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Old 06-13-2004, 09:51 PM
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Went to Autozone the other day and purchased some Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant with Injector Cleaners. Has anyone else tried this? I guess I could have just got the STP fuel injector cleaner but for some reason I got this one. This is just a normal fuel injector cleaner right? Also, for some reason it doesn't have directions. I assume you just fill the gas tank up then pour it in the gas tank right? Thanks for the help and opinions.
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i would take it back and get a bottle of chevron techron fuel injector cleaner.........you won;t be sorry
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Thanks, I'll give that a try
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Everyone that I know that uses the Lucas stuff loves it. There is a shop around here that rebuilds Mercedes-Benz engines and they use it in their cars, and some of their engines have way over 400,000 miles.
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The Lucas is just about the best stuff out there IMO. We sell it at O'Reilly's where I work, and everyone that uses the stuff absolutely loves it.

And did you get the skinny bottle or the fatter one? The skinny one is highly concentrated and looks like it's not enough to do the job, but believe me, it is. The bigger is for multiple uses and the skinny one is for one time use. And all you do is pour it in the gas and fill up. Simple as that.
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Thank you very much Onyx Z, i'll give it a try and not let it go to waste. I have the skinny bottle, didn't see the big one though. I'll put it in tomorrow when I fill up, thanks!
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Does this stuff actually make any noticible difference? Or is it just a piece of mind thing?
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Lucas is amazing, all of their products work
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They actually do work, give it a try.
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everything Lucas works...try there oil stabilizer to quiet your LS1 down!!!
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what do you mean quiet it down??
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Originally Posted by ricethis98
what do you mean quiet it down??
Talking about piston slap maybe.
I use the oil stabilizer and fuel injector cleaner. Good stuff.
I put a quart of this with four quarts of M1 when I changed my oil just before driving home from California to El Paso, TX. I got 500 miles on one full tank that trip, no BS.
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Damn , I got it yesterday I got scared cause my oil pressure dropped.... This normal ?
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Should actually raise your oil pressure a little.
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I have heard not to use the oil stabilizer (can't remember why...maybe from Patman?) but they're injector cleaner is good stuff.
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the lucas oil additive is garbage...stay away from it........the fuel additive is ok IF your car is in good shape without any rust or corrision in the fuel system..after adding one bottle of lucas fuel additive in my 99ta with 50k miles on it the car stopped running.the lucas jammed the fuel pres regulator open...and moved all the crap in the fuel system up to the injectors...was a big mess.I would add very small amounts to start with and increase slowly to be sure you don't suddenly clean everything at once jamming the sheeet outta everything.
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I use the synthetic stabalizer in my oil it works great im my opinion..........
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The Lucas people are also super nice people. My girlfriends uncle is on Morgan Lucas pit crew and I was able to meet and hang out with the whole family, very nice people. They invited us into their travel trailer that was at the race during a rain delay to watch a movie.

And yes Lucas products work.
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I always used the fuel treatment in my 03 Cummins, and I still have a gallon of it left. Just been kinda iffy about puting it in the T/A. But Lucas is really good stuff IMO.
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I use the Synthetic oil stabilizer and the fuel treatment in my car and it runs great. I've heard something about the regular Lucas oil treatment clogging up the oil filter or something. Not sure though. I would recommend the synthetic and the fuel treatment though.


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