there's a fire haha. That's why I went to Mr. Lube to do the stage 4 fuel man. job, it's sorta the same thing and yes the big clouds of smoke and I paid only 100 for the job.
I did notice a difference in bringing back a bit of lost power due to old age; and before I used to do 4krpm when goin 120km/h but now it's like at 3500-3600rpm.
I've brought some friends to do the samething and they all had positive results and I've driven their cars before and after too so yeah.
post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:27 PM
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wow...talk about price raped

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post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:30 PM
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QUOTE(_mikeE @ Mar 14, 2008 - 2:23 PM) [snapback]653901[/snapback]

Yes, that's why I didn't do seafoam on my driveway, because my driveway insersects with an alley so I dont want ppl thinking there's a fire haha. That's why I went to Mr. Lube to do the stage 4 fuel man. job, it's sorta the same thing and yes the big clouds of smoke and I paid only 100 for the job.
I did notice a difference in bringing back a bit of lost power due to old age; and before I used to do 4krpm when goin 120km/h but now it's like at 3500-3600rpm.
I've brought some friends to do the samething and they all had positive results and I've driven their cars before and after too so yeah.


So you payed $100 for this:

QUOTE(daazndood @ Mar 14, 2008 - 2:57 AM) [snapback]653692[/snapback]


Priced at $5.99?

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post Mar 14, 2008 - 1:35 PM
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Meh regardless of how much the can of seafoam costed compared with what I paid for what I did, it did a good job so w/e. I actually didn't know about seafoam until afterwards.
post Mar 14, 2008 - 2:44 PM
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You can get Seafoam at almost any parts shop... Autuozone, NAPA, CSK, Pep Boys, etc. I believe it's $5.99 everywhere.


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post Mar 14, 2008 - 2:54 PM
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oh, dont take any offense to me; i've never heard of the stuff till now. I was just askin if it was the same stuff?


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