Chevron Techron Concentrate Fuel System Cleaner (20 oz.) $6.50 (reg $13) free pick up ADVANCE AUTO PARTS

never really understood the purpose of these things. i have 182,300 miles on my Jeep. never used any fuel system cleaner and have never run into problems with clogged fuel injectors, yada-yada.

i feel like if i bought this for $6.50 and poured it into my gas tank - i will have wasted $6.50 and a trip to the store.

perhaps the usefulness of fuel cleaners depends on how prone your specific vehicle's engine is to getting clogged up. then again, here in PA the gasoline is so loaded up with ethanol and cleansing agents (the MPGs i get in this state are considerably worse than other states) that it pretty much eliminates any need for fuel cleaning additives

Quote from xlr8tion : It's a scam. Show me any reputable report of where it makes a diff. Most gasoline has detergent additives in it with all engines pretty much fuel injected. It's like the 93 octane scam...... I have a LS2 6.0 Corvette motor in my 2006 GTO that asks for Premium. I run 87 or 89 and the black box adjusts the timing accordingly. No knocking or detonation problems..... Oh...get your oil changed every 3000 miles too...NOT

I throw a bottle of Techron CONCENTRATE every 6,000 mi. It's worth the $13/year even if I'm not 100% sure it's making a difference. I've read enough positive things about the stuff in car forums to keep using it.

Now the use of regular octane fuel in a car that specifies premium is just playing with fire. I had a 2000 Nissan Maxima with about 65,000 mi and I started buying my premium gas from a local gas station that had incredibly low prices. Well after about a month of that, I started noticing my car had less power and started knocking under hard acceleration. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Tried some fuel additives (not Techron) and it didn't help. After about another month of this I finally caught on and realized the @sshole was selling regular gas as premium - and that's why his prices were so low!

But by then the damage to my engine was already done. That thing knocked so bad and had lost so much power that I traded it in and bought another car because I just got fed up with it. I should have reported the gas station but I was in the middle of a divorce and didn't have the energy to deal with it at the time.

Maybe some engines are better at managing the lower octane without damage, but car companies specifiy this premium fuel for a reason. It's not like they make extra money by telling you to buy premium octane gas - it's because the car can be damaged without it!

how is this product different from snake oil?
Does this perform better if I pour it into the gas tank

Quote from xlr8tion : It's a scam. Show me any reputable report of where it makes a diff. Most gasoline has detergent additives in it with all engines pretty much fuel injected. It's like the 93 octane scam...... I have a LS2 6.0 Corvette motor in my 2006 GTO that asks for Premium. I run 87 or 89 and the black box adjusts the timing accordingly. No knocking or detonation problems..... Oh...get your oil changed every 3000 miles too...NOT

I disagree.. just fgured out that it works better than snake oil, that I know for sure if you pour it into the gas tank

Is this thing necessary? I have never use it.

Just change the spark plug at required manuf interval and its good enough?

Quote from jbrown : While this is no doubt a great price for this stuff, I have used and recommended Lucas Fuel Treatment for years. It can be had for under $10 with coupons for 32 oz, which will treat over 100 gallons of fuel. This Chevron bottle will only treat 20 gallons.

IMO Lucas products are the true "snake oils" of additives. Many moons ago upon walking into an R&S Strauss Auto, I saw their "oil stabilizer" demo showing how adding their formula made oil stick to the gears inside the transparent gizmo near the register. The thing is, should you add just about any heavy weight oil to your standard 10W30 or 10W40 you'll witness the same effect. So why buy their "oil stabilizer" for $9.99? Nowadays, I simply steer clear of the brand Lucas like it's Slick50.

Quote from FocalPoint : You shouldn't bother forking out money for this garbage when a acetone mix will do the same exact thing. However, you should check and remember to top off your blinker fluid reservoirs if you haven't. Advanced Auto has a good deal on blinker fluid currently.

True...acetone is the primary cleaning agent in most fuel detergent additives. The problem, for some, is finding high-grade acetone to work as effectively as Techron.

BTW, what the hell is "blinker fluid"?

Quote from Medic311 : never really understood the purpose of these things. i have 182,300 miles on my Jeep. never used any fuel system cleaner and have never run into problems with clogged fuel injectors, yada-yada. i feel like if i bought this for $6.50 and poured it into my gas tank - i will have wasted $6.50 and a trip to the store. perhaps the usefulness of fuel cleaners depends on how prone your specific vehicle's engine is to getting clogged up. then again, here in PA the gasoline is so loaded up with ethanol and cleansing agents (the MPGs i get in this state are considerably worse than other states) that it pretty much eliminates any need for fuel cleaning additives

I agree w/ur assessment on the overall YMMVness. I used to own a 1988 Audi 90 (my 1st car) with a 1.9L straight 4-cylinder. Nice compact luxury car that was great on gas. For whatever reason, the Germans that designed the fuel injection system for its 1.9L engine specified for a required 110psi of pressure to the injectors.

