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Red Line 60103 SI-1 Fuel System Cleaner - 15 oz.
Price: $8.95
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Customers Reviews
2010-03-30
I got this stuff but didnt notice a huge difference...
Being a big fan of Red Line products, I was hoping for a big night and day transformation of my 1997 Toyota Camry. Sadly, it just didn't happen. I didn't want to give it 5 stars as I just didn't notice anything, but, I didn't want to give it 1 star as I trust Red Line in their products. My guess for the lack of difference is probably in the fact that I only use name brand gasoline. I figure that the better quality fuels probably have enough detergents in them now a days as to not really require a heavy cleaning. Perhaps if I were more negligent in the upkeep of my car I would have seen a more noticeable bump in performance.
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2010-03-18
Raised my gas mileage 3-4 points
My '06 Civic SI has about 40,000 miles on it. It had been getting around 22 mpg (mostly city driving) but even with long distance freeway driving (around 75mph) I'd only get about 23 mpg. I usually use Chevron or Shell gas. I also have used Techron fuel cleaner in the past with no results.
So I used Red Line SI-1 a few tanks ago, and my gas mileage has increased to about 26 mpg for my last few tanks. Right now I'm at 318 miles on one tank of gas, and i have one bar left on my fuel gauge (it's digital). Prior to the Red Line the best I'd ever gotten was 312 on one tank of gas, and that was after driving the ENTIRE tank on the freeway, and driving 10 miles with no bars left on the fuel gauge. Typically I would get 250-270 miles on one tank.
I'm stoked!
I will admit that using this stuff ain't going to do anything to help you if your injectors aren't clogged... but if you suspect they are, this is the fuel cleaner to get!
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2010-03-06
Amazing - Never expected results you can actually feel
Ok so I've tried a handful of fuel system cleaners over the years and the last being Chevron Techron after researching it years ago. The car would typically feel good for that tank, and nothing more but I figured it helped since sometime I would have to put Circle K gas in my car or from stations where you could tell that you were going to get some water with your gas since they were so old.
Anyway on a cross country trip in my friends Volvo with 101k miles in it the throttle started to stick and I realized it was a drive by wire car so it wasn't a cable issue. Plus the car was pinging (my uncar savvy friends response was that sound was the noise the fan makes..) like mad so I inquired to what gas this little turbo was running... Response- Regular! and to makes things worse the last 50k miles the poor thing has been running regular and pinging!!! ahahahahaha So Instant pull into a filling station to fill up the tank with super 91 (in that part of the country). The car is still pinging even after 2 tanks of super, so I remember some motorcycle discussions about Seafoam and I pick a bottle up for some stupid $18 amount in the middle of no where gas station, but the car needs something and the throttle is running (researched this later that the throttle body was dirty). The Seafoam immediately helped but the car still pinged through 4 more tanks of super, and worse the throttle was staying stuck slightly the rest of the trip home which made going down hills interesting to say the least with an automatic (can you smell the brake pads?)
So after a trip to the dealer to inquire about Throttle body cleaning and getting a $140 quote and they won't even pull it off to clean it? I started researching and found this Red Line Product... I've done enough motorcycle road racing to know that certain builders will only use Redline products for their motors and so I know it would be good, but I wasn't expecting to find out that 1oz of this stuff has more than a whole bottle of the Chevron Techron.
So Dump a bottle in the offending Volvo, and also one in my Honda Element with 63k miles and both cars drove like a bat out of hell while the full bottle was in each tank, but I expected that as most cleaners have some octane boosters to make you feel like you got your monies worth.
What I wasn't expecting was that my Exhaust in my Honda was rattling around and the car rattled at stoplights and didn't rev out as smoothly. I just figured it needed plugs and a tune up as I had put 63k miles on it myself... but seriously the exhaust pipe didn't rattle, it revs better than new (probably thanks to the synthetic oil I've been running since after breakin) and I'm getting about 1mpg better and I'm actually putting my food into it more... I'm completely blown away!
The Volvo sticking throttle is cured! and more importantly the engine doesn't ping at all with 91 super like it should! The seafoam might have helped but after seeing the online comparisons of motors fuel systems being torn apart before and after by 'USERS' not "As Seen On TV" infomercials I was confident this wasn't snake oil.
I will be periodically be adding the 1oz a tank as suggested instead of buying whole bottles of other products!
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2010-01-30
Works well
I have a high mileage vehicle with two catalytic converters. Red Line is the only additive that I've used that has kept the check engine light off for more than a few hundred miles.
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2009-12-23
As good a cleaner as I've tested
I can echo what Glenn said in his review. I started using fi cleaners back in the early 80's. A new Volvo 242 I had purchased new was starting to perform sluggishly. Another owner recommended a fi cleaner which I tried and it worked pretty well. Over the past 28 years I've tried just about everything on the market. Some worked well, others didn't. The Red Line SI-1 works better than the others I've tried. The BG cleaner works well too, but at three times the cost.
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15-, 16- ,17-inch Tires Compared: Who's the Winer?The usage of the tires of different diameter
 Almost all the modern automobiles allow to install the tires of different diameter. At the same time huge low-profile tires are often the privilege of more expensive cars. But is it better to install wide low-profile tires? Or give the preference to narrow high-profile tires?
To get the answers to the questions a tire test has been conducted. The tire model was the same - Bridgestone Turanza ER300, but the size was different - 185/65 R15, 205/55 R16 and 215/45 R17.
Bridgestone Turanza ER300
185/65 R15
Overall mark 8.3 out of 10
Narrow tires cope with aquagliding quite well – at a straight line or in turns they seem to cut through the water. While braking the difference with the wider tires is minimal. In turns narrow tires work worse and on uneven surface you have to brake more frequently. At the same time the manner of driving on narrow tires is more easy-tempered than that on wide’s.
In general the narrow tires got the first place in the test, first of all owing to the resistance to aquaglining.
Bridgestone Turanza ER300
205/55R16V
Overall mark 8.2 out of 10
16-inch tires were the best in respect of noise and softness of movement. The size is optimal as concerns the control over the vehicle. If equipped with 16-inch tires, the car rarely reacts to gauges, moreover it shows the best results in braking on a wet surface. At the same time in maneuverability the gap is not that huge: the adhesion is better, but the car is more difficult to control. On a dry surface the tire win owing to more precise reactions to the control.
205/55R16 tires is a great compromise between comfort and adhesion.
Bridgestone Turanza ER300
215/45R17Z
Overall mark 7.4 out of 10
Wide low-profile tires have advantage on a dry road. The reactions of the car get more precise which stimulates more active driving. On a wet surface the adhesion is obviously better. But while braking 17-inch tires lose to 16-onch. As for the comfort, it could have been worse: wide tires lose to the narrow ones, but the gap is not that huge.
The major drawback of the wide tires is low resistance to aquagliding – that’s why the mark is the lowest.
Of course, on other cars the results of the test could have been different. But the general pattern is likely to remain the same. If you want sport maneuverability – chose wide low-profile tires; adrenalin in turns – narrow ones. The middle size is a compromise for the fans of comfort.
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