I use Techron in the wife's Edge and will also use it in my F150 XLT when I get some miles on it. It is one of the few fuel system/injector cleaners that actually work. I started using it a long time ago in my 97 Corvette. The C5 Corvettes had a problem with gas tank sending units not working properly. When it happened GM would replace both sending units and it would end up happening again on a lot of them. Somebody on the C5 forum added Chevron Techron to his gas that also had the sending unit not working properly problem and his sending units started working again. As my luck would have it about 2 months or so later I ended up with the same sending unit issue. I added the Techron to my gas in the recommended amount and about 2 or 3 days later my problem was fixed. A lot of guy's on the C5 forum ran into the sending unit issue and were able to fix it using Techron in their fuel. Other C5 guy's tried various other "brand name" fuel system cleaners with no luck. Since then I have used Techron every 6 months or so in all our vehicles and can say that I've never had a fuel system or injector problem in any of them. My son's both use it in their vehicles with the same results. If you already have stuck injectors it probably won't unstick them but if you have dirty injectors there's a real good chance it will help. If you don't have any problems it's good preventative maintenance.
As to the mixing amounts I have a supply on hand so I ran out to the garage and brought one in. My bottle is 12 FL. OZS. and it says it will treat up to 12 GALLONS. I run my tank down close to empty and add one 12 FL. OZ. bottle to every 10 gallons which is a little extra. Add the Techron first then pump the gas in. That way it helps with mixing.
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True, but on the 17+ 3.5 and 18+ 2.7, you get DI AND port fuel injection so you get some of that fuel washing over the back of the valves. I too like Shell fuel but refuse to pay in some cases 50 cents more a gallon for it over Arco...(or BP on the east coast)

 

BG 44k

 

Vato Zone just had the 16oz of it for $7.99 and Buy one Get one free.

 

 

Thank you for all the info! Mine is a CPO, so I'm not sure of what they were putting in it fuel wise for the first 20K before I bought it. Since owning it I've only used BP/Holiday gas which are on the top tier website. This is my first oil change coming up so thought I'd throw in for Techron as well. A local store has the 12oz bottles for $5 so thought I'd ask here before buying a bunch. I was planning on doing 3 of the 12oz bottles to treat my 36gal tank. Wanted to make sure I wasn't using too much!

 

Additives are waste of money if you're running top tier gas. Of course there's a lot to be said about the placebo effect.

 

Probably so, I'm just not sure what was put in it before I bought it. Figured for $30 a year it isn't a huge cost for prevention. Mainly wanted to check and make sure it wouldn't cause any damage.

 

.some people use seafoam wrong. But I'd also recommend it if you are putting anything in your gas tank. It's what I use in all my devices occasionally. That's part of the key - Occasionally. In my DD I do it with my once every 10 month or so oil change (it takes 8.5 quarts of oil - and I replace the filter every 3000 miles regardless.

BUT - I wouldn't waste my time putting it in my ecoboost. Because it's a DI motor. Direct Injection. 1/3 the benefit of fuel tank additive is the cleaning of the back of the intake valves and the spark plugs to a lesser degree. In a DI engine this will not happen.

another 1/3 of the effect of a tank additive is to clean the injectors so they atomize correctly. In a standard low pressure injection system this does help. DI engines run at such high pressures the additive in the fuel dosen't really clean the injectors. ANd the injectors honestly don't get that dirty - because the pressure is so high they are sort of self cleaning. This is not to say DI injectors can't foul up - they can. But it's far more rare and often it's the result of poor lubrication or poor injector design.

Finally what it can do for you is help clean the tank pump and helps to nullify some of the water vapor and other stuff in the fuel tank and lines. Which you wouldn't get if you A) drive though a tank full approximately weekly and /or B) use a quality grade of gasoline. Note I don't say a Top Tier gasoline. Rant for another time but often the gas you get from the top tier places and what you get at Kroger or wallmarx is from the same refinery - minus some of the additives Exxon or BP puts in their gas. Which if you honestly don't need.

Now the techorn in a can sold at autozone etc - is good stuff too and I know people that use it. It's OK - again I wouldn't bother wasting my time. I would however in an ecoboost run 93 octane gas in it - when the Outside air temp runs over 85F

In the newest Ecoboost that run both DI and MPI (Multi- Port Injection) then I would run a can of seafoam through it (in the tank only none of that pour it down the throttle body . . . . . ) about once per oil change or once per year - depending on your use

 

Get the correct spray cleaner and clean the throttle body.