Fuel Additives...your experience?

[lacanteen]

I add one of these every 3 or 4 months in both car and work truck. Truck has a 5.0 and 211K trouble free miles.

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[Cory S]

I add one of these every 3 or 4 months in both car and work truck. Truck has a 5.0 and 211K trouble free miles.

They saw you coming.....

 

[Rapid Red]

I add one of these every 3 or 4 months in both car and work truck. Truck has a 5.0 and 211K trouble free miles.

Much better product I recommend it for all the chemist .

I was actually surprised this shit was still around LMAO

 

[Cory S]

Much better product I recommend it for all the chemist .

I was actually surprised this shit was still around LMAO

You just won the internet for the day.

 

[KingKona]

Below quoted from AAA study mentioned in video

" Refined gasoline is transported via trucks, tanker ships and barges, or pipelines to various distribution terminals across the country. However, the refined gasoline is still not ready for use by retailers because a detergent additive packages has not yet been blended into the fuel.

Base gasoline (fuel without additives) from various refineries is usually stored in common tanks at the distribution terminal until a retail gas station places an order for the product. This is when the individual brands are created through the addition of proprietary additive packages. As a tanker truck is being filled at the terminal, base gasoline is blended with a detergent additive package specific to that retailer. "


here is the link to article - has quite a bit of good info - actually explains why modern cars need different additives and detergents since standards were put in place in 1996- before most cars were direct injected or turbo charged. If you are not aware of this hop into the 2020's and join us ;)

https://www.aaa.com/AAA/common/AAR/files/Fuel-Quality-Full-Report.pdf

I know all about the additive packages. I mentioned them in the post of mine you quoted.

No, "modern" cars don't need any detergents in the gasoline........other than gasoline, which IS a detergent. All the rest is marketing and snake-oil sales.

Direct injection has no answer for it's valve deposit issues other than media blasting, because the fuel never touches the back of the valves, or the inside of the intake system. A DI vehicle could run fuel that is 50% "detergents", and it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference, the valves are going to gunk-up and have to be cleaned.

And turbocharging doesn't make any difference.

You do realize that AAA is just a sales & marketing firm for various companies, right? That entire AAA "study" you linked to? Pure marketing and lies. Completely bogus.

If you actually believe that these are the deposits left on a Ford 2.3L PFI engine's intake valves after 4000 miles, I have a bridge to sell you.

If that was actually true, Mustangs would be dropping valves left and right, and 1/2 this forum would be dedicated to the topic. There'd be a multi-billion dollar class-action suit, and you'd be able to buy an EB Mustang for $15 and a stale cheese danish.

Remember, the 2.3L Ecoboost is DI, not PFI or DI/PFI. So their valves get absolutely 0 detergent effect from any fuel. So.....is 1/2 this forum dedicated to 2.3s dropping valves from deposits due to poor quality fuel?

No.

Lastly....

You need to understand how "scientific testing" has been perverted. There's even companies that will perform tests to create whatever outcome you want them too, for marketing purposes.....including a company that performs the VERY EXACT TEST that AAA alludes to in their "report";

https://www.intertek.com/automotive/fuel-testing/astmd6201-ivd/

 

[AZRobert]

ok, fine (something about what my momma said and arguing on the internet)

 

[Paul McWhiskey]

Geez, sorry that I didn't have what you had for breakfast and lunch. I would suggest some brain food for dinner. You know who you are.

Told my wife to stop using detergent in the washing machine because water is a solvent, and I can eat all of the bacon grease I want because my arteries will never clog up.

 

[AZlb5.0]

Two additives I’ve ever used Torco and Techron. Happy with both.

 

[sk47]

Hello; Fuel additives for late model direct injection engines cannot clean the back of intake valves as they can with port injection or carbs. Fuel additives might clean deposits from the injector nozzles. I suspect so but cannot prove such a thing.

What will need some sort of cleaning in both port injection and direct injection will be the intake tubes and chambers. This is due to the crankcase gases/fumes/oil spray being directed to the intake to be sent thru the combustion process.

 

[Flyhalf]

2 years of roadracing with oem fluid and motorkote.
Diff oil is like brand new.
And no metal

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