Do any of you guys use a fuel treatment every so often??? If so when and what kinda??? I know its a lame question, but I'm gonna ask anyway.......

Will
(Colorado guy living in Virginia, so to be in Japan.........)

 

A fuel treatment should only be used in high mileage engines to clean injectors, Right now it will just do more harm then good, don't use any.

 

What is considered high? I am at 66,500 now....

 

I don't consider it to be a lame question at all. I don't use an aftermarket fuel treatment in the Z since the fuel I primarily use, Shell V-Power, already has an additive package blended in. If I start having drivability problems, or was forced into using questionable fuel, I might have to reconsider.

 

BG 44K 20.00 a can! good stuff!

 

I agree with Kevin- BG products are good, but I still question whether you NEED to use it...

 

44k tune up in a can!!. But with todays cars and how clean they burn, if it's a daily driver and you get it up to operating temps most days, then 44k won't be a benefit. It wouldn't hurt, but would be a waste of money.

I had an '89 accord that had 200k miles, 175k which I put on. I had to have the head pulled to change the gasket and they asked if anything was done to the engine at all it was so clean. No deposits on valve stems. I may have used fuel injection cleaner a couple of times, but that's about it. Don't use citgo gas.

 

When I bought a motor to rebuild there was oil sludge all over the inside of the motor, so I imagine it never had synthetic oil. Overall I imagine that the thing was not very well maintained. But, when I disassembled the head there was no deposits on the valves at all. I think that injector cleaner does nothing for deposits because deposits rarely exist. It may improve injector performance though.

I would reccomend pouring a little Marvel Mystery Oil into the oil close to your oil changes and running it lightly to clean oil deposits.

 

Thanks for all the info guys. I was just curious, not that its that big of a deal...... The car is going into storage for 2 years in 5 months anyway.....

 

Wow! This is some good info. Even more amzing is that you already have 66.5k miles!!! I'm still shy of 40k. As far as storage, use Sta-Bil fuel stabilizer.

 

ive got 31k on mine and its 03, woot woot!

 

The government is storing it for me. I don't know anything about there program, so if anybody has some info............

 

For two years storage, hope they drain the fuel out of your tank and run the thing dry.

As far as fuel treatment goes, even the cheapest gas has a lot more detergents in it than premium fuel did a few years ago. Not to mention ethanol. There are a few treatments that raise the octane up a point or so with toluene (also an industrial detergent), and the BITOG guys seem to really dig Chevron with Techron additive for the lead it has if you really want to help keep combustion temps down, but I wouldn't bother with using anything outside of track days. Even then, it's a marginal effect but I like the warm and fuzzy feeling of a little extra knock resistance for track use.
Will