Fuel Additive/ octane boosters??? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

ram · 04-14-2008, 06:09 PM

My car is at 30k miles and I've never used any sort of fuel additive or octane booster before b/c I wasn't sure if it would do more harm than good. I also use full synthetic and great oil filters, so I just figured I was doing every thing I needed to do... can someone please let me know what is a good product to throw into my gas tank that will help my engine/gas mileage? Thanks

i 1a 05 Camry · 04-14-2008, 09:41 PM

any one tried Ethos FR? I heard it increases gas mileage by reducing gas consumption. Is this true?

geoff5093 · 04-14-2008, 09:47 PM

I use a bottle of Lucas "Tune-Up in a Bottle" every 5K miles. I can't say if it makes a huge difference or not, but thats the point of preventive maintenance.

njerald · 04-14-2008, 10:12 PM

They are all mixtures with components like petroleum distillates, solvents, tolulene, alcohols, xylene, napthas, etc.

desentrix · 04-15-2008, 12:03 AM

I like to use the chevron techron fuel additive after every oil change.

08 SILVER SE · 04-15-2008, 09:26 AM

I would use the toyota fuel injector cleaner but i wouldnt put anything in my tank, but thats just me. And for sure no octane booster!

geoff5093 · 04-15-2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by 08 SILVER SE

I would use the toyota fuel injector cleaner but i wouldnt put anything in my tank, but thats just me. And for sure no octane booster!

+1 on the octane boosters, why wouldn't you just get higher octane to begin with?

TRD VVTi · 04-15-2008, 10:54 AM

Ocane boosters are a complete ripoff. Read the bottle, one bottle has almost no effect on the octane rating.

I dump SeaFoam and a fuel injector cleaner (Gumout, Chevron, Lucas) in the fuel tank about every 5,000 miles.