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FUEL TREATMENT NECESSARY ? 240 200

Have 2 - 240s both have B30 Engines and run well on 91 Octane

Ant fuel / valve treatment / upper cylinder lube really needed?

I see Lucas, BG-44, Techron and Flashlube ($$)

Any significant benefits from your experience esp the mecahnics

Which if any are the best or even helpful? or doubtful?








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    not sure what your goal is.

    I've used BG-44 and Techron when my 87 beast failed the NOX Treadmill, to no a vavail.
    But I'm sure that I have a really clean intake...valves n ports after the 'bath'.

    Do you have a Regulatory Issue with a Registrstion AKA permission to Drive it on the Street.??? Pass Smog Test?

    If not...save your pennies.












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      FUEL TREATMENT NECESSARY ? 240 200

      Techron concentrate does give results when cleaning the injectors but, they can't be faulty injectors, just dirty. A B20 engine with high mileage and previously ran on leaded gasoline should be fine. The problem today is the ethanol in our gasoline......WATER....The ethanal also eats away at the rubber fuel line.








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    FUEL TREATMENT NECESSARY ? 240 200

    Used STP fuel treatment (red bottle) during my earlier days of motoring circa 1980. And it was the best at that time. Cheap and easily available. Effective for carb cars. For fuel injected ones the best I've used is 3M Complete Fuel System Cleaner and Techron.

    Seafoam is best used for diagnostic purpose as it produces lots of smoke, easy to tell which exhaust gasket is leaking. Marvel's oil is best used for cleaning the engine's insides before oil change. These not so much fuel effective as 3M and Techron.

    Amarin.








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    Hi,

    IMHO it’s is not necessary as the oil & fuel experts have the responsibility to make their products sell and answer to an institution of engine designers and chemists.

    When it comes to salesmen, in aftermarket goods, they will say and do anything for a buck!

    If you study the Techron product, they list it’s ingredients as a Stoddard solvent.
    This is a wide open statement to be non descriptive in nature.
    It can be anything from kerosene to dry cleaning solvent with a relative to naphtha, but not necessarily so, or it would have to be listed as such!
    So with that said, you have no idea what you are buying packaged to an unknown buying public!

    Now you need to consider the quantity that is in the bottle of ounces going into a tank of fuel being treated! We are talking dilution into many gallons possible and then expect wonders!

    The wonder, comes later. In that did it really do anything, but make you feel better that you did “something,” good for your car?

    I have done it and I figure, I got smoke blown up and out my tailpipe!

    If you have spare change, give it to a homeless person, the result will be the same for you, as you won’t know where it went!

    Just a well earned humble opinion of my own!

    Phil








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      Hi Phil,

      I think I agree with you.

      The tellers at my bank's drive through window always put a biscuit in the drawer if they see a dog in the car.

      I don't use the drive through because I like to go in and flirt with the girls so I take my dog into the bank with me to get her treat. She wags her tail and stands at the first open teller with her nose barely to the counter and gets her biscuit.

      She likes some kinds, but not the cardboard type of biscuit that the bank gives out. She carry's it proudly through the door when we leave and then spits it out on the sidewalk before getting in the car.

      These engine additives are like the biscuit. Not something the engine wants or needs, but the transactions are nice and that's what makes the world go around.

      regards, Peter








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    I May Add a can of HEET in the Winter.nmi 200








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      I May Add a can of HEET in the Winter.nmi 200

      Hi,

      Are you running non-ethanol ? If not, you're getting 10+ % alcohol in your fuel, possibly a gallon per fill up. What makes you think you need more ?

      Peter








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      I May Add a can of HEET in the Winter.nmi 200

      i dont think gasline antifreeze does anything since its fuel injected & fuel is recirculated








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        Frozen fuel lines and gunked up injectors - Do you really trust the quality of gas you use? Water gets in gas station tanks all the time 200

        In extremely cold weather if there is any moisture in the fuel system it can freeze and will freeze. Dry gas will prevent this. I’ve had Volvo fuel lines freeze before. My MO used to be to use one bottle of dry gas at the beginning of winter to remove any moisture. Now I use a bottle of Techron Complete Fuel System cleaner. It removes moisture and it does clean the fuel system especially the injectors. $4.00 is a lot cheaper than replacing or cleaning your injectors. Since I started using it I haven’t had to clean or replace a single injector. Some high mileage cars too - 300k, 250k, 240k. It also works well at cleaning neglected engine fuel systems. I view it as cheap insurance once a year. If you have ever had the inconvenience of a frozen fuel line or a bad injector you probably understand.
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        I May Add a can of HEET in the Winter.nmi 200

        Referring more to condensation forming in the tank in colder temps. Thus mixing with any water at the bottom.
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    FUEL TREATMENT NECESSARY ? 240 200

    Sorry B230 engines







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