A reminder to run Top Tier fuel and avoid cheap gas

[RedBaron]

Plus, they didn't test some of the big-name brand fuels (e.g. BP, Amoco) that are not marketed as top-tier, yet still (supposedly) contain the same level of cleaning additives.

 

[7eregrine]

And that dude apparently recommends 3,000 mile oil changes...lost my respect there...

 

[BoomerZoomr]

But the argument for using the Techron additive WITH Top Tier fuel is not clear to me.

! think he was saying that since gasoline engines (especially direct injection) are susceptible to fuel dilution in the oil, using supplemental fuel detergent can reduce this by insuring the injectors are clean. He recommended a bottle of Techron every 3K miles to reduce engine wear by reducing fuel dilution. (Dirty injectors can increase fuel dilution).

 

[BoomerZoomr]

And that dude apparently recommends 3,000 mile oil changes...lost my respect there...

Not sure why he said that, maybe he misspoke. I don’t watch all his videos, but I have seen where he previously recommended oil changes every 5K miles, after the engine was broken in.

He bases his recommendations on oil analysis results.

 

[RokkuAni]

Ran across this in my feed. I don't see a lot of Mazdas in these videos.

Top tier yes, but this channel did say some odd thing. Like "Don't trust car manufacturer oil change at 5/7k. Do it at 3k". Then there was some other video that they push "See this car was at 7k oil change"... I'm like "no way.. Owner lie or shop they went to for a while just top off and never changed it"

 

[RokkuAni]

I don’t know about today, but years ago Chevron added more Techron to their premium gasoline vs the 87 octane.

Same as Shell. You get the highest additives in their best gas. Forgot where, but Shell and Chevron are top two companies that give the most additives.

 

[cz5gt]

3k miles oil changes yeah right Are they stuck in 1990...
wonder what they would say If they see the European car manufacturers with their 10/20k miles

 

[BoomerZoomr]

3K mile oil changes were the standard back when everyone used conventional motor oil. With modern synthetic motor oil, I would change it at 5K… or maybe 7K if I did all highway driving. No way would I wait until 10K though.

I don’t put many miles on my vehicles these days, so I change my oil based on time.

 

[Dxdave]

I’ve stuck with shell regular for 40+ yrs. No issues, knock wood. Have used their highest grade in a couple cars that per mfg required it. I highly recommend it fwiw
Ps unless you’re pretty sure you know more than the engineers designing these engines/vehicles, it might be a good idea to follow the manufacturers fuel recommendations.

 

[RokkuAni]

Just a reminder, two big brand of gas isn't TT. Wawa and BJ gas .