01-31-2019, 11:29 AM | #15 |
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wonder how many broken blocks there will be after this little bout of weather there. 50/50 antifreeze only keeps things not frozen down to -35. hope everyone in the affected area switched to a mix that they use in alaska.
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01-31-2019, 11:55 AM | #16 |
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It wouldn't hard freeze and crack a block. It would just get slushy and not flow well, plus there is plenty of expansion room in modern engines.
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03-01-2019, 10:39 PM | #17 |
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In our manual it says to use "Top Tier Gas" in our cars and I do not have any of the gas stations in my area as of right now until I move. Ive been using Speedway, is this going to damage it?
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no.
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He told me that I should try to find a gas station that has Top Tier fuel and that I should use a high octane booster every 3 or 4 refills. I have been using 93 octane exclusively ( 7-Eleven & Shell ) in this car since getting it, but I am not sure what the previous owner was using. He was a wealthy individual, so I am assuming that he was feeding it the good stuff as well. I did notice what he was describing before as well, but I thought that it was just the way these cars ran. I mainly notice it when idling at a stop light.
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04-23-2019, 01:09 AM | #21 |
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Nobody should ever suggest using octane booster, that just seems amateurish and not something a pro would suggest to correct a problem.
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04-24-2019, 10:37 AM | #22 |
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How do you feel about using something like Sea Foam to clean things out a bit since the car sat for a couple of years?
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seafoam is good. I dont knock the efficacy of using cleaners and such in general. I just knock the idea that a professional would suggest such additives and what amounts to mostly snakeoil (when talking about octane boosters/additives) over some advice that uses at least a little bit of their supposedly professional knowledge of what could cause such symptoms and give you actual specific things you need to do to correct them permanently.
However, if you had fuel in the car for years, you should dump it all and replace with new fuel before firing it up as fuel doesn't last that long without additives specially meant for long term storage (staybil) and even that, isn't something I'd use in a car you care about. Simply sitting isn't going to be something that seafoam really helps with anyway. Seafoam helps break up carbon buildup ...which only happens when you run the car, not let it sit. You'll probably need injector cleaning / spark plug replacement / fuel filter replacement, new fuel, perhaps new oil (just to be safe). And I'm not sure such cleaning of the fuel system is something you can rely on an additive to do if it's been sitting so long. You may need to take them out and do it directly if you want them really cleaned. Additives get sued all the time for the claims they make. Most have fine print that talk about how they're meant to be used _all_ the time in order to do what they claim. Cleaning something that's already dirty is usually excluded. Last edited by cellsafemode; 04-24-2019 at 12:09 PM. |
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As the poster above asked.... would the injector cleaning, plugs, wires, fuel filter be covered under warranty or are they wear and tear parts that I am responsible for? Thanks, Tex
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