Chevron TECHRON® Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner
http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/additives/concentrate_plus.shtml
Available everywhere. Chevron is on of the "Top Tier" Gas companies that Honda recomends.

 

I have a guest coming over so I won't be able to check for a while

Does that mean the same thing for you as it does for me. :-D

The manual suggests that you stay away from fuels that contain certain additives. Page 111

 

Why do you think you need the fuel additive? Maybe just run a few tanks of Chevron to satisfy your need.

 

lw, something bad going on with your machines? I was under the impression that a lot of these "fuel cleaners" were harmless but unneeded ways to separate you from your $$$$. But you might get a "feel good" improvement in using them.

 

I always use Gumout throttle body cleaner , that always puts Ruby back in shape ! A good old bottle of dry gas is good to , with istopol (rubbing alcohol) not the green stuff , that takes care of the jello that forms in the bottom of the tank from the ethonol (gas additive at the pump) . Sorry my spelling is bad , it's been a very long day !


RUBY NYC

 

I would be interested in knowing where you got your information about the "jello that forms in the bottom of the tank".

 

lw, something bad going on with your machines? I was under the impression that a lot of these "fuel cleaners" were harmless but unneeded ways to separate you from your $$$$. But you might get a "feel good" improvement in using them.

No everything is fine on the Accord and Envoy. I am just thinking over time and mileage a lot of stuff may build up in the engine and fuel injection...and all of these say they help "clean" it all up.

In 13 months I have put 27K miles on the Accord, so I thought something like this might help keep it in shape.

The Envoy is almost 4 years old...but only has 65K on it. But still its 65K and I thought it would help too. Not to mention our last trip the initial reaction on acceleration seemed to be lagging a little...just not as crisp as I remember it.

Thus my need to ask you all. I am sure every car maker says not to put additives in...but should they work? Real world results? Waste of money?

 

And ironically enough the Chevron Techron was the one I was about to pick up.

 

Depending on you needing the injectors cleaned, Ive used the Chevron injector cleaner in a full tank of gas,"NOT TECHRON"... Got it at Pep Boys. Noticed a difference. But since the Accord is new, I wouldnt worry about it yet. And Another thing, where did the jello in the bottom of the gas tank come from? Is it the same place that said that this stuff would rust the bottom of the tank? :evil:

 

I've used "SeaFoam" for a while now......works great. Marvel Mystery Oil is good too.

I don't normally use it as a regular maintenance item....usually just when there is some sorta problem.

I run some through the lawnmowers in the spring....the snow blower in the fall. Also excellent on old cars/bikes that have been sitting for a while and have gotten a bit gummed up.

Good luck.

Will

 

I'm a Techron guy myself

 

I'm with the bottle of Techron in the last full tank before an oil change group.

 

Using seafoam stopped the SLX from burning oil...
Love the stuff....

 

Fuel injection cleaner is not a additive. I have used Techron, Wurth's Vertil Suber injection cleaner and BG44k. In my experience the Wurth stuff was best folllowed by the 44k. Problem the 44k is expensive and the Wurth difficult to find. The one advantage to running premium is its more refined and has less garbage and crap in it.

 

Berryman's B-12 Chemtool.

Also handy for locating vacuum leaks.

 

Along with the seafoam stuff mentioned above, I get a similar product (I think by the same company) that is a foaming cleaner that you spray into the throttle body. Just disconnect the intake tube from the throttle body and then hold the throttle all the way open with your finger and spray a bunch of this stuff in. It cleans out the engine and shoots all the carbon buildup out the exhaust, so you either need to sit in the driveway and rev your engine while your neighbors enjoy a big cloud of smoke, or you need to get it out on the highway and blow it out that way.

 

Having experience from owning cars with tons of miles on them, the real trick with any of these cleaners is to read the directions, and then find the one that you only have to use every 12,000 miles (or once a year). In my personal experience, I've found that the cleaners that only go for 3,000 miles seem to do more bad than good. I've tried Seafoam and was quite pleased with the results (and it does wonders in old transmissions, as well!).

FWIW, in the case of a 1989 Pontiac Bonneville that I bought in 1999 with 122,000 miles on it, one bottle of the 12,000 mile stuff (that I'd recommend except that they don't make it anymore) brought up my mileage by about 6 MPG, which was a godsend for a poor college student.