Lucas Fuel Injector Cleaner, thick goo?
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Lucas Fuel Injector Cleaner, thick goo?
At the filling station I decided to add some Lucas injector cleaner and as I was pouring some into my car's tank I noticed it was taking a while to empty the bottle. Turns out the stuff pours out like a thick goo and even smells like motor oil. Is this suff supposed to be this thick or did I just pour half a bottle of bad cleaner into my tank?
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have any of you ever tried the lucas motor oil additive? Like every autoparts store around me seems to have it and the guys who work there (not that i would really trust them) talk about it alot. Dont know if its worth it or not.
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Originally Posted by Cerwin Vega Fan
At the filling station I decided to add some Lucas injector cleaner and as I was pouring some into my car's tank I noticed it was taking a while to empty the bottle. Turns out the stuff pours out like a thick goo and even smells like motor oil. Is this suff supposed to be this thick or did I just pour half a bottle of bad cleaner into my tank?
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Originally Posted by Juggernaut
It is thicker than any other brand. I have used it a couple times before, but I never really cared for it. Seafoam works well IMO
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Originally Posted by AMack
have any of you ever tried the lucas motor oil additive? Like every autoparts store around me seems to have it and the guys who work there (not that i would really trust them) talk about it alot. Dont know if its worth it or not.
My Dad uses it in his 1999 Frieghtliner Classic with a 60 Series Detroit 500hp engine. It has 850K+ miles on it. When he had it checked at 800K miles, the guy told him that whatever he is doing to keep doing it. I'm not sure if its the same thing for gas/diesel engines, but if it is, I wouldn't worry about using it.
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whehter or not Bob's simple unscientific tests prove anything or not (www.bobistheoilguy.com) I'm not much of an oil additive man.
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Originally Posted by demonspeed
Um... the injector cleaner isn't really thick. The engine oil stuff is, but their injector cleaner isn't.
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Injector cleaner is a marketing gimic thought up in the 70's. Those things do absolutely JACK **** for your "injectors". By the time the solution is diluted in the gas tank and actually reaches the fuel rail, there's a micron of it actually flowing through the fuel and it does nothing. The only TRUE way to clean your injectors is put a machine on the fuel rail and blow them out manually with a cleaner.
Save your money....
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Originally Posted by Juggernaut
Their injector cleaner is thick compared to other brands of inj cleaner. Unfortunately, I had to stock shelves with it every day for five years.
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I found a bottle and poured some out at work and it was kind of thick The bottle of Lucas had been sitting on my floor board for a few days and was cold to the touch so it must have just thicken up due to the low temperature. Kind of spooked me though, I thought the cleaner had went bad or something. It just didn't look right pouring something into my gas tank that was more viscous then the 10w30 Royal Purple I pour into my engine.
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Originally Posted by Damian
Injector cleaner is a marketing gimic thought up in the 70's. Those things do absolutely JACK **** for your "injectors". By the time the solution is diluted in the gas tank and actually reaches the fuel rail, there's a micron of it actually flowing through the fuel and it does nothing. The only TRUE way to clean your injectors is put a machine on the fuel rail and blow them out manually with a cleaner.
Save your money....
Save your money....
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i used to use it all the time when i had my 99 grand am gt, then it loosened deposits in my gas tank and clogged 2 of my injectors, had to get the entire fuel system flushed, now i only use it maybe 2wce a month