 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to DarkLogix
Re: Exxon gas cleans intake valves? All of those can be caused by about 100 other things - including bad maintenance and bad storage tanks ... Sorry - been using gas for 29+ years and no, nada, none, zip, zilch, for issues with gas. Before TT existed or was a gleam in a marketing directors eye, and after...
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 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to No_Strings
said by No_Strings:Which oil company do you work for?
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DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to CylonRed
said by CylonRed:All of those can be caused by about 100 other things - including bad maintenance and bad storage tanks ... Sorry - been using gas for 29+ years and no, nada, none, zip, zilch, for issues with gas. Before TT existed or was a gleam in a marketing directors eye, and after...
And what do you drive? |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to CylonRed
said by CylonRed:All of those can be caused by about 100 other things - including bad maintenance and bad storage tanks ... Sorry - been using gas for 29+ years and no, nada, none, zip, zilch, for issues with gas. Before TT existed or was a gleam in a marketing directors eye, and after...
Mind if I ask where you live, in general terms? Urban area or more rural? In many parts of the country, due to air quality issues, "city" gas is often quite different from "country" gas. In fact, one of the small joys I take in road trips is being able to buy gas on the road that is of generally superior operational quality to what I'm forced to buy most of the time here in the city. |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to dbsanfte
said by dbsanfte:Suck a bottle of Chevron Techron concentrate in through your PCV hose every year, and you'll achieve a much more direct and apparent cleaning of your intake valves.
Techron is sold in Canada as Petro-Canada Tactrol, you can find it in the gas stations.
Just suck it in slow and don't hydrolock your engine 
Seafoam is more popular for this with my crew. I usually reserve Techron for the gas tank, but I may have to give it a try via a vacuum port next time around. |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to DarkLogix
Lets see - in the time - of driving:
3 different Subaru's, and Honda Civic hatchback (sold with 214K miles on the car), Honda Accord wagon, Chrysler T&C, Honda Odyssey and a BMW 330i (very used - bought with 150K miles on the clock).
I have driven across the country just this last summer and to New Hampshire, from Ohio, a couple times. Only time I would consider TT gas is if the other gas stations are only local or not well kept. Never had issues with gas - not once and there was zero difference in how the cars drove.
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"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to scross
Small city outside of Dayton, Ohio. Farms are a short distance away (a few minutes but no gas stations there. We all have the same gas as far as I know with up to 10% ethanol.
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"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain |
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fixrmanPremium
join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA Reviews:
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Seafoam?? Heheh. I don't know of anyone in my 27 years as a technician that ever used that crap in the field. I find it amusing that someone could call Top Tier fuel a marketing ploy and call Seafoam a cure-all. Now that's funny. 
We used butyl cellosolve to remove carbon deposits, GM's old Top Engine Cleaner® . The newest and even more effective (and available)GM™ part number is 88861802. It looks like washer fluid but is quite effective when used properly. It isn't cheap, but it does a lot more than a silly mix of naptha, mineral oil and IPA will.
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | said by fixrman:Seafoam?? Heheh. I don't know of anyone in my 27 years as a technician that ever used that crap in the field. I find it amusing that someone could call Top Tier fuel a marketing ploy and call Seafoam a cure-all. Now that's funny.
We used butyl cellosolve to remove carbon deposits, GM's old Top Engine Cleaner® . The newest and even more effective (and available)GM™ part number is 88861802. It looks like washer fluid but is quite effective when used properly. It isn't cheap, but it does a lot more than a silly mix of naptha, mineral oil and IPA will.
Reading comprehension is a beautiful thing. You should maybe give it a try sometime! |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to aannoonn
I think as long as its a respectable looking station there is a good chance it has TT gas anyway. a chain like Wawa for example has to buy its gas from somewhere, there is no Wawa refinery.
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fixrmanPremium
join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA | reply to scross
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