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02-03-2010, 02:23 PM
So... I don't exactly know that this thread would go along with the premix thread, as that involved discussion about the addition of oils into the gas... this is about a couple of other things...
:icon_tup: The first one I wanna talk about is a fuel injector cleaner of the "Lucas" brand. It's the one on the left... Before anyone starts ragging about adding things to the gas... hear me out on this one. After all I figure that if I use something in my 8 that IMPROVES the drive, I'd be obligated to share, no? Alright.
Besides the dud battery, one of the FIRST things I noticed when I test-drove my RX-8 on the lot was the roughness of the engine, before it idled, just right from the get-go. It sounded like what a misfire would sound like on a piston engine (I say that because I've never heard what an RX-8 sounds like when it misfires, although that was probably it). After it FINALLY dropped the engine speed, it was a SOOPER rough idle, like the mirrors were shaking and you felt like you were in a moonjump. Well it smoothed out a bit with a new battery and some TLC and driving. ANYWAYS, the first time I put gas in it, I tried a little bit of the Lucas fuel injector cleaner. and to no ill effect whatsoever! It even helped, drastically btw, with the somewhat still rough idle. So far, it seems to be doing reeeallly well. It also seems to really help with gas mileage. So if your having those problems, try it out, it might help quite a bit! It always worked awesomely with my other car, a 2001 4-cylinder Mercury Mystique. About $8-$12 a bottle depending on where you get it. 3 ounces to every 10 gallons, so each bottle treats up to 100 gallons of fuel! A great deal too. ;)
:icon_tdow: The second product I wanted to give mention to, wasn't such a good thing like the Lucas injector cleaner. It's an octane booster from Prestone, the one on the right... eh... I suppose it did its job because the car was smooth and everything; okay yeah, it worked fine, but it did NOT help mileage, whatsoever. Again, it DID NOT HELP WITH MILEAGE... in fact it suffered. My fuel light came on (I know I'm so bad) so I stopped and put $10 of gas to try out the octane booster. Maybe it was bad measuring, and the proportions weren't right, but $10 IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GET YOU 16 MILES BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNS ON AGAIN! So yeah, enough said on that one. The gas here on that night was $2.53/gal. So that's just under 4gal, give or take. EITHER WAY!!! 4 gal should NOT translate to 16 miles ie, 4MPG!!! I think something else was up there... O.O lol
Here's what the bottles look like... I'll add another product from time to time to give heads up on whatever I try. ;D ;)
:icon_tup: The first one I wanna talk about is a fuel injector cleaner of the "Lucas" brand. It's the one on the left... Before anyone starts ragging about adding things to the gas... hear me out on this one. After all I figure that if I use something in my 8 that IMPROVES the drive, I'd be obligated to share, no? Alright.
Besides the dud battery, one of the FIRST things I noticed when I test-drove my RX-8 on the lot was the roughness of the engine, before it idled, just right from the get-go. It sounded like what a misfire would sound like on a piston engine (I say that because I've never heard what an RX-8 sounds like when it misfires, although that was probably it). After it FINALLY dropped the engine speed, it was a SOOPER rough idle, like the mirrors were shaking and you felt like you were in a moonjump. Well it smoothed out a bit with a new battery and some TLC and driving. ANYWAYS, the first time I put gas in it, I tried a little bit of the Lucas fuel injector cleaner. and to no ill effect whatsoever! It even helped, drastically btw, with the somewhat still rough idle. So far, it seems to be doing reeeallly well. It also seems to really help with gas mileage. So if your having those problems, try it out, it might help quite a bit! It always worked awesomely with my other car, a 2001 4-cylinder Mercury Mystique. About $8-$12 a bottle depending on where you get it. 3 ounces to every 10 gallons, so each bottle treats up to 100 gallons of fuel! A great deal too. ;)
:icon_tdow: The second product I wanted to give mention to, wasn't such a good thing like the Lucas injector cleaner. It's an octane booster from Prestone, the one on the right... eh... I suppose it did its job because the car was smooth and everything; okay yeah, it worked fine, but it did NOT help mileage, whatsoever. Again, it DID NOT HELP WITH MILEAGE... in fact it suffered. My fuel light came on (I know I'm so bad) so I stopped and put $10 of gas to try out the octane booster. Maybe it was bad measuring, and the proportions weren't right, but $10 IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GET YOU 16 MILES BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNS ON AGAIN! So yeah, enough said on that one. The gas here on that night was $2.53/gal. So that's just under 4gal, give or take. EITHER WAY!!! 4 gal should NOT translate to 16 miles ie, 4MPG!!! I think something else was up there... O.O lol
Here's what the bottles look like... I'll add another product from time to time to give heads up on whatever I try. ;D ;)