Re: Fuel injector cleaners in gas tank ----Noooooo don't do it!

["jamesrguk" <James_rg@xxxx>]

Jordan,

I hate this stuff, you have to remember that on a car the age of a 
DeLorean a lot of tarnish and deposits will build up beyond the 
inline fuel filter. The injector cleaner will release all of this 
crap and deposit it right in your injectors.

I put injector cleaner in my tank whilst at a friends house and then 
set of on the 100mile return trip, by the time I was home the car 
was farting around all over the place and appeared to be misfiring 
on 2/3 cylinders. On testing the injectors nearly all of them had 
crap spray patterns and leaked, you could even see the dirt in the 
top of the injectors.
They were fine before I put the cleaner in the tank.

I really wouldn't recommend using this stuff unless it has been done 
regularly in the past.

Change your fuel lines and injectors (if they are knackered) and 
forget about it, I would never use this stuff in any of my cars 
again.

Also although you can clean these mechanical injectors, it is 
normally the spring (which ensures the pressure at which the 
injectors open) which weakens over a long time and causes the 
injectors to leak and spray different amounts of fuel leading to 
rough running.

Just MHO though



James RG



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> Does anybody have any thoughts on using those bottled fuel 
injector cleaners when they fill up their gas? Some say it does 
more bad than good. 
> 
> 
> thanx
> 
> rubin 11613