Selecting The Greatest Fuel Injector Cleaner

by Jeniffer Hooper Marketing Manager

A clean engine is a key to a well-running vehicle, and periodically you may need to use fuel injector cleaner. Neglecting to use it may result in a gummy build up, affecting the engine’s performance and cutting down on mileage. There are a number of good-quality injector cleaner products on the market.

You Can Always Do it yourself

Major oil companies and manufacturers of auto care accessories have their own products to clean the fuel injector. Drivers have the choice of adding it at the pump when getting gas or buying a bottle at their local retailer and taking it home to handle their own injector cleaning. Either way, it’s a simple but important step in taking care of your engine.

Chevron puts out its own brand of pre-bottled Techron fuel system cleaner. Chevron with Techron is advertised as helping to improve efficiency, restore lost engine power and prevent engine knocks and pings. It’s designed to clean the car’s chambers, intake valves, ports, and injectors and keep the fuel gauge working properly by coating all metal surfaces. The advantage to handling your injector cleaner work this way is that it’s relatively inexpensive. Buying a bottle or two of Fuel Injector Cleaner online costs just a few bucks, and at a brick and mortar store, it’s even less. The drawback to adding fuel injector this way is that it’s an extra step, compared to simply pumping gas with injector cleaner already added. Chevron uses the television airwaves to advertise its own brand of gas with Techron to clean the engine.

STP has its own line of six different types of bottled cleaner designed to prevent rough idling, weak acceleration, and stalling. Helpful tips are offered to let drivers know which type of fuel additive they need and how often they need to add it. The gas treatment, fuel injector and carburetor treatment or the octane booster are used at every fill-up. The complete fuel system cleaner or diesel fuel and injector cleaner are used at every oil change. The advantage to this many variety of the same product, all with a different purpose and usage frequency, is that there is something for everyone. The drawback is that with so many choices it can be confusing to pick just the right Fuel Injector Cleaner.

Adding competition to the marketplace, Prestone also sells a bottled synthetic injector cleaning product. The Prestone product is advertised as combining “synthetic detergent technology with the benefit of octane enhancement.” Specifically, it improves acceleration by cleaning dirty fuel injectors. The octane in regular unleaded gas is boosted to help eliminate knocks and pings in the engine. The Prestone brand name is already well-known for its automotive coolant/antifreeze, so an advantage to this product is going with a trusted name in engine care to improve fuel injection. A disadvantage is that to the timid, trying to choose between Prestone and any other injector cleaner brand on the shelf can be confusing. There are several other brand names available. Drivers not accustomed to getting under the hood, getting their hands dirty and doing the job themselves can be put off by the number of products on the shelf.

Info Source: coolcaraccessories.net