Fuel additives - injector/valve/engine cleaning?
Fuel additives - injector/valve/engine cleaning?
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youngsyr

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14,742 posts

208 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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What are people's thoughts on products such as Redex that you add when filling up with fuel with the aim of cleaning your injectors/valves and engine and therefore improving how the engine runs, especially with old (say 10 year plus) and/or high mileage fuel injected petrol engines?

Are they just snake oil (like a lot of "Octane Boosters") or do they provide real benefits?

To be more specific, I have an MX-5 engine that runs very nicely, but is 11 years old and has 120,000 miles on it - am I likely to see any benefit from using an additive, and if so, which additive?

Fleckers

2,878 posts

217 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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HO HO

a can of worms has just been shaken and then OPENED smile


youngsyr

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14,742 posts

208 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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Fleckers said:
HO HO

a can of worms has just been shaken and then OPENED smile
Oh right, well at least it's not a consensus of "They're rubbish, don't waste your money".

I've also heard good things about Sea Foam Engine cleaner from engineers and tuners, rather than a bloke down the pub. Has anyone used it and if so, what did you think?

http://www.seafoamsales.com/how-to-use-sea-foam-mo...

youngsyr

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14,742 posts

208 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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Wow, so no-one has an opinion on this - I thought I would be inundated with replies?

GTIR

24,741 posts

282 months

Monday 13th December 2010
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Halfords stock sell lots of them so they must work.