Do those gas treatments, octane booster, and fuel injector cleaners from STP really work? My neighbor uses it all the time. He probably spends $20 month on them.
Do those gas treatments, octane booster, and fuel injector cleaners from STP really work? My neighbor uses it all the time. He probably spends $20 month on them.
this is just me, but i find those useless, i think its just something someone uses to feel good that they're taking care of their car. a small amount feelin good bout themselves. but, thats just me.
STP appeared on the scene in the mid 1950's and provided an engine oil that probably was a cut above the general dino oil back then. The number of refiners producing lube stock (to make dino oil) has consolidated many fold over the same period. Tighter product specifications and quality control have made dino oil a product you can rely on. Also, there is synthetic lube oils that have even narrower specifications, but I feel that changing dino oil every 3000-5000 miles (including a new oil filter) is adequate engine protection.
In the late 1960's high octane gasoline contained lead and lots of gum forming olefins. Improvements to components that make up gasoline, removal of tetra-ethyl-lead, and better stability additive packages have made significant gains in the last 40 years. All gasolines sold in the US and Canada have good generic additives, and if you like marketing hype, the majors make claims that there gasoline is superior.
There may have been a time that STP offered a product better than the general industry, but I think the gap has closed and STP no longer stands out from the crowd. Sometimes advertising does wonders for sales.
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Maybe this is coincidence but I doubt it..
Years ago I had an old nissan that was burning some oil, so I started putting STP in it. That seemed to help with the burning. After a while I changed the oil and did not have any stp to put in. When I started it up after that, these was some knock in the bottom end, when it never did that before.
Like I said perhaps it was coincidence, and it was an old car, but I have never used additives since that experience.
My 2 cents..
I've got a good friend in the gasoline business and we have hit this topic before. The major companies differ in their product only by their additive packages. These additives will help keep injectors clean, etc. All majors pretty much have the same additives from a chemical composition standpoint. If you don't use anything but fuel from Bob's petrochemical, you could have some problems with lack of detergents/ cleaning agents but major brands will not require additional additives.
gotta love it....
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