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Fuel additives / cleaners - are they worth it?

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Old 09-02-2010, 11:42 AM
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Default Fuel additives / cleaners - are they worth it?

Has anyone got any experience of these?
Are they worth it ?

As I only do 3-4k miles pa and I tend to leave it with a full tank of V-Power, I'm wondering if adding a cleaner to the odd tank is worth it?

Certainly the old red stuff helped clear the cars out on my old bike.....
Old 09-02-2010, 11:56 AM
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i used redex on my MX5 and it did seem to be running better and give beter economy after.
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V-Power has fuel additives/cleaners already in.

No need to put anything else in.
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Originally Posted by GreenmanS2000,Sep 2 2010, 08:42 PM
Certainly the old red stuff helped clear the cars out on my old bike.....
My bike used to eat cars too
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well it cant make them any worse?

fuel if left for a long time starts to degrade so may the odd fule flush with an additive might help if the car is left for long periods etc
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This one worked well at 31000 miles for my S lift in power smoother running etc. and you dont need it every other tank


http://www.powerenhancer.co.uk/news/...for-petrol/30/

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I used to be sceptical but I've had some good experiences over the past four years when using them to de-gum fuel injectors to get cars through emissions tests. I normally use the Wynns one that comes in a can.

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I've just ran a botttle of the red-ex injector cleaner through my S and its sorted out the rough idle.
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