Injector cleaner...honestly

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Jukelemon

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Does it work

IF

you have not ever had the injectors cleaned?

I consistently get good gas mileage in my truck. 20-23 all the time.

However, the injectors have never been cleaned.

Is it worth anything to add a cleaner to the tank for a while?

When I pulled my cold start injector, it was so clean I could not believe it.

Juke
 
IF

The injectors are dirty, a cleaner will help.

I'm curious what brand fuel you usually run, if Chevron, etc. the additives do a good job of keeping the injectors clean.
 
i do use chevrons injector cleaner about once a month. and my injector looked clean when i did the work i just done. you should have seen the ones from my wifes 88 lebaron convertable. and out of the donor engine.
 
ToyotaDon said:
IF

The injectors are dirty, a cleaner will help.

I'm curious what brand fuel you usually run, if Chevron, etc. the additives do a good job of keeping the injectors clean.
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I usually run Shell or Chevron. Always have in all my cars.
 
A note to 'Brand-Loyal' fuel customers...

Just to rain on a few parades: The gas that comes out of then pump at your beloved Chevron, Shell, or any other brand gas station is not necessarily that brand. It MAY be, but 50/50 it's not. The octane grade is all they care about. When a certain refinery is out of commision, they even have the gas made overseas and shipped in. When the Chevron refinery in El Segundo was off line a few years ago, they were shipping in gas made in Finland and Singapore!
Once, at 2:30 am in Santa Fe Springs in the L.A. area, I saw an empty Chevron tanker pull into an Arco distribution yard...I assume to get filled with Arco's finest.
Most gas nationwide is shipped long distances by pipeline. There's no need to tell if it's Arco, Chevron, 76, or whathaveyou coming out the other end... just that it's a certain octane rating.
 
Guys, looking for an answer to my question not what gas is best ( :

My gas mileage is excellent, should I use a cleaner?
 
Jukelemon said:
Guys, looking for an answer to my question not what gas is best ( :

My gas mileage is excellent, should I use a cleaner?
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I'm with you Jukelemon. I have a 92 4X4 as well . I always think if I should have the injectors cleaned or not. I dump a bottle of injector cleaner in there every once in a while, figure it can't hurt. Most times it purs like a kitten at a stop , other times it seems to stumble a little.

Off topic- have you ever changed the fuel filter on your rig? How the hell do you get to it????
 
Yes, i have changed the filter. Not as bad as most everyone will say.

Remove front pass tire and go at it. It is located right by the oil filter.

Some say use extensions but I didnt. I used stubby wrenches.

Then I relocated it to the pass side fender wall.
 
I don't think that the Seafoam treatment is gonna do much for your injectors, if you're talking about the treatment of sucking it up with an intake vacuum hose. It doesn't flow THROUGH the injectors this way, and probably doesn't even touch them as it flys past in the intake chamber.

I also don't think you can hurt by running a can of injector cleaner through occasionally. How many miles do you have on them? I know when I pulled my injectors out at 185K, they were disgusting. I sent them off to RC, they came back looking brandy-new. I've also heard good things about Witch Hunter. We don't have Chevron gas stations around here, and I also think brands are pretty irrelevant.

Fuel filter? Take the passenger front tire off, remove that little panel, there ya go, right in front of you (assuming you're talking about the 22RE). Just be sure to bust the banjo fittings loose first, before unbolting it from the engine.
 
Ok all thanks.

The filter in NOT a pain in the ass. Not to be contrary, but if someone tells you this, they have not done any kind of mechanics in semi tight quarters. IF you have the right tools, it will take less than an hour WITH relocation.

Try working on a Porsche and then the Toyota filter will seem like a breeze.
 
Jukelemon said:
Ok all thanks.

The filter in NOT a pain in the ass. Not to be contrary, but if someone tells you this, they have not done any kind of mechanics in semi tight quarters. IF you have the right tools, it will take less than an hour WITH relocation.

Try working on a Porsche and then the Toyota filter will seem like a breeze.
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Thanks Juke. I have looked at it a couple times and got a little gun shy. Stubby wrenches you say? Sounds like an excuse for me to buy some new cool tools.:hillbilly:
 
Jukelemon said:
Ok all thanks.

The filter in NOT a pain in the ass. Not to be contrary, but if someone tells you this, they have not done any kind of mechanics in semi tight quarters. IF you have the right tools, it will take less than an hour WITH relocation.

Try working on a Porsche and then the Toyota filter will seem like a breeze.
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hey i did not say you couldn,t do it is aid it was a pain (if you need special tools and feel with one hand and put the wrench on with the other, or contort yourself in a manner not natural) it is a pain. i have never worked on a Porsche, if it is any thing like a lebaron convertible i do not want to.:beer:
 
KLF: I have 198k on my injectors. I have a very good idle, excellent gas mileage and excellent acceleration. I am sure a cleaning would be beneficial BUT I am not sure how much.

Joe: yeah, I did mine with stubbies and a reg socket/extension. Everyone says the banjo fittings are a pain etc etc but mine came off so easily I was starting to think other people were crazy.

I am sure that every install is different and for cars with a lot of rust...yeah, it might take some prep in terms of bolt soak. But the general consensus of it being impossible or too much is ridiculous to me. It takes patience and the right tools.

IF I would have done the oil change at the smae time...it would have been even less difficult because you gain some good space after the oil filter is gone.

Now that I have relocated mine to the fender, it will take all of 10 minutes to change ( :
 
Stubby Gear Wrenches ROCK! Keep an eye on the Sears circulars, sometimes they pop up on sale in a set.

I agree, the 22RE is a breeze to work on, compared to most other engines. I'm not looking forward to doing the timing belt on the V6 in the Highlander this Fall.
 
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