I am sure someone out there has bought some of those products that you pour into the car's oil or gas and it gets better gas mileage and more power, etc. I am just curious if any has found one that actually works and is worth the money? It would be nice to help my engine for very low money and no labor. Thanks.
~Josh

 

Almost if not all of them dont work save your money.

 

Thats what I figuered. Atleast 1 has to work out of the hundreds out there. Its obvious too good to be true. The government should crack down on those false claims. But if anyone really believes them maybe they deserve to lose their money.

 

A buddy of mine put a bottle of STP fuel injector cleaner in his car the otherday and said he could notice his car running a little better now. I think i might try it, it couldnt hurt................could it?

 

I'll look into that.

A bit off topic, but I recently had my engine "carbon cleaned". They disconnected the hoses and did all this wierd stuff. I paid $150 and my gas mileage went from 15 stop and go to 18/19, and highway went up like crazy. Before I drove to boston and back on 1/2 a tank. After the cleaning I went there and back, then drove around town to the bank and pick up a friend and it used a 1/4 tank.

 

yeah its called an engine vac its like fuel injector cleaner but for your whole engine it removes most if not all carbon deposits i had it done as soon as i bought my camaro its definitly not a bad thing to do but i only paid like 20 bucks for it i think its a pretty simple job you just need the machine

 

I have a lot of confidence in Pro Blend oil additives. I've poured it in our race engine while on the dyno, and the rpms will go up by 100 at idle. We also had it in a jr. dragster with a 5 hp briggs engine, and one time the oil drain valve broke off at the line, and all the oil spilled out just before the car went down the track. This engine turns 8500 rpm for 1/8 mile with no oil in it. I took it apart afterwords and there was no wear at all. These made me a believer in the stuff.

 

buy u a tornado!!!! nah, j/k. most of that stuff is junk

 

Where can i get this Carbon Clean **** done at?

 

you can get stp fuel injector cleaner at any semi-automotive store. If you want to get a full engine vac done just ask your mechanic and if he doesnt do it first of all get a better mechanic but just ask him if he knows anyone who does

 

AFAIK, the engine vac thing does an injector clean with something along the lines of gunpowder solvent. I have heard that it will make it run better and believe it if you car is old and has carbon buildup and injector crud. Also, the stuff will spray into the TB cleaning it up.

Besides that, the snake oil at Wal Mart works really well when it comes to cleaning the annoying green stuff in your wallet.

I asked LPE about whether any of that stuff works in their motors since I had one of theirs. They told me that they have a 2 yr 24000 warranty and they know you will beat on it. They asked me "Why wouldn't we recommend it if we could use it to make sure you get out of the warranty period?"

 

i heard you can gain 10hp by snipping all the belts of your car even the serpentine belt you guys should try this i saw it on tv and it was dyno proven

 

lol lord.
the only thing that we use at my house is royal purple oil (not in my car,but dads chevelle and our boat) and the other thing is Pro Long. that stuff really does work. we put it in our boat before the royal purple and we noticed better fuel economy (the boat was 34 feet long,the 1 we have now is 50 feet and it gets royal purple.)

 

it was also proven if you (just once though) hammer on the breaks and gas at the same time that youll get a 20 hp boost!!!

 

I just put the STP fuel injector cleaner in my car yesterday, and on my drive home from school today i can notice a little better gas mileage and its is runnin a bit smother, beleive it or not