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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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Default Fuel injector cleaner good or not?

We see all kinds of fuel injector cleaner to put in the gas tank of the car. They range from 3$ to 25$. Do any of these brands make a difference on the lude?
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (fab)

i'd use them at most once a year and use the midrange to relatively cheap stuff.

they are all the same - "petroleum distillates" in the ingredients.

too much will wear our your injector seals and deprive you of your money
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 04:47 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (kablamo)

try seafoam in your fuel tank... ive used it with incredible results... you should try it too!
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (delguiner)

I am not familiar with "seafoam". where can I find it?
How much to put? What frequency?
would it correct my poor performance car problem (hic up while accelerating when I press the gas pedal all the way too quickly).
See this thread for details: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=935167

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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (fab)

Sea foam could probably help. I just finished using it on my 1992 prelude SR (200,000km), my friends 97 civic SI (140,000km) and my 2000 Maxima (170,000km) and it works great... really helped me with the idle and very smooth acceleration, along with renewed power! i suggest you get some....

Now trouble is you live in Quebec like i do, so they dont have the product here... i heard of only a couple of places in Ontario and all over the states. What i did was ordered from someone i knew in the states and had it shipped over here...

What you can maybe do is go on ebay and search for it...

I also suggest you read up on the product. Do a search here for "sea foam or seafoam" and you should get a lot of hits with ppl talking about the product and what it does and how you should do it

try reading up on it over here too http://www.seafoamsales.com

hope this helps out man!
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (delguiner)

Thanks for the info.
The Honda dealer says that the car engine does not need to be cleaned at only 70000 km ? Is he wrong
I do not know enough mechanics to "play" in my engine. Do you think that Honda has an "equivalent" product to seafoam?
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 07:08 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (fab)

Honestly, just use the seafoam. It's very safe and will clean your engine, plus you get the pleasure of shooting smoke for 5 minutes while driving around town

Only place I know to get it is OReilly's
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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fuel injector cleaner sucks, sea foam's good
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 08:33 PM
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Default Re: Fuel injector cleaner good or not? (Kal)

i used this prolong stuff i just tried it to see if it would help when i go to the track after useing 3 times in 3 months my cat got melted now i been useing seafoam and its alot better i didnt even know about it and my store sells it
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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yup sea foam is the shizzznit
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