The car specified "premium fuel only" and I believe it was due to the aforementioned spec above and the fact that the engine had old-fashioned fixed timing. From the finickiness of that Audi's engine, I learned through trial and error that it liked Exxon, Amoco (now BP), and Sunoco. (The entire short list right there, as I had enough of these stations around me in NY not to try them all.) It would always ping if I fed it Mobil, Shell, Getty, etc. etc. Back then is around the time Mobil became the first to start heavily marketing their detergent fuels too. The Audi would ping like mad on their stuff though. Go figure.

Quote from JoshMcMadMac : Good deal, although I will stick to using SeaFoam.

Seafoam over this any day. Seafoam through the brake booster, in the oil pan before oil change, then the rest in gas tank.

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Quote from decolores9 : There are two versions of Techron - one is a "lighter" cleaner that can be used every 3K miles or so, the other is a "heavier" cleaner that should not be used that often. The "heavier" cleaner is very effective and will clean out the injectors and fuel system. Use it when you notice engine roughness or missing.

How can I tell the difference between the lighter and heavier versions of Techron?

Quote from chong67 : Is this thing necessary? I have never use it. Just change the spark plug at required manuf interval and its good enough?

not necessary, keep up with regular oil change along w/ maintenance, you should be a ok

Quote from timur : How can I tell the difference between the lighter and heavier versions of Techron?

usually "heavier" is more expensive

Costco has 6 packs of these for $17.99, sometimes there is coupon makes it $10,99 for 6 pack.

Regardless of the price paid for it, all gasoline sold in the U.S. contains the detergents and other ingredients mandated by Federal Law. They are all that motor fuel requires to function properly in modern engines. Adding solvents and other chemicals to the fuel system in hope of treating some vague, supposed fuel-related malfunction is silly at best. "But he told me..." or "I know my car had more power..I just feel it", etc. are just so much self-delusion on which many industries thrive in this Country. I'm not saying that the solvents don't dissolve some compounds that can occur in gasoline held in storage for VERY long periods of time; they do. That's just not the case with cars that are in actual use. I'm old and keep my cars just about forever. I've never used any additives of any sort. I change my oil and filter every 5-6000 miles and have never had an engine wear out, burn oil abnormally or require rebuilding.

Can i use this for my nissan altima 2.5 S... Please let me know..

Quote from javaking_1000 : I throw a bottle of Techron CONCENTRATE every 6,000 mi. It's worth the $13/year even if I'm not 100% sure it's making a difference. I've read enough positive things about the stuff in car forums to keep using it. Now the use of regular octane fuel in a car that specifies premium is just playing with fire. I had a 2000 Nissan Maxima with about 65,000 mi and I started buying my premium gas from a local gas station that had incredibly low prices. Well after about a month of that, I started noticing my car had less power and started knocking under hard acceleration. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Tried some fuel additives (not Techron) and it didn't help. After about another month of this I finally caught on and realized the @sshole was selling regular gas as premium - and that's why his prices were so low! But by then the damage to my engine was already done. That thing knocked so bad and had lost so much power that I traded it in and bought another car because I just got fed up with it. I should have reported the gas station but I was in the middle of a divorce and didn't have the energy to deal with it at the time. Maybe some engines are better at managing the lower octane without damage, but car companies specifiy this premium fuel for a reason. It's not like they make extra money by telling you to buy premium octane gas - it's because the car can be damaged without it!

I think you had other problems w/ your Nissan. Premium unleaded is recommended, not required. I'm sure Nissan has invested enough money on their RD to design cars so that the car will run on any available octane across the US.

Quote from ck128 : Costco has 6 packs of these for $17.99, sometimes there is coupon makes it $10,99 for 6 pack.

They are not the same!

Quote from shashipramod : Can i use this for my nissan altima 2.5 S... Please let me know..

use it

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Quote from xlr8tion : It's a scam. Show me any reputable report of where it makes a diff. Most gasoline has detergent additives in it with all engines pretty much fuel injected. It's like the 93 octane scam...... I have a LS2 6.0 Corvette motor in my 2006 GTO that asks for Premium. I run 87 or 89 and the black box adjusts the timing accordingly. No knocking or detonation problems..... Oh...get your oil changed every 3000 miles too...NOT

Yes and no. You can still get valve deposits and clogged injectors if you use off brand gas. I wonder about all the pro injector cleaning services for big $ though, I think some of those are questionable. I don't think you would notice a difference unless you had a partially clogged injector though. But maybe down the road your valves would be cleaner. I think fuels are better than the used to be but I still use techron sometimes since I use grocery store gas due to the gift card points program.

I know I've had techron smooth out an idle that wasn't quite smooth. I also think it's more important to run 93 in a car that requires it than to use fuel additives. But if 93 is optional, that's different. The big thing is not to use 93 in a car that calls for 87.

You didn't mention my favorite scam, the nitrogen tire scam.