I do a lot of very short trips and my fuel economy and the responsiveness of my 2010 Honda Fit has been declining.
There was a sale on Gumout (Sopus/Shell) fuel additives and was just planning on getting Gumout Regane High Mileage as all these additives were half price at Canadian Tire.
So, at half price, I'd figure I'd try out their other products as well to see what is snake oil and what works in the Gumout line.
So I figured if I went and added Regane HM I might clog a spark plug gap or something so I decided to start small and use Gumout Fuel Injector Cleaner first, and to be able to see if it has any effect on a short tripper engine.
Well, I was driving on the highway and very soon after adding it to an empty gas tank and filling up with 87 at Shell, I noticed the responsiveness of the car picking up. We are talking in just 15 kms.
So I keep every receipt from Shell with the mileage of the tank of gas written on the back with the "L/100km" fuel consumption. Then when I fill up I always reset the trip odometer which clears the "L/100"km meter at the same time automatically.
So next time I go to fill up I plan on comparing to all my other bills to see if it cleaned the injectors enough to make the spray finer again to increase MPG, and have better cold starts and responsiveness.
So far I think it is actually doing some cleaning of the injectors as they claim, I'm really surprised as I only expect good results from Regane or Red Line fuel system cleaners.
Maybe the fuel injector cleaner has a bit of PEA in it like Regane just not as much would be my guess.
Then, after driving for a couple of tanks of fuel and adding nothing, my next thing I want to try is one bottle of Gumout Gas Treatment and see if it lowers my fuel consumption for that tank as well.
Then in early Spring I plan to finish off a half bottle of Red Line Complete 2 tanks before changing my oil to get rid of it as it is about 1 year old and don't know if it will go bad as it is opened but capped tightly and stored indoors. Anyone know if I should just toss it and use a bottle of Gumout Regane HM instead? I only paid 7$ for the Regane.
So just to say it again, I think the Gumout Fuel Injector cleaner ISN'T snake oil at all, but an excellent product that may just be a small dose of PEA.
There was a sale on Gumout (Sopus/Shell) fuel additives and was just planning on getting Gumout Regane High Mileage as all these additives were half price at Canadian Tire.
So, at half price, I'd figure I'd try out their other products as well to see what is snake oil and what works in the Gumout line.
So I figured if I went and added Regane HM I might clog a spark plug gap or something so I decided to start small and use Gumout Fuel Injector Cleaner first, and to be able to see if it has any effect on a short tripper engine.
Well, I was driving on the highway and very soon after adding it to an empty gas tank and filling up with 87 at Shell, I noticed the responsiveness of the car picking up. We are talking in just 15 kms.
So I keep every receipt from Shell with the mileage of the tank of gas written on the back with the "L/100km" fuel consumption. Then when I fill up I always reset the trip odometer which clears the "L/100"km meter at the same time automatically.
So next time I go to fill up I plan on comparing to all my other bills to see if it cleaned the injectors enough to make the spray finer again to increase MPG, and have better cold starts and responsiveness.
So far I think it is actually doing some cleaning of the injectors as they claim, I'm really surprised as I only expect good results from Regane or Red Line fuel system cleaners.
Maybe the fuel injector cleaner has a bit of PEA in it like Regane just not as much would be my guess.
Then, after driving for a couple of tanks of fuel and adding nothing, my next thing I want to try is one bottle of Gumout Gas Treatment and see if it lowers my fuel consumption for that tank as well.
Then in early Spring I plan to finish off a half bottle of Red Line Complete 2 tanks before changing my oil to get rid of it as it is about 1 year old and don't know if it will go bad as it is opened but capped tightly and stored indoors. Anyone know if I should just toss it and use a bottle of Gumout Regane HM instead? I only paid 7$ for the Regane.
So just to say it again, I think the Gumout Fuel Injector cleaner ISN'T snake oil at all, but an excellent product that may just be a small dose of PEA.