My local Costco has a 6 Pack of Chevron Techron Fuel Injector Cleaner for $14.97 (down from it's usual price of $21.97 or so) with an $8.00 instant rebate for an out the door price of $6.97 plus tax.
I generally use Top Tier fuels, so I don't use this in my car, van or truck.
I do use a little of this in my motorcycle and small engines, such as my generator, snow blower, lawn mower, etc. to assist the fuel stabilizer with keeping varnish buildup out of the system. Since I started doing that about five years ago, I haven't had to clean out or rebuild a carb, but I'm not giving full credit to this stuff.
Even if it isn't really needed, Techron is not snake oil, and at least it's really cheap right now.
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This is the DILUTED version of standard Techron Fuel System Cleaner.
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My small engine observations are that I had carburetor and intake varnish problems prior to using this stuff while using Sta-bil and 10% ethanol gas, and I no longer have those issues. Again, I'm not giving full credit to this stuff, but enough that I'll spend the seven bucks on this deal. I use a quarter to a third of a bottle in a five gallon gas can.
As mentioned in other posts, this formula is very likely to be a more dilute Techron blend than their Fuel System Cleaner, but both use Techron as the detergent agent. Chevron recommends the FSC version up to once every 3,000 miles, and this one up to once every 1,000 miles.
An educated guess would be that the other has up to three times more cleaning agents. Why "up to three times" and not just say "three times"? Because if you put too many cleaning agents into the fuel, it causes more trouble than it solves. I don't know what the tested maximum desirable concentration of detergent agents is, so "up to" three times is a fair guess where I'm sitting.
Given that this is less than a third of the cost of the other, I still say this is a hot deal for those who use these products.
This is the DILUTED version of standard Techron Fuel System Cleaner.
Scotty Kilmer and many other auto YTer are all agree these stuff are only gimmick and totally useless, now you are saying this one is even diluted solution of something that doesn't work in first place!!!
Scotty Kilmer and many other auto YTer are all agree these stuff are only gimmick and totally useless, now you are saying this one is even diluted solution of something that doesn't work in first place!!!
Alas, nobody sells non-detergent gasoline anymore so you can't make the best possible comparison in the US.
Oh, wait. If nobody sells non-detergent gasoline anymore, then the detergents must be doing something...
We can argue all day about what detergents are useful and in what concentrations, but I'm not taking any YouTuber's opinion on this seriously unless they're doing scientifically valid double blind testing. After all, there are still a lot of YouTubers who insist that Seafoam is the best thing ever no matter where you pour it in.
As long as any viewer has slightest analytic power, YouTube is an excellent if not very unique site, in today's life, to find what exactly truth is. And that doesn't end with what it said on the clip, but what comes next in form of Comment, form numerous (Mostly independent people or mostly clearly fake ones) If you watch one clip and drive all your conclusion, based on that ONLY ONE story, the only true conclusion is identification of who the fool is.
However if what your above statement is your definite inference of Youtube base on you experience, still the conclusion is the same and the fool is clearly identified. Unless you are having a financial or otherwise gain, in this game that must bring in such controversial view.
A win win situation for the greedy oil companies.
As long as any viewer has slightest analytic power, YouTube is an excellent if not very unique site, in today's life, to find what exactly truth is. And that doesn't end with what it said on the clip, but what comes next in form of Comment, form numerous (Mostly independent people or mostly clearly fake ones) If you watch one clip and drive all your conclusion, based on that ONLY ONE story, the only true conclusion is identification of who the fool is.
However if what your above statement is your definite inference of Youtube base on you experience, still the conclusion is the same and the fool is clearly identified. Unless you are having a financial or otherwise gain, in this game that must bring in such controversial view.
You could have a point here but first understand, when anyone says: "Nobody" or "Everybody", he is wrong right there, no matter what to follows next. You put in your thought in form of conclusion. I call one such a person a Con-man.
YES, BUT... Do you know anything about physics? If so go figure out what is a Cheap (Hopefully inert) substance, so called: Additive, that is legal and by adding volume to an otherwise precious material, can bring in plenty of profit (Where otherwise without this rationalization the seller could be convicted of a crime), in large volume and we have not even touched the psychological aspect of it and its great advertisement and thus end sale and preferential select purchase role!!!
A win win situation for the greedy oil companies.
You don't want to apply your personal logic to free opinion available at best, over Youtube and can't differentiate between fake and legitimate to an acceptable level, then sir, you are a fool. But then we solved that and nothing new to talk about. Again unless you are paid by oil companies...
I get it, you don't like fuel additives.
As long as any viewer has slightest analytic power, YouTube is an excellent if not very unique site, in today's life, to find what exactly truth is. And that doesn't end with what it said on the clip, but what comes next in form of Comment, form numerous (Mostly independent people or mostly clearly fake ones) If you watch one clip and drive all your conclusion, based on that ONLY ONE story, the only true conclusion is identification of who the fool is.
However if what your above statement is your definite inference of Youtube base on you experience, still the conclusion is the same and the fool is clearly identified. Unless you are having a financial or otherwise gain, in this game that must bring in such controversial view.
You could have a point here but first understand, when anyone says: "Nobody" or "Everybody", he is wrong right there, no matter what to follows next. You put in your thought in form of conclusion. I call one such a person a Con-man.
YES, BUT... Do you know anything about physics? If so go figure out what is a Cheap (Hopefully inert) substance, so called: Additive, that is legal and by adding volume to an otherwise precious material, can bring in plenty of profit (Where otherwise without this rationalization the seller could be convicted of a crime), in large volume and we have not even touched the psychological aspect of it and its great advertisement and thus end sale and preferential select purchase role!!!
A win win situation for the greedy oil companies.
You don't want to apply your personal logic to free opinion available at best, over Youtube and can't differentiate between fake and legitimate to an acceptable level, then sir, you are a fool. But then we solved that and nothing new to talk about. Again unless you are paid by oil companies...
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