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Le Mans Master
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Techron
good evening.. I am heading to the Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend in Detroit area, am wondering if there are any stores have Techron on sale or at least a good price. I have looked and see nothing too exciting, my searches are usually useless. Is not available north of the border.
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
Al
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
Al
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Aug 16, 2023, 08:21 PM
Melting Slicks
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On my 2002 vert the gas gauge failed and I added Techron. Within two miles the problem was resolved. I added a bottle every six months after that. Three years later the gauge acted up again. It took two doses and almost 100 miles before it solved the problem. Removing the sending unit was never an option for me. Techron is magic. Use it!
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Techron is the biggest myth in the corvette world. If you think you need Techron aka your gas gauge isn’t working properly, it’s already too late. You could put bourbon on your tank and it won’t clean the sender. Spend the $500-750 and just get new senders.
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I agree with the new guy. I nibbled on the bait for a month or two many years ago and it never would have fixed my senders. Nor do I believe in using it as a preventative maintenance item.
That being said if people want to pour that stuff in by all means.
That being said if people want to pour that stuff in by all means.
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Techron is a waste of money
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On my 2002 vert the gas gauge failed and I added Techron. Within two miles the problem was resolved. I added a bottle every six months after that. Three years later the gauge acted up again. It took two doses and almost 100 miles before it solved the problem. Removing the sending unit was never an option for me. Techron is magic. Use it!
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On my 2002 vert the gas gauge failed and I added Techron. Within two miles the problem was resolved. I added a bottle every six months after that. Three years later the gauge acted up again. It took two doses and almost 100 miles before it solved the problem. Removing the sending unit was never an option for me. Techron is magic. Use it!
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i don t need or use it for fuel senders
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Using a bottle of Techron now and then will hurt nothing, it does more to help than not. I run a bottle a month.
I’ve read enough threads of folks who have seen a fix for their fuel senders with Techron where it’s worth a try.
Here’s some “science” behind the benefits the Techron:
I’ve read enough threads of folks who have seen a fix for their fuel senders with Techron where it’s worth a try.
Here’s some “science” behind the benefits the Techron:
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Come on guys, our friend from north of the border is just looking for a good price on a product lots of us use. OP, check Autozone and O'Reily, they often run BOGO deals on Techron. None advertised as we speak, but maybe when you are down south visiting.
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Results often depend on what is exactly wrong and how far gone it is.
Best it is said it is a preventive and if you have a sender issue your results may very. In some cases it will not fix thing but in others it will. Not ever case is the same.
Running it as a preventative is not going to hurt a thing if you can’t get the top tier fuels in your area.
I used to think Marvel Mystery Oil was an old man’s myth but when I freed up a Corvair engine that was sitting for 25 years I realized it does work. Now I know it is not a cure all for all but it does work in some cases.
Most don’t need Techron because they already use good gas.
Best it is said it is a preventive and if you have a sender issue your results may very. In some cases it will not fix thing but in others it will. Not ever case is the same.
Running it as a preventative is not going to hurt a thing if you can’t get the top tier fuels in your area.
I used to think Marvel Mystery Oil was an old man’s myth but when I freed up a Corvair engine that was sitting for 25 years I realized it does work. Now I know it is not a cure all for all but it does work in some cases.
Most don’t need Techron because they already use good gas.
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Had sender contamination after setting all winter, two different times. Cured the problem both times. Actually, read about techron usages in a porsche magazine. Back in 1988 when I had a porsche. It works for me.
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YMMV, but I have used Techron for years and never had a fuel sending unit go bad. Does it mean the sending unit would have gone bad without using Techron - can’t say that for sure. For around $30/year for two bottles of the stuff (one bottle every six months), I’ll take my chances with it.
If you think it is snake oil, that’s OK - it is your money and your car. Too many owners have posted here on the forum that it works to be a total waste of time, IMO.
If you think it is snake oil, that’s OK - it is your money and your car. Too many owners have posted here on the forum that it works to be a total waste of time, IMO.
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@walleyejack Al, you can buy it in Canada off Amazon.CA. A friend on the Rock was having issues that Techron was supposed to cure, it actually worked. His (fuel sender) problem disappeared.
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After buying the 2004 C5 in 2014 and reading about the sending unit problem, I used the 'snake oil' at every other fill up of Shell Premium. About 4 years later, my fuel gauge started acting up. No amount of additional snake oil solved the problem. The gauge now will drop to empty after fill up. However, in about 15 miles of driving it will return to reading properly. Because I would have to drop the tanks to replace the sending units, I decided I can live with issue. Just another C5 part quality control and fuel tank design goofs by the GM.
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Last edited by grinder11; Aug 17, 2023 at 10:24 AM.
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good evening.. I am heading to the Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend in Detroit area, am wondering if there are any stores have Techron on sale or at least a good price. I have looked and see nothing too exciting, my searches are usually useless. Is not available north of the border.
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
Al
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
Al
Last edited by grinder11; Aug 17, 2023 at 05:19 PM.
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I used to have a problem with my '98 (had it from new), the gauge would drop to zero after a while - turn off and on again and all OK. There was a computer update that fixed it for me back around 2000 or so. Some kind of error recovery was added to the programming. Never had the problem since. Used Techron occasionally but if you use Top Tier gas, you should not need anything else.
