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Ruff idle and intermittent power loss alleviated with Royal Purple injector cleaner !

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Old 01-04-16 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MileHIFcar
Yea good stuff I've always liked RP products and actually have a can of Max Clean in my garage. I believe it made a difference, they make a good product and is on the same level as BG 44K or better in my opinion
I was thinking of buying the BG44K but figured I would try this first. Car felt totally fine on the way home. With the RP its even sold at Walmart. Super easy to get and only $13.47

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Old 01-04-16 | 06:25 PM
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Thanks for the info I've alway put Lucas cleaners in my cars just been hesitant on doing it in the F. Works great on my SC with a 1jz swap though.
Old 01-05-16 | 12:16 PM
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Bought the same thing last december but a smaller size,my car was not showing any hesitations or anything like yours, but i just purchased the injector cleaner along with my royal purple 5w30....i noticed the car had a little improvement in torque after driving a couple miles
Old 01-14-16 | 01:43 PM
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I noticed with my new oil cooler setup the start up isn't loud and obnoxious like it was since I bought it, much calmer, likely cause the oil pressurizing
Old 01-14-16 | 10:04 PM
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I know some will think Im nuts but I feel like when Im at idle at a light I dont feel the cars slight idle vibration as much. Seems to idle smoother. For $13 its a no brainer.
Old 01-15-16 | 07:44 AM
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Well for my car (GCC Spec) Lexus forces you to put in injector cleaner every 10k km.

I get a warning light "injector maintenance", when I asked Lexus what they do they said simply add an injector cleaner.

So I've been doing this every 2,500km for the past 30k km. So far so good.

My car used to hang when driving on the motorway at a constant speed. Ever since putting in the injector cleaners the car has performed better.
Old 01-15-16 | 10:39 AM
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Thanks for posting this. This carries some weight. Im going to keep using it every 5-10k miles. I cant even feel the car idle anymore.
Old 01-15-16 | 11:22 AM
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I decided to give it a shot, so I put a can of this in today.. I'll report back after I've had a chance to do some hooning

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Old 01-15-16 | 12:08 PM
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I actually just bought me a bottle and pour it in along with filling up the gas tank. I do notice slightly better response and a little smoother pull. I will see in the next 200 miles.
Old 01-15-16 | 01:10 PM
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I ran a can of BG44K, which has always been my go to for serious cleaning, and it made no difference at all.
Old 01-15-16 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Rickna
I'm not at the point to do this yet (only 21k). But I did use Sea Foam on my Bimmer at around 75k and I noticed a significant improvement.
Sea Foam is great, I use it in my Toyota Highlander.
Old 01-15-16 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 2URGSE
Sea Foam is great, I use it in my Toyota Highlander.
I alway used Seafoam for all my car every 5,000 - 10,000 miles.
Old 01-15-16 | 08:42 PM
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They have that at Walmart too. I'll check it out. Went with RP because of the reviews and all the hype on the forums.

I know nothing about sea foam , other than it has a weird name. Is there an advantage of using that over the traditional stuff??
Old 01-15-16 | 09:21 PM
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I think Seafoam $7.99 at Walmart. Seafoam have been around for a long long time. Try it out.
Old 01-16-16 | 06:23 AM
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I was thinking of using a little bit of SeaFoam with 100 octane in the 'F' and see what the results are like.



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