Red Line Fuel System Cleaner
11-27-12 | 09:54 AM
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Red Line Fuel System Cleaner
Not specific to rotaries but gotta give credit where it's due!
Wifey’s car had a light ping/knock under throttle, so looked into Sefoam, etc. I am generally not a fan of the various ‘snake oil’ products and do not routinely use any of them.
But I had heard of good results using various injector cleaners and such, so gave it a little research.
I’ve had good results with other Redline products so decided to give this bottle of joy a try.
Results were impressive and unexpected
One – ran 6oz in about a gallon of gas in the wife’s car – Protégé5, 2.0l 4 banger, 125k+ miles. Knock went away within a few miles, quite impressive.
Two – ran 1oz in 3oz fuel through 2 identical 15yr old 2stroke motors (weedeater/edger). I’d taken care of them over the years but never did a carb rebuild or anything. Carb screws had been adjusted way out over the years to get them to run. They were running, but very rough. Both motors started smoking like heck, birds falling out of the sky. It cleared out after a few minutes and kid you not, both are now running almost like new. I had to completely re-adjust the carb screws almost back to factory stock.
Three – ran 6oz on the FC in the last gal of gas. HOT START ISSUE NOW 90% BETTER!! Now that was weird. Injectors have 4yrs and 8k since clean and balance, hot starting had been getting problematic.
Thought I'd spred the good word. I am impressed.
Wifey’s car had a light ping/knock under throttle, so looked into Sefoam, etc. I am generally not a fan of the various ‘snake oil’ products and do not routinely use any of them.
But I had heard of good results using various injector cleaners and such, so gave it a little research.
I’ve had good results with other Redline products so decided to give this bottle of joy a try.
Results were impressive and unexpected
One – ran 6oz in about a gallon of gas in the wife’s car – Protégé5, 2.0l 4 banger, 125k+ miles. Knock went away within a few miles, quite impressive.
Two – ran 1oz in 3oz fuel through 2 identical 15yr old 2stroke motors (weedeater/edger). I’d taken care of them over the years but never did a carb rebuild or anything. Carb screws had been adjusted way out over the years to get them to run. They were running, but very rough. Both motors started smoking like heck, birds falling out of the sky. It cleared out after a few minutes and kid you not, both are now running almost like new. I had to completely re-adjust the carb screws almost back to factory stock.
Three – ran 6oz on the FC in the last gal of gas. HOT START ISSUE NOW 90% BETTER!! Now that was weird. Injectors have 4yrs and 8k since clean and balance, hot starting had been getting problematic.
Thought I'd spred the good word. I am impressed.
