gas additive???

[orviskid]

i went in for my first oil change and they wanted to sell me some gas additive. is it really need and can i get it on my own?? never had it in my other truck and that had 163K on it without any issues.

[tanked_darren]

Snake oil

 

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[orviskid]

thats what i thought.thanks

[Z45]

Have you seen the commercial for GEICO motorcycle insurance where the guy is made of money? Thats what you are to the dealer. It doesn't matter if it's a motorcycle, boat, car or truck dealership, they make the most money on service & repairs and once they got you hooked into coming back for oil changes, your money in the bank for dealer.

[Bad Bowtie2]

I change my Mobile 1 oil & AC Delco filter every 6K. I add a $9.00 can of Seafoam brand fuel treatment at this time- Today's fuel is crap. Today's vehicle are very sensitive to any minute changes.

 

In short, it's cheep insurance & it works.

[Wolfmanjohn]

Consistent use of good quality gasoline = no real need for any gas additive. Ever. That's why gasolines are "tiered".

[Dirtautoguy]

I have used seafoam a few times in my truck, dirtbike, and snowmobile, usually about once a year at the beginning of the season or when I think it would be good for my truck. It seems to work well for me, especially on carbs it seems to do a good job of keeping them cleaned up. But I think alot of it is personnel preference.

[tanked_darren]

This is one of those threads where the 2 camps share opinions. Both sides do what they gonna do, just buy top tier fuel like the manual calls for and skip the snake oil, I mean fuel additive

[Daryl LBZ]

I buy Lucas fuel injector cleaner with upper cylinder lubricant every oil change and dump it in the gas tank. I can't tell you if it really does anything, but other Lucas products my dad and I have used seem to work so I figured why not. I would just do whatever you feel like really, but mainly I would definitely make sure to try and buy good fuel.

[kstruckcountry]

Most gas isn't very good. I ran a few bottles of Lucas through on my last road trip to try it. It can't hurt anything.

I think people who hardly drive their trucks would benefit from a fuel stabilizer, with all the ethanol out there I'd expect separation. Using stabilizer sure helped my boat.

[Bad Bowtie2]

I run 100% pure gasoline 85% of the time. There are multiple stations here selling the good "old" stuff.

 

Shell/Chevron stations are very common to my truck(s).

 

I also run Seafoam in my lawn equipment annually- Good stuff.

[orviskid]

thanks, sounds like we have mixed emotions here. i run the lowest gas because it costs the least. CT gas prices are high for the good stuff. my truck gets 17 mpg and at $4.50 a gallon hurts for the good stuff. my other truck had no issues and i put in additives from time to time. i'd love to run the hi test all the time, but i'd have to sell the truck to fill it up.

[MikeNH]

Unless the price difference between regular and premium in CT is absurd there isn't much difference in price. If you completely filled a tank (26 gallons) the difference would be less than $8 assuming a 30 cent/gallon difference.