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Has anyone heard anything about Chevron gas and G.M. cars and trucks not being compatible?
I was just at my dealer and he kind of hinted around that I should not be using Chevron gas in my truck but would not give a reason why.
Anybody else here about this?
Thanks
I was just at my dealer and he kind of hinted around that I should not be using Chevron gas in my truck but would not give a reason why.
Anybody else here about this?
Thanks
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He said use 76, Shell, Texaco or Mobil but would not recommend Chevron. Said he can't tell me Not to use Chevron, but recommend I use the other's but with no explanation why.
cowboyjohn
If I were a technician and had a solid technical reason for recommending that you don't use a specific product, I'd be able to tell you what that reason is.
Next time you see this technician, try to determine if he has some ulterior motive in telling you not to use Chevron. If he starts giving you political reasons or anecdotal supposition, then I'd be suspecting he's got something personal against Chevron.
By the way, a person working for a dealership and making claims against a product needs to be carefull. He and his employer could be liable in our increasingly litigious society.
Dusty
I have used the techron additive.
Robert
While I have not been able to answer the issues of what label is on the side of the truck that delivers the fuel to the station tanks, I have seen a difference in Chevron fuel.
In the seventies and eighties, I saw BMW 2liter engines opened after using different fuels. I chose to use Chevron due to the major difference in deposits.
Before my buying my truck, I drove an '88 Sable with a Ford installed retrofit that leaned out the fuel mix. It started stumbling and missing until the dealer mechanic suggested I use a fuel system cleaner additive and use Chevron. I did, and the effect was amazing.
With my '98 K1500 5.7, I thought I wouldn't need the techron, I started getting the miss at idle. I started using Chevron again, and that problem left.
Perhaps there is still a "mystery" to the deal, but I continue to use Chevron. I can pay at the pump, or I can buy the additives and the inconvenience of getting the mix right. I seldom fill the tank at the same level of "emptiness" or "fullness".
Sheeze, I hate sounding like a commercial...
The question that started this makes me think, "Is Chevron gas, smart gas? Does it know it's in a GM so it acts differently?" Why believe some outrageous comment without explanation?
I also was putting Chevron Diesel in my F250 but changed when I realized I could get it cheaper elsewhere at a place used by more people.
I had a '78 Fairmont that would run on any kind of gas I could get with no apparent difference. Um, maybe I should say that it ran equally bad on any kind of gas I could get...
I had a '70 BMW 2002 that didn't like anything other than high octane fuel. I drove more "spiritedly" back then...
If you experience no adverse effects of burning whatever gas you can find, this is a good thing. Enjoy it.
Every vehicle is different, just like people.
Comments without explanation... I drove a Fairmont. There is no explanation for that, it just happened.
I have been dumping in a bottle before an oil change.
I dumped in a bottle today for a trip to chicago and my milage seen a slight increase
I have been getting it at meier.
Oil companys do 'exchanges'. One company exchanges their product for another's product when they do not have a nearbuy supply.
They aren't going to truck gasoline hundreds of miles to sell 'the real stuff'.
Now, a branded company specifies a 'package' of their additives be added when the truck is loaded at the wholesale terminal. But I'm guessing a lot of the additives are 'generic' chemicals also.
Now Techron may be unique. And have a better detergent action than some of the other additives.
But the base gasoline stock is 'generic', out of a refinery or pipeline.
THANKS!!!
They just opened one a few months ago and we have a 1 yr free memebership
any particular reason why you add a fuel injector cleaner before an oil change rather than after. i add a bottle after an oil change.
what kinda fuel injector cleaner you put in your truck that you get from meijer? i know it's not the chevron brand fuel injector cleaner you get from meijer, i looked to compare the price with costco. last time i looked they have a chevron fuel system cleaner for around $6.00. i get the chevron fuel injector cleaner from costo for $10 4-pack. there's a Costco in merrillville.
here's a question...
anyone know the difference between the chevron fuel injector clear and the chevron fuel system cleaner. i can get the 4pack of the chevron fuel injector cleaner from costco for $10, that's $2.50each. that's the only one they sell. now the other stores, walmart, meijer, kmart, etc, they sell the chevron fuel system clear for around $6 a bottle. yep, that's $6 a bottle of the chevron fuel system cleaner. they both go in the same way and thru the same components. so what's the difference other than where it's sold, what's it called, and the $3.50 price difference?
"Chevron Techron Fuel System Cleaner is unbeatable in cleaning the entire fuel system and restoring lost power and performance caused by deposit build-up. Cleans deposits from fuel injectors, carburetors, ports, valves and combustion chambers. Works in one tankful while you drive to reduce deposit related engine knock, ping, run-on, and cold start problems. Recommended for use every 3,000 miles. 20 oz. bottle. "
I wasnt aware they made two different kinds of cleaner. The above is the only one i know of and have only seen
I found the site below. Looks like one of them has something to absorb water too. See if you can sort through the marketing levels beyond two sizes of bottles (12 and 20 ounce)?
http://www.chevron.com/prodserv/nafl/auto/content/fueladd.shtm