curren1963

Have been reading the odd topic on Petrol and/or Fuel injector cleaners and was wondering if they are actually any good at cleaning fuel lines/injectors/etc/etc ?

No problems with my car, that I know of, but always happy to use anything that keeps it well maintained; so interested in members thoughts/comments.

Thanks,

hazzaman

I had some good results with some BG44k following a dyno day at Janspeed. Made 195 wbhp - less than most of the other stock cars on the day. Car was new to me and had been owned by a mature lady before. I Don't think it had ever seen more than 5k rpm. Took a couple of plugs out and had a look down with a torch, lots of carbon. Stuck some BG44K in (kwik fit special) and thrashed it around for a week. Was back on the same dyno a month later and made 202 bhp. Can't say whether it was the additive or me giving it an Italian tune up, or even just a crap 1st dyno pull - I did have a flat spot around 2.5 - 3k which seemed to sort itself too.

Swapped out the plugs a couple of weeks ago and piston tops looked quite clean with some shiny spots.

It's £20, so quite a bit more than Redex etc but I'll probably give it another try at next service time.

keith2.2

BP Ultimate and Shell V-Power both have cleaner packages which do essentially the same job.

Nothing wrong with popping some through every now and again, though!

MIP

I wouldn't want to put an aggressive chemical through my fuel system, I'd rather just the addatives in good fuel, e.g. v-power.

richmc

BK44
I use it once a year, good cleaner. And leave the rest to cleaners in the fuel.

curren1963

Thanks for the comments so far fellas

S2k Eire

Just put BG 44K through both the S and the Corolla, see how it goes. I also use some Dipetane additive when I think of it.

Joe

Trailerparktrev

I've just ordered two cans of BG44K for the S2000 and the Golf. Worked out at just over £17 a can including postage.

JonUKS2000

Thing i often ask, is petrol not a cleaning agent on its own ?

richmc

not when you burn it!