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Old April 16th, 2009 | 3:53 PM
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So I picked up a case ( 6 bottles) of Techron Concentrate Plus 20oz
Open up the box and read the label and it says to use it every 3k miles.
Somehow I got it in my head that it only needed to be used about every 10k.
Anyone else use it regularly?

Also there are different bottle sizes notice that the size ounce size corresponds to the gallons at fill up 12oz= 12 gallons 20oz= 20 gallons at fill up. car size and truck size I'm guessin
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I use all 3M fuel system cleaner about every 3 months.

Don't they put techron in Chevron and Texaco gas?
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Originally Posted by EvansBlue

Don't they put techron in Chevron and Texaco gas?
I know Chevron does.
Old April 16th, 2009 | 9:51 PM
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Never heard of that stuff. I will use some seafoam ever once and a while.
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I believe Texaco is on the list as is Chevron, I was also using 3M products as well but thought I'd give the Techron a go.
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I know if you go to the dealership for regular maintenance, they recommend a fuel additive as well as an oil additive, I'm going to guess that the fuel additive is probably Techron or GM's version of it, anyone know what the oil additive is?
and what additive could the use that isn't already in a fully synthetic?
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I just got a bottle of 20 gal Techron treatment at the auto store tonight. I am still getting some power loss when at 60%-100% throttle between 3,000 & 4,000 RPM's, almost like a secondary valve isnt opening but theres only one on my throttle body. Its not triggering any codes with this problem so I will see if the $12 bucks of Techron helps at all.

In the last few weeks I have changed the , plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter, cleaned TB, cleaned MAF, carefully cleaned o2's<--(do that at your own risk!), changed PCV & Joined the royal purple club oil change. I idles and sounds alot cleaner and smoother but still that little power problem.

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The chevy dealer here uses BG products. 44K in the fuel and MOA in the oil. Both are commercial strength and far superior than anything you can buy in the store.
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Originally Posted by 992door
Never heard of that stuff. I will use some seafoam ever once and a while.
I use that in the Camaro when its being stubborn. It likes it
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Interesting..
here's the link for BG products
http://www.bgprod.com/products/products.html

The MOA has some pretty good claims to it


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