nitrogen enriched gasoline.
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nitrogen enriched gasoline.
Saw a commercial for Shell earlier while watching Ax Men, and apparently shell is putting nirogen in their gas now as a de-gunker and sealer for the valves... How is that going to effect our trucks and is it going to be for the positive or negative?
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unfortunately for me ALL the gas stations around here have 10% ethanol in their gas. whether its bp's engivorate, shells, blah blah, theres really only 2 that I can go to that have plain old fashioned unleaded
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I did a search, found mostly Shell's info like this:
ACURA MDX . ORG - Shell announces new nitrogen-enhanced gasoline
Says it's for enhanced detergent action. It will probably take some time for anyone to do a valid test. We shall see.....
ACURA MDX . ORG - Shell announces new nitrogen-enhanced gasoline
Says it's for enhanced detergent action. It will probably take some time for anyone to do a valid test. We shall see.....
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yeah sea foam is a great product, I run it through my iroc every 6 months to keep everything all smoothe and gunk free. really cleans out the tuned port injectionand keeps the injectors clean and spraying good
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I'm curious what the Nox emissions will look like...
As to the ethanol, I run it all the time, and my family has since 82, and have usually over 200,000 miles on our vehicles before they ever go away, and rarely have fuel system problems.
As to the ethanol, I run it all the time, and my family has since 82, and have usually over 200,000 miles on our vehicles before they ever go away, and rarely have fuel system problems.
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I think the point was that ethanol eventualy gets at the seals and destroys em. Good intentions with them I'm sure. Shell hasn't been in Sioux City for years and everyone's turned their 89 grade over to 10% ethanol.
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if you pour seafoam into the tank it acts as a total overall fuel system treatment, OR you can take an empty spray bottle, pour 1/2 into it and spray some directly into the TB or Carb, then pour the other 1/2 into the tank. Either way you still have around a 1/2 a bottle left to squirt to break the carbon loose inside the intake
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I've done it in my gas tank and down a vacuum line. Never had a problem since I've tried it. Done a 2000 Trans Am WS.6 with 176k miles, an 01 Eclipse GS 2.4 4cyl with 150k miles, 2000 S-10 4banger with 150k miles, my 86 5.0 with 120k miles. A few others, but the point is, I kicked myself for not using the stuff sooner. It's great when sucked in the right vacuum line. You get a nice smoke show, plus you really feel a difference. I did my truck 4 times within 2 days, and it cleaned it to where no white smoke came out. I tried again 3 weeks later, thinking maybe the last one was a fluke... nope, no more white smoke (carbon). Seafoam itself smokes out light blue, being petroleum.
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So seriously, I just go pick up a bottle and dump it in my gas tank? Should I do it with a full or empty tank? If I don't drive the truck much, would it hurt anything if it sat in the same tank for awhile?
As far as the spray bottle, just take off my air cleaner and squirt into the carb....
I'm like 0 mechanic skill and I can't wrap my head around this. Especially putting it in vacuum lines. Is there a chance I could hydro lock the engine? My truck only has about 60,000 miles on it, but it runs sluggish.... I don't doubt it could use a good cleaning.
I've trusted FTE info thus far, so I might try putting some in my gas this weekend.
As far as the spray bottle, just take off my air cleaner and squirt into the carb....
I'm like 0 mechanic skill and I can't wrap my head around this. Especially putting it in vacuum lines. Is there a chance I could hydro lock the engine? My truck only has about 60,000 miles on it, but it runs sluggish.... I don't doubt it could use a good cleaning.
I've trusted FTE info thus far, so I might try putting some in my gas this weekend.