04RX8man

does it matter what type of fuel injector cleaner I use on my 8? Is it bad for the engine? Just wondering I don't want to hurt anything on my 8! Thanks guys

rg200amp

redline is good stuff, just dont use cheap stuff it eats away at the gas lines so i hear

tony_673

"Greased Lightning" made my 91 Mercury Sable I had back in the day run like poop. I haven't used their products since. Just my $.02

swoope

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another option is b&g 44k. you have to get it from a dealership and is not cheap... but it does work..

beers

swoope

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you can buy it local for that price.. i buy in quanity.. about 11 bucks a can...

works great..

beers

CarAndDriver

Lube Control FP60 or Schaeffers.

train460

sea foam

nike178

is this BG 44K stuff worth the extra investment over Red Line? I'm gonna pick up a bottle of Fuel Injector cleaner over the weekend so just wanna make sure which way to go here..

Jax_RX8

Cleaning is very important for the 8, but so is lubrication because of the rotary's design. WIth this in mind, I would use a fuel additive that also lubricates as well as cleans such as Lube Control FP3000 or FP60, Redline SI-1, Lucas UCL, or Marvel Mystery Oil.

Others such as BG's 44k, Chevron's Techron, and Gumout's Regane are all excellent cleaners, but do not provide any lubricity to the fuel.

Lube Control is web order only and BG is through authorized service shops - the rest can be obtained from AutoZone, Advance Auto, or Wally World.

If you Premix as well, this will eliminate the additional lubricity need. If not, I would choose a fuel cleaner that lubricates as well.

Targatheory

I'm assuming you techheads think that products like STP and Techchron are jokes?

MazdaManiac

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The Chevron "Techron" cleaner is as good as the SI-1 and the FP60. Same stuff.
Just no added lube.
If you pre-mix, Techron is as good as it gets.

phxtravis

+1 on the Seafoam

04RX8man

My cleaner is Blaster with lubrication now will that be good?

typej

I just use cheveron gas hoping techron that it comes with will hopefully clean the engine too... I might try redline SI-1 just to see what all these hypes are.

nike178

Hey guys, i remember reading a couple of members that used the Red line fuel injector cleaner and reading somewhere that a bottle treats up to 100 gallons.. So i'm reading the directions on the back and its telling me to put the whole bottle in when i go to fill up.. I dont see anything that says the bottle treats up to 100 gallons (Someone here used 1/3 of the bottle).. Thanks

MazdaManiac

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One whole bottle for a cleaning blast, 1.5 oz per 10 gallons for constant cleaning.
At $8 a bottle, I wouldn't bother with more than 1/2 of it in a tank.

MazdaManiac

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And if that isn't clear enough, the giant "Treats up to 100 Gallons" on the front label should be a dead give-away.

dbright007

That is what the Mazda tuner here recommends and sells...

MazdaManiac

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BG44k is pretty expensive.
They have a cleaning process that is even better than the "over-the-counter" stuff, so if I were to spend the extra $$ on BG, I'd just go ahead and have the pressure service done at an authorized BG dealer.

nike178

WTF?? My label is totally different... Hmmm.. Mine doesnt say anything like that. Mine says "Add entire bottle to fuel tanks for quick cleanup before filling tank-use entire tank before refilling..."

BTW, my label is silver not red like urs..

RX26b

^ Dude, you sure it's SI-1, and not SI-2 you're looking at? I never got why they produced both (kind of redundant) when SI-1 can do an initial treat of one bottle per tank, or be used as regular maintenance diluted into 100 gallons.

MazdaManiac

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http://www.redlineoil.com/products_f...bCategoryID=11

Razz1

For a minute there I thought he couldn't read.

I use Techron when I can or Union 76

MazdaManiac

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Me too, but he's right - there is a silver-label version of the product that is marked differently.
I don't know what it says on the back and I don't know which is "newer".
I just started using the stuff instead of the Chevron stuff.

swoope

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yep,

but how do you get those pesky last valves open during the process?? as those seem to be the ones that really need cleaning..

beers