Date:         Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:10:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thick-Glasses /How Do U Clean Injectors?
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>> Instead, run a high quality Fuel injector cleaner through the fuel system
once
>> the injectors are back on the motor. I recommend Chevron Techron, around
$8
>> for a bottle of their top-o-the-line crud buster. There are others that
work
>> well, and it's fun to drive with this stuff in the tank. In my
experience, you
>> start feeling a difference in 15-20 miles. Instant gratification. :)


Last nite I had a not completely unintended good experience with Techron.
Brought a bottle home for the '88 Vanagon, poured it in thinking that the
Vanagon tank was 3/4 full or more.  Hour later daughter needs to go out, we
get in the Van, start, and discover nearly empty.  Uh-oh, I had poured
Techron into an empty tank.  Well maybe the super high concentration will
just make it work better at cleaning the injectors.  Yeah, thats it, this is
good!

'Bout 3 miles away, cough sputter, cylinders alternately not firing.  Uh-oh.
Figure either I have screwed up big time and have damaged something, or the
Techron is a lousy substitute for gas.  2 miles to go to the gas station.

Nurse it in, fill with 89, discover $2 in wallet. "Will you take a
Mastercard?"  OK, return to the Vanagon expecting a no-start or tough-start
situation.  Surprise, starts and runs perfectly.  How the fill-up got
gasoline all through the F.I. system without the engine running is beyond
me.

Bottom line:  The high concentration of Techron *did* do a great job of
cleaning the injectors.  Idle - rock steady, off idle miss-gone, high end
power- improved.  I was trying to eliminate the let out the clutch miss/bog,
and it appears that I did.

I don't know what's in Techron, or if I might have done any long term
damage, but my unintended experiment seems to have worked...so far.

Gary