fuel injector cleaner, recommended?

[photo2001]

Wondering if there are any fuel injector cleaner additives recommended

for Subies. Not noticing any performance issues at 36,000 mi. on my

'00 Forester, but would like to avoid problems. I always thought

additives can do more harm than good, but I often hear 'click & clack'

on NPR recommending them.

 

Opinions? Recommendations?

[86subaru]

seaform , subaru has some also but never used it , napa sells it

[porcupine73]

Not sure what, if anything Subaru recommends. I've had excellent results with RedLine SI-1. Good results with Fuel Power FP60. OK results with Lucas UCL. I hear a lot of people like Techron. I think GM did some study that showed not many gasolines have enough quality cleaners in them to prevent deposits from building up. I would generally avoid anything that has a lot of methanol in it.

[jon38iowa]

Not sure what, if anything Subaru recommends. I've had excellent results with RedLine SI-1. Good results with Fuel Power FP60. OK results with Lucas UCL. I hear a lot of people like Techron. I think GM did some study that showed not many gasolines have enough quality cleaners in them to prevent deposits from building up. I would generally avoid anything that has a lot of methanol in it.

I run a fuel additive cleaner through my '99 Forester every four months, moreover, fuelwise it runs pretty smooth, and I don't think the additive ( high quality ) would do any harm.

John

[subie94]

seaform , subaru has some also but never used it , napa sells it

 

+1-seafoam

[Kilroy]

seaform , subaru has some also but never used it , napa sells it

 

 

Seafoam all the way, that stuff is great!

[mtsmiths]

Seafoam all the way, that stuff is great!

 

Seafoam is great stuff, but running a can of Techron every month or so does a lot to keep things flowing smoothly ... at your friendly Standard Oil station ... which we don't have in western Montana. I grab a couple cans whenever we go to WA.

 

Which is this weekend, come to think of it, by way of three days in Vancouver, BC.

[Moodybluesr]

Chevron Techron Fuel System Cleaner (not fuel injector cleaner) is about the best pour-it-in-the-tank cleaner in my experience. Of course, even that is nothing compared to running OTC cleaner directly through the fuel rail, but you have to have a shop do that for you and can be $$.