This. These are the ones with PEA - spend a bunch of time reading on BITOG if you want to go down a crazy rabbit hole, or save your time and just buy whichever one of these is cheapest at the time.
7
Fuel Injector Cleaners
- Thread starter anotero
- Start date
This. These are the ones with PEA - spend a bunch of time reading on BITOG if you want to go down a crazy rabbit hole, or save your time and just buy whichever one of these is cheapest at the time.
Jay-Bee
New member
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Can get The Gumout Regane PEA @ NAPA or on Amazon P/N 800001742
I run it in both my 2.0Ts every couple tank, it's awesome stuff.
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
I don't know about those products but I know for sure that Berryman B-12 Chemtool works. It has a HEST (High Energy Solvent Technology) blend which is made up of Toluene, Acetone, Methanol, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, 2-Butoxyethanol, and 2-Propanol. Every third fill up I dump that stuff in and at 71k miles, I barely had any carbon build-up.
anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
Couldn't find the said part number.
This is what I found:
https://www.amazon.com/Gumout-51002...=Gumout+Regane+PEA&qid=1583523590&sr=8-2&th=1
anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Yep, that's the good stuff!
tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
Chevron Tectron. BG44K. Liquimoly Jectron.
anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
Cool.
I read up on this stuff, seems legit. Also says it's very potent, and may eat away at plastic components in the fueling system. I have an ethanol content sensor installed -- spliced into the fuel line attached to the HPFP. There's some plastic in the connections. Will B-12 be safe to use?
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
I have the same sensor installed and so far no issues with it.
That is just cheap solvent filler. Also every 3rd tank?!? That is overkill.
PEA-based cleaner twice a year should be plenty.
This gives a bit of info without going too far down the rabbit hole: https://shedheads.net/best-fuel-injector-cleaner
anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Overkill? I don't think so. Curious to know how you know they are cheap solvent fillers. Are you a chemist?
shortyb
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Upstate SC
- Car(s)
- Felon Taxi,Dad Wagon
Interesting that Seafoam did not make the list.
[/QUOTE]
Cheap stoddard solvent and mineral oil for the smoke screen effect. Doesn't do much cleaning.
BG44K is very aggressive and ate into my bearing overlays on a previous vehicle. Lead numbers went from 1 to 27ppm after use on a UOA. And Berryman Chemtool is similar, MEK is some nasty stuff.
Best bet for petroleum based carbon deposit cleaning is a PEA based cleaner. Redline SI-1 is highest content currently on the market but, Regane is not far behind and much less expensive. Techron has a fair amount, but not much more than their additized fuel products. Use a decent top-tier fuel and keep the cleaning products down to once or twice a year before oil change.
[/QUOTE]
Cheap stoddard solvent and mineral oil for the smoke screen effect. Doesn't do much cleaning.
BG44K is very aggressive and ate into my bearing overlays on a previous vehicle. Lead numbers went from 1 to 27ppm after use on a UOA. And Berryman Chemtool is similar, MEK is some nasty stuff.
Best bet for petroleum based carbon deposit cleaning is a PEA based cleaner. Redline SI-1 is highest content currently on the market but, Regane is not far behind and much less expensive. Techron has a fair amount, but not much more than their additized fuel products. Use a decent top-tier fuel and keep the cleaning products down to once or twice a year before oil change.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
The VW g17 works well.
That's the one. I use it every couple thousand miles, and get slightly (maybe like 10%) improved mileage.