Petrol Additives

[SLK32AMG]

Do any AMG owners use a petrol cleaning additive in there cars ?

I only use Shell V Power in my car and the claim is it has cleaning additives mixed in, not sure how true this is.

Does anyone think its worth or safe to use a cleaning additive like redex now and again just to keep things clean in your engine.

 

[developer]

I use Redex, as well as V Power, though not with every fill up.

 

[SLK32AMG]

I use Redex, as well as V Power, though not with every fill up.

Hi thanks, do you notice any difference or is it just piece of mind.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Just V-Power for me. IIRC the manual advises NOT to use additives and so I've steered clear to avoid any problems should we need to make warranty claims, etc.

 

[simon1966]

I use Redex, as well as V Power, though not with every fill up.

Same here. I'm not sure if the Redex makes any difference but it's cheap in Costco so I bought some 4 bottle packs as thought it was worth a try for a bit. My car is running well so nothing negative to report.

 

[developer]

Same here. I'm not sure if the Redex makes any difference but it's cheap in Costco so I bought some 4 bottle packs as thought it was worth a try for a bit. My car is running well so nothing negative to report.

The same for me.

The car was new to me, so I thought a bit of injector cleaner wouldn't go a miss. I can't say it's made any noticeable performance difference, but I do recall an article about various ways of restoring/maintaining an engine's performance and Redex came out on top.

 

[SLK32AMG]

I might just get a bottle on next visit to Costcoand give it a go, I was looking at that Terraclean and not sure whether to give it a go sometime. Has anyone had that done.

 

[flango]

I use V power or Tesco momentum with Millers petrol additive, works for me

 

[SLK32AMG]

While looking through owners manual for some info it does state not to use fuel additives

 

[kth286]

whether it's cat compatible is the key.

£4 bottle of ? compared to £2,000 worth of cats ?

 

[neilrr]

whether it's cat compatible is the key.

£4 bottle of ? compared to £2,000 worth of cats ?

I know.

IMO this is nuts.

 

[benzwink]

Just bought a bottle of Miller's after a number of positive comments by a number of forum members. Will provide some f/back in due course.

 

[alfa.rbt]

I remember using Redex on my old bike few years back a few times and I ended up having to take the carbs apart and they were covered in red powder inside blocking everything. Ever since than I don't use any additives/cleaners on my cars and bikes, just premium petrol (Vpower/BP ultimate). Anyway I've seen a video a while ago of bloke doing a test on how petrol is burning. He has a ordinary petrol from bp and shell and also their premium versions. He put some in a different glass pots and put a light to it. Premium petrol burned (both bp and shell) completely leaving no residue in the pots but ordinary petrol has left like oily residue. And since you get a few more miles out of the tank using a premium stuff you don't really overpay anyway. There might be a additives out there that are really performing well but my experience with Redex put me right off of using them again.
Regards, Rob