Unhappy with Seafoam!
05-23-2008, 09:20 AM
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i learned about techron when i worked for vw. their "fuel system additive" is relabeled techron. (in '90 anyway) all of my cars have run noticeably better on chevron with techron. some texacos which hang a techron sign on their main sign are distributing chevron gas. not all of them.
my truck and cycle have been running like crap since the ethanol change. i hate it. my 'runner manual specifies to not use ethanol higher than 10%.
why isn't gas 10% cheaper with 10% less gasoline in it? damn croox!
my truck and cycle have been running like crap since the ethanol change. i hate it. my 'runner manual specifies to not use ethanol higher than 10%.
why isn't gas 10% cheaper with 10% less gasoline in it? damn croox!
and yes they are crooks. they are going to get what they can while they can under the current administration.. and yes they are tied together. mucho proof of this online.. go ahead and prepare for 5$ a gallon gas bc at this rate (and it will keep going for the next few years, even the gas companies said so infront of congress yesterday) in 1.5 years... we are ed
05-23-2008, 09:24 AM
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05-23-2008, 02:46 PM
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Update:
Checked and cleaned 02 sensors w/ electrical contact cleaner. Ohms were out of spec to start with in the heater circut.
Reinstalled, but cleaning didn't help so I replaced them. It was time anyway.
No change. Idle still a bit rough when motor is warm.
Cleaned EGR temp sending unit. Very sooty.
No change.
Next stop is the coolant temp sending unit.
I really can't recommend Seafoam at this point.
I knew better than to use this as a top-end cleaner.......
Checked and cleaned 02 sensors w/ electrical contact cleaner. Ohms were out of spec to start with in the heater circut.
Reinstalled, but cleaning didn't help so I replaced them. It was time anyway.
No change. Idle still a bit rough when motor is warm.
Cleaned EGR temp sending unit. Very sooty.
No change.
Next stop is the coolant temp sending unit.
I really can't recommend Seafoam at this point.
I knew better than to use this as a top-end cleaner.......
05-24-2008, 06:57 AM
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Everything double and triple checked.
Thanks for the reminder.
I'm getting ready to drain the coolant and pull the coolant temp sending unit.
I only notice the roughness when the motor gets warm.
05-25-2008, 08:03 AM
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Concentrated Techron is strong stuff
According to the texaco website Techron concentrate in the bottle is 10 times stronger than the techron they add to the gas
Yo, Techron IS "good stuff" yet it is also powerfull stuff and there is such thing as Too much of a good thing...Like I said I fouled out my older plugs with techron (my fault) I'm just stating that with out care full use of these products you can damage your engine worse than when you had started...."Less is more" sometimes and maybe concentrated techron all at one time may knock some crud loose or damage older injector seals and really start to cause some issues....
While if one filled up with the less concentrated fuel for several tankfulls of gas that may be a slower better approach...? don't really know?
Btw in Illinois we do not have very many texaco stations (at all)
Yo, Techron IS "good stuff" yet it is also powerfull stuff and there is such thing as Too much of a good thing...Like I said I fouled out my older plugs with techron (my fault) I'm just stating that with out care full use of these products you can damage your engine worse than when you had started...."Less is more" sometimes and maybe concentrated techron all at one time may knock some crud loose or damage older injector seals and really start to cause some issues....
While if one filled up with the less concentrated fuel for several tankfulls of gas that may be a slower better approach...? don't really know?
Btw in Illinois we do not have very many texaco stations (at all)
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05-27-2008, 11:08 AM
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According to the texaco website Techron concentrate in the bottle is 10 times stronger than the techron they add to the gas
Yo, Techron IS "good stuff" yet it is also powerfull stuff and there is such thing as Too much of a good thing...Like I said I fouled out my older plugs with techron (my fault) I'm just stating that with out care full use of these products you can damage your engine worse than when you had started...."Less is more" sometimes and maybe concentrated techron all at one time may knock some crud loose or damage older injector seals and really start to cause some issues....
While if one filled up with the less concentrated fuel for several tankfulls of gas that may be a slower better approach...? don't really know?
Btw in Illinois we do not have very many texaco stations (at all)
Yo, Techron IS "good stuff" yet it is also powerfull stuff and there is such thing as Too much of a good thing...Like I said I fouled out my older plugs with techron (my fault) I'm just stating that with out care full use of these products you can damage your engine worse than when you had started...."Less is more" sometimes and maybe concentrated techron all at one time may knock some crud loose or damage older injector seals and really start to cause some issues....
While if one filled up with the less concentrated fuel for several tankfulls of gas that may be a slower better approach...? don't really know?
Btw in Illinois we do not have very many texaco stations (at all)
05-28-2008, 05:33 PM
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Update:
Checked and cleaned 02 sensors w/ electrical contact cleaner. Ohms were out of spec to start with in the heater circut.
Reinstalled, but cleaning didn't help so I replaced them. It was time anyway.
No change. Idle still a bit rough when motor is warm.
Cleaned EGR temp sending unit. Very sooty.
No change.
Next stop is the coolant temp sending unit.
I really can't recommend Seafoam at this point.
I knew better than to use this as a top-end cleaner.......
Checked and cleaned 02 sensors w/ electrical contact cleaner. Ohms were out of spec to start with in the heater circut.
Reinstalled, but cleaning didn't help so I replaced them. It was time anyway.
No change. Idle still a bit rough when motor is warm.
Cleaned EGR temp sending unit. Very sooty.
No change.
Next stop is the coolant temp sending unit.
I really can't recommend Seafoam at this point.
I knew better than to use this as a top-end cleaner.......
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