Honda Car Forum

Do any of you guys use this for your car and if so, can you please
recommend a good brand to use in my Pilot? Someone told me that STP
stuff is good and also told me that Porsche crowd likes
Techtroline(sp?). As well, how often or at what interval should this
stuff be used? TIA.

On 22 Jul 2003 02:00:40 GMT, DrPimpDadi <f> wrote:
>DO NOT USE GAS ADDITIVES!!!!!! I have several friends who used them and their
>cars were damaged. They had to replace their fuel pumps and filters.

That rules out pump gas too.

"Steve Lee" <dont@thinkso.com> wrote in message
news:nj6phv45rt9ifqn7o0hkmunscss0tai6hr@4ax.com...
> Do any of you guys use this for your car and if so, can you please
> recommend a good brand to use in my Pilot? Someone told me that STP
> stuff is good and also told me that Porsche crowd likes
> Techtroline(sp?). As well, how often or at what interval should this
> stuff be used? TIA.

The only two that I'd be somewhat comfortable using would be Techron
Concentrate (from Chevron) and BG44K, and even these, like others already
mentioned, you shouldn't be using unless you really have to (poor idle,
uneven acceleration, etc.). If you have to use it, do it just before your
next oil change because these things are known to contaminate engine oil.

Cheers,

Pete

Try some premium Shell or some Sunoco Gold and take it for a high speed
(high rpm) drive on the highway.

My old 1985 Cutlass Supreme V8 seems to like all the various additive I
used to poor into engine and oil pan. However, I would never put that
stuff into my Honda.

Pars
98 Hatch


Steve Lee wrote:
>
> Do any of you guys use this for your car and if so, can you please
> recommend a good brand to use in my Pilot? Someone told me that STP
> stuff is good and also told me that Porsche crowd likes
> Techtroline(sp?). As well, how often or at what interval should this
> stuff be used? TIA.

On 23 Jul 2003 15:52:43 -0700, ohplezz@yahoo.com (Danny Long) wrote:

>I was getting a new water pump put on my prelude today and I asked my
>guy ( who has been a honda mechanic (ASE master) for 15 yrs) and he
>told me to use chevron Techron. And not to use Anything else in a
>honda no matter what I heard or read.

Thanks for passing that along to us.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:29:31 GMT, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net>
wrote:

>In article <d1373663.0307221724.38965407@posting.google.com >,
> brorjace@hotmail.com (Bror Jace) wrote:
>>
>>The most common fuel contaminant in most regions is water. I go
>>through 4-6 pints of isopropyl alcohol (drygas) each year. Cheap
>>insurance.
>>
>>--- Bror Jace
>
>Try mixing isopropanol, gasoline, and a bit of water. The water will
>pull the isopropanol from the gasoline but it won't mix into one
>solution. You're better off letting the water go through the engine
>alone unless you're in sub-freezing temperatures.

That depends on the relative quantities of each and whether the isopropanol
is the azeotrope or anhydrous. The isopropanol is miscible with both water
and petroleum distillates so - yes, in most cases they will mix to a single
"solution". The point of the "drygas" is indeed to combat freezing temps.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??