3M Fuel Injection Cleaner

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Feb 2, 2004 | 05:35 PM

skybolt31

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3M Fuel Injection Cleaner

In the Ecklers catalog, there is a 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner system which is some cleaner, a hose and an adapter. I recall a friend of mine years ago saying that it really worked well, but it seems it has become rather pricey, $90 for hose and $35 for adaptor. Has anyone used this, is it worth the money?

Feb 2, 2004 | 07:20 PM

greg84

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (skybolt31)

hi,had the 3m sales rep come to my job and he used that system on a couple of police cars with high milage in our fleet ,and to tell you i did not notice any differance in the performance of these cars.the only product that i took from the salesman was a couple of cases of 3m fuel injector cleaner that we add to the fuel tank at every oil change.greg84 :cool:

Feb 2, 2004 | 08:07 PM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (skybolt31)

napa and pep boys sell the same kit you can use a a/c fill hose from can to schrader valve. I was thinking about this before i just happend into my local apeed shop on a day the had new injectors in stock and they told me about them so i bought new injectors.

Feb 2, 2004 | 11:10 PM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (crash1mac)

I bought the hose and then the cleaner from Napa 4 or 5 years ago. No difference on any of my cars and of course GM says not to clean the injectors anyway. Spend your money on new - Ford or Accel (though some may disagree on the latter), made all the difference for me.

Feb 3, 2004 | 02:01 AM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (SunCr)

If the Injectors in question are relatively clean to begin with, you will not notice much if any difference in performance after cleaning.

If instead they ARE dirty and the cleaner does its job, you WILL notice improved performance. As simple as that.

Feb 3, 2004 | 05:03 AM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (SunCr)

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GM says not to clean the injectors anyway. Spend your money on new - Ford or Accel (though some may disagree on the latter), made all the difference for me.

:iagree:

Feb 3, 2004 | 10:30 AM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (vinnies87)

Roughly $100.00 for the injector cleaner, hose, adapter, etc

versus

Roughly $200.00 for a brand new set of FMS 24#/hr injectors

You make the call. I went with the injectors and consider it one of the best investments I have ever made.

~ Purp

Feb 3, 2004 | 12:12 PM

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Re: 3M Fuel Injection Cleaner (skybolt31)

I don't know if you saw the following thread or not but you can get Bosch/GM injectors for $99. I have no idea how they compare in performance or quality with any other brand or type of injector so just take this as an FYI:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=743450