Rough First Start of the Day... - Page 2

08-17-2008, 01:46 PM

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kirax2

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I drive a Toyota Hybrid...

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Originally Posted by krisv420

Just added this stuff yesterday and went around for a 100 miles. Lets just say i can tell it did something. The car is smooth at stop lights were it used to sputter now it just sputters from the base of the bose system =P Thanks guys

+1 great stuff will buy another one soon

kinda pricey at the gas station 10 bucks.. Any other place cheaper?

yup i know..

wal-mart, 6-7 bux

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09-08-2008, 09:29 AM

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'04 C230K SS

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Originally Posted by whalebird

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you have seen this: About 30 miles from my home, There is a texaco station and they sell (at the pump) 102 octane unleaded fuel. Its about $7/gallon. Thinking about a few gallons for the fun of it. I love the smell of race fuel anyway. This might be off-topic

Higher octane most of the time is good because it burns out cleaner(that's why racers use it, not because of the performance gain). Eventually and with time, it would get rid of most of the carbon our engines have right now, but then again, if the car is not set up to handle that kind of octane, it might damage seals and o-rings that could cause other troubles. Every once in a while, it's not a bad thing to do. I have been around racing fuel for a while and can say that it actually works.

Chevron-Techron works pretty good! I would definitely recomend it.

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09-08-2008, 04:02 PM

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Glyn M Ruck

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late 2009 CLK 350 Coupe Elegance, '65 Jaguar S Type wires

Worked for Chevron for 37 years - Techron is great and unsurpassed in performance- I would also change your plugs

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11-18-2008, 01:54 AM

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2003 C230 Kompressor Coupe, 2003 E320, 2003 Chevy Corvette Z06

Just had to bump this because ive been getting some weak startups for a while now and was always curious on how to get rid of that annoying sputtering at start up. As with everybody else it only occurs at the initial start up and doesn't do it again at others . . . wierd. I will definitely have to buy this stuff and try it asap