Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #115
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   From: Sean Archer 
Subject: Re: Fuel injection service
   Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 15:04:24 -0400

At 10:38 PM 4/29/96 -0400, Richard wrote:
>Buy a bottle of Redline SI-1 Fuel Injector cleaner, put it in with a full 
>tank, drive that tank nearly dry, fill it up again, and go to your dealer 
>and tell them to bugger off.  Save your money.  Do the redline trick 
>every 6 or 12 months and stay with name brand gas.
>
I wonder Richard if that's the best way to go.  The club magazine has warned
against fuel injection cleaners being put in the gas tank due to the likely
chance of the chemical cleaner removing varnish from the tank and lines, and
running the particles through your injection system.  That to me sounds like
a bad thing.  The safe way to clean the injectors is to run the car on the
can of cleaner directly, and few people have the necessary hardware to do
this themselves.


Drive Careful Fast ...

Sean N. Archer                  P.O. Box 61143
President,                      Kensington Postal Station
CDN Rockies Chapter             Calgary, Alberta
Miata Club of America           Canada T2N-4S6

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