Anyone use Techron Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner ?

lordbmw · 12-10-2016, 10:43 PM

I put a bottle of it in my fuel tank recently.

Don't know if it's doing anything but I guess it can't hurt.

Anyone else use it?

VTECaddict · 12-10-2016, 10:53 PM

I use it the tank before every oil change if I can remember to. I honestly can't tell a difference though.

Snoball M3 · 12-10-2016, 11:00 PM

I've tried every so now and then but VTECaddict said, I cant tell the difference, but I heard some good things about Redline and Royal Purple cleaners....

Wilt · 12-10-2016, 11:10 PM

Techron's been around for a very long time (decades). It used to be that my BMW dealer would put a bottle of it in the gas tank, whenever I would bring my car in for routine maintenance. Then Chevron started to include it in its gas pump gasoline. In 30+ years of driving BMWs, I have never had fuel injector issues, which is why BMW put a bottle of it in before Chrvon gas included it. I still use mostly Chevron gas.

ctuna · 12-10-2016, 11:13 PM

I might clean your injectors but it won't clean you valves
in a direct injected engine. Because the gas doesn't pass over
them.
The only thing that will clean the valves is a direct cleaning
via the Walnut Blast or hand brushing.

Welcome to NBA Jam · 12-11-2016, 09:55 AM

Doesn't really do much if you regularly use top tier gasoline.

Bluewater328iT · 12-11-2016, 12:20 PM

I use top tier gas, usually Shell, but I do quite a bit of stop and go driving, so when I recently starting getting some odd codes about fuel/air mix, I put some in. I am still on that tank, so the jury is still out, but I am hoping it will clean the injectors. The dealer cleaned them a year ago, so I am hoping to avoid that expense, if nothing else.

Chevron gas is not available in NY anywhere around me. Techron is an additive that they use, but even if you are using good gas, it would not hurt to use a couple of bottles once a year or so, unless you do all highway driving.

Seattlesquash · 12-11-2016, 12:25 PM

I use the Lucas cleaner, combined with only Shell/Chevron 93. Works fine for me!

Dabrwright · 12-11-2016, 08:51 PM

I use a bottle every 3000 miles. Probably doesn't do anything but it can't do any harm, particularly as I use Chevron gas most of the time

F22_Raptor · 12-12-2016, 12:54 AM

i use it because i fell for the marketing

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lordbmw Captain 270 Rep 790 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW 335xi Coupe (AT) Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Alexandria, VA iTrader: (0)	Anyone use Techron Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner ? I put a bottle of it in my fuel tank recently. Don't know if it's doing anything but I guess it can't hurt. Anyone else use it?
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Wilt Major 228 Rep 1,045 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: SF Bay area iTrader: (0)	Techron's been around for a very long time (decades). It used to be that my BMW dealer would put a bottle of it in the gas tank, whenever I would bring my car in for routine maintenance. Then Chevron started to include it in its gas pump gasoline. In 30+ years of driving BMWs, I have never had fuel injector issues, which is why BMW put a bottle of it in before Chrvon gas included it. I still use mostly Chevron gas.
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ctuna Lieutenant General 1911 Rep 13,104 Posts Drives: 325xi 06 wagon MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca iTrader: (0)	I might clean your injectors but it won't clean you valves in a direct injected engine. Because the gas doesn't pass over them. The only thing that will clean the valves is a direct cleaning via the Walnut Blast or hand brushing.
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Bluewater328iT Lieutenant 87 Rep 471 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 328iT Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: New Rochelle, NY iTrader: (0)	I use top tier gas, usually Shell, but I do quite a bit of stop and go driving, so when I recently starting getting some odd codes about fuel/air mix, I put some in. I am still on that tank, so the jury is still out, but I am hoping it will clean the injectors. The dealer cleaned them a year ago, so I am hoping to avoid that expense, if nothing else. Chevron gas is not available in NY anywhere around me. Techron is an additive that they use, but even if you are using good gas, it would not hurt to use a couple of bottles once a year or so, unless you do all highway driving. __________________ BMWCCA member since 1990 Mods: 330 intake, ECU reflash & tune, Magnaflow cat back resonator & muffler, BMW Euro airbox, tinted windows
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