| Fuel system cleaner - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| chico_kj_23 |
| Would a fuel system cleaner cause my car to struggle when it starts. I just put the bottle in yesterday and before then i had no problems but now i do. I think that must be it but i thought i would ask you all aswell. |
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| chevy |
| when i was working at wal mart after a fuel sytem cleaning u really have to rev the engine to get that stuff out. |
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| Mekanik22 |
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Originally posted by chico_kj_23
Would a fuel system cleaner cause my car to struggle when it starts. I just put the bottle in yesterday and before then i had no problems but now i do. I think that must be it but i thought i would ask you all aswell.
Do you have more cleaner then gas? Your car won't run on just cleaner and little gas. Your tank has to be full or close to it to use one of those FULL jugs. I had a simliar problem with that before and it was what I told you above. |
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| chico_kj_23 |
| i had just had filled the tank. it only seems to happen when the engine is cold. |
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| Fish_e_o |
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Originally posted by Mekanik22
Do you have more cleaner then gas? Your car won't run on just cleaner and little gas. Your tank has to be full or close to it to use one of those FULL jugs. I had a simliar problem with that before and it was what I told you above.
not true actually...
funny story about running out of gas in calgary... to long and stupid to go into detail....
just trust me my car ran purely on that alone and didn't miss a beat!! |
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| EK9Hatch |
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Originally posted by Fish_e_o
not true actually...
funny story about running out of gas in calgary... to long and stupid to go into detail....
just trust me my car ran purely on that alone and didn't miss a beat!!
Wow, so your motor isnt a gasoline internal combustion engine? Running on Fuel System cleaner would completely throw out the physics behind the engineering of your engine.
Interesting...
I wonder if chocolate milk would do the same thing. :dunno:
~Jamie~ |
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| Fish_e_o |
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Originally posted by EK9Hatch
Wow, so your motor isnt a gasoline internal combustion engine? Running on Fuel System cleaner would completely throw out the physics behind the engineering of your engine.
Interesting...
I wonder if chocolate milk would do the same thing. :dunno:
~Jamie~
as it turns out the solvent used is highly combustable and explosive... try it it cleans the hell out of everything..
as for the chocolate milk.. i've seen civics that could look worse:dunno: |
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| Mekanik22 |
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Originally posted by Fish_e_o
as it turns out the solvent used is highly combustable and explosive... try it it cleans the hell out of everything..
as for the chocolate milk.. i've seen civics that could look worse:dunno:
Well I don't know how you never had any trouble cause I sure as hell did.... I could only imagine your engine temps running only on solvent/cleaner. |
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| Fish_e_o |
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Originally posted by Mekanik22
Well I don't know how you never had any trouble cause I sure as hell did.... I could only imagine your engine temps running only on solvent/cleaner.
i went 30 km's on 1 bottle of injector cleaner and 2 bottles of octane booster (which are basically the same component wise...)
i would think egt's would be lower??? due to the solvent not being as explosive as gasoline????
actaully ran increbily smooth... i didn't rev it high because i had to save "gas" but it felt ok, started fine...
it was just to go to okotoks to get gas so i wouldn't have to get a tow truck on the bow river...
i would say it might throw things off with your computer. or at least in a neon it might. this because the computer needs to "learn" every little thing. i've actually noticed that if i switch gas stations it takes a while for my car to run as nicely... |
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| icydude |
| i know when i put too much seafoam in my tank it didnt make stuff all to great.:dunno: |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
Hmm interesting.
I use the lucas oil stuff.. I get a big bottle for like $12, put in about 1/3 of what a little bottle is(the little bottles are like a 1 tank usage deal)
It cleans and lubes the fuel system.
Works well, I think my car has become addicted to it, cause if I stop using it the first tank the car seems to have less performance :blink:
But I ran a can of seafoam through the carb, and a can through the gas tank... People always claim to smoke out the neighbourhood and I've seen pics of huges smoke clouds from car running it.. mine... almost nothing... kinda like what you would see firing you car up on a cold winters day... thats it. |
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| Thegnome |
| You have a clean car ;) |
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| PraxGTI |
RedLine Complete Fuel System Cleaner.
The only stuff anyone should use.
What were you using? |
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| THUD |
To much of that stuff and not enough gas makes for a crappy running car.
How I have done it is like this is remove the injectors or injetor and throttle body(multi port is easyer) spark plugs but not the whole intake.
A good clean shop rag or 2 a can of intake cleaner and WD40, what your after is them little tiny filters on the injector's.
Blow them clean them don't lose any, whipe the throttle body down lube up the spring and clean the opening of the intake and spray it up inside.
After your satisfyed put it all back toghether but leave the spark plugs out, turn the car over for a few seconds to blow out all the residue/prevent hydrolock, plugs back in and start.
Now you don't have to go all crazy aboot cleaning everything all perfect but I consider this a 1hr tinker time prodject and if your nerveisss or not really confedent about working on your car this is something easyish and there should be no more than 7 nut's, 4 on the throttle bottle 3 on the injector rail.
4 maybe 5 on a single injector throttle body over maifold setup, Consider a throttle body gasket and a fuel filter as a good idea......oilers scored 4goals:beer: |
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