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simple mistake. hopefully no harm done.
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falldemon
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Jan 16, 2014, 9:45 PM
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simple mistake. hopefully no harm done.
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Hey there. Hope you guys can help. Just bought a Dodge Dakota today. Its a 2007 and has a 4.7 V8 Magnum with flexfuel. Coming from a 1500 with a V6, I absolutely love the truck but I made a simple mistake today. Im hoping someone can ease my mind. Coming from the V6, I was worried about fuel economy so I stopped by wallmart to get a bottle of injector cleaner. I noticed the most expensive bottle was from the Nos brand and it was branded octane booster/injector cleaner so I went ahead and got it. I usually use Lucas but figured I'd try something else. Anyway, it wasnt untill after I poured the bottle into my tanl that I realized that I picked up the " Racing Formula". This has Nitro Methane, kerosene and others. It didnt say it on the box itself but the bottle says not street legal. Im assuming this is for high performance engines and use with a specific fuel. I just had regular unleaded in my tank. My question is can this additive harm my engine? It says its safe for o2 sensors and cat converters but Im just worried about the engine itself. Am I being too paranoid or is this something to worry about? The truck seems to run fine. Thanks in advance!
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 16, 2014, 10:41 PM
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PROBABLY no harm and just a waste of money. No tricks in a bottle that I know of like that. That marking the said it's not street legal is not doubt a marketing game to make you think you are getting something that's some big secret that's not allowed to make more HP on an engine which is plain bull,
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Discretesignals
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Jan 17, 2014, 5:36 AM
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Don't understand why you would need to put octane booster in the fuel tank when your truck is designed to run on 87 octane and has a knock retard system. Ethanol by itself is a pretty good fuel system cleaner. Lately our shop haven't seen injectors problems due to clogging on newer engines, so really your just wasting your money pouring additives into the fuel tank.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Jan 17, 2014, 5:42 AM)
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falldemon
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Jan 17, 2014, 7:55 AM
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I wasnt necessarily looking for an octane booster, just something that cleaned injectors and the fuel system. It just so happened that the product I bought was an octane booster as well. The box said a ton about cleaning build up/deposits etc... As far as the V8 comment, obviously I knew I'd lose fuel economy over the V6 and I was fine with that but it was my first day with the truck so why not try and make sure Im getting the best MPG possible? It had nothing to do with engine size. I randomly used Lucas on my 2005 Ram V6 and did notice the difference when used. Im mostly worried what about this racing specific stuff will do to a stock engine. It could be all marketing but I was just hoping to get peace of mind from someone that may have experience with the product or knows about fuel additives and their effects on the engine and even spark plugs.Thanks for the replies so far. Ive been topping it off every chance I get hoping to dilute it.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 17, 2014, 8:21 AM
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I seriously doubt it harmed anything just didn't help as we've said. Very few additives in a bottle do anything but waste your money. For specific known issues and there are more problems with very old fuel or stored fuel to stabilize it. Seasonal machines or low use then there's reason for concern otherwise not much.
Again again - I doubt you harmed it. All the bullsh*t claims on that junk is just to catch your attention to buy it IMO and proven. Probably didn't raise octane a smidge either which wasn't called for anyway.
For myself the only time I really worry about fuel is when the gas station is actively getting fuel itself mixing up the large in ground tanks (done that way here) so I don't want to get gas then at that place - just me perhaps.
In short don't worry but don't do it again. If that stuff was that harmful you'd know it already,
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nickwarner
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Jan 17, 2014, 8:26 AM
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You should be fine, no harm done. As DS pointed out, the gasoline we have today does a good job cleaning itself out as it goes. We also have a higher government mandated additive package in today's gas than we did years ago. I haven't seen clogged up injectors for a long time now unless something sat for a year or more with stale gas in it. For those the only additive I use is Seafoam and it does well. For maintenance it isn't necessary. About all you can do to maintain your fuel economy is to keep the vehicle properly maintained, aligned and the proper air pressure in the tires. Read the maintenance schedule in the owner's manual. Most people never do that but the factory gave you a wealth of good information to help keep this on the road. Go ahead and ask questions and get recomendations from your mechanic. I never have had a problem with taking a few minutes to answer a question from a customer about when maintenance is due and what should be taken care of. Honestly, I prefer to see those jobs get done even though I make less money on them than if it gets run into the ground and its a massive bill. I hate hearing about my customer breaking down on the road and having to get towed in. I like to see them drive in and get things addressed before that happens. I'm sure you do too.
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