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I have been using Techron for more than 2 decades. In my work I have to analyze industries and companies as it relates to the stock market. As a result I have been involved with the auto companies in Detroit and worldwide since the 1970's. I speak with mechanical and chemical engineers at the different car companies. Every one of them has told me that Techron is a great product and it works. The numerous other products on the market do not seem to work, and very few people will talk about Techron specifically and I believe that is because it is made by Chevron, an oil company, and nobody wants to praise the products of other companies. If you want those fuel injectors to be sparkling clean, than this is the product for you. Remember that fuel injectors have to shoot gasoline through a very tiny hole, and if it becomes clogged at all, we are talking about pointing up the engine, which is not something you want to do willingly. Oil changes will prolong the engine life enormously but they cannot help you with the fuel injection components in your car, only Techron can. Allow me to tell you some of the things that the engineers have shared with me through the years regarding prolonging your car's life. * Use SYNTHETIC OIL for oil changes. It blows away the rules on change intervals. Mercedes and BMW run synthetics for a minimum of 10,000 miles between changes. Not only are synthetics made better, but they flow quicker at lower temperatures and that is what your car is all about. There is very little to no wear and tear on your engine once it is up to normal operating temperature (NOP). You could drive that car to the moon if you wanted to, and it would be all right. The wear and tear comes from starting that car in the morning at zero degrees, and the parts are moving inside the engine while the oil in the pan is still cold. You are not getting the lubrication you need until the oil warms up to the NOP. Now here's the key, synthetics flow much quicker at lower temperatures than regular oil. It's called viscosity. Just make sure you use a really good oil filter. When I go to the quick change places I bring my own filter which you can buy here from Amazon or any store. Most manufacturers have different quality oil filters, just buy the best. Your car will thank you for it. The quick change stores use 25 cent, Chinese filters that have paper inside rather than a true filter, so be careful. I run synthetics for about 7,000 miles instead of 10,000 but that's me. Some people run it for 10,000 and then just change the filter in between at 5,000 miles. It's not a bad idea. When that filter is filled with particles and grime, it simply stops filtering. * Transmission fluid - either change the fluid every 25,000 or 30,000 miles, or NEVER CHANGE IT. Don't let it go too long. If you do, the transmission gets use to the particle buildup in its inner workings. If you then try to flush it out, the trainee starts to fail relatively quickly, leading to a new transmission in about 6 months. So change constantly every 25 to 30k or leave it alone. Also, if you can, get a full flush, not a partial flush. The partial flush leaves a whole lot of dirty fluid and particles in the system. You want a full flush. * Do not buy into all the maintenance programs that the dealer offers. They are meant to make money for the dealer because repairs are much less often than they were years ago. Dealers need to make money from their repair department, so scheduled maintenance does the trick for them. Most of the scheduled visits are not called for. You do need to change the fluids in your car regularly, whether that differential, antifreeze, power steering, brake fluid etc. Every 15,000 to 30,000, or two years is fine, and that's it. Change your air filter and cabin filter every 12,000. The book says 15,000, but if you buy the filters, they cost next to nothing, $10 to $20, and put them in yourself which takes five minutes, you will save a $100 apiece that the dealer will charge. Let someone show you how to do it, and I promise you, that you will change them the rest of your life. It's even fun. * Your car battery was built to specifications by your car manufacturers to last only 3 years and a maximum of 50,000 miles, and that's it. Even if it is an exotic car, the battery is still good for only 36 months, or 50k. If you go more than that, you are pushing it. My suggestion is this. Once you get to either of those numbers, you should go out and buy any top line battery with a lifetime warranty, and you will in fact have it for a lifetime. All top line aftermarket batteries are infinitely superior to the original batteries that came with your car. Don't wait until the original battery dies in the middle of a cold winter night to consider replacement. It's always in the middle of the night. * Make sure to rotate those tires every 7,000 to 10,000 miles, until replacement. Tires are far superior to just 10 years ago. Basically they are made in China, even the fancy European names are made in China to European specifications. You are paying for advertising when you pay big money for fancy names. They all hold up about the same now versus 10 years ago. The difference from a decade ago is in the initial problems when you drive off the lot with new tires. Ten years ago if a dealer sold a thousand tires, he had problems with about a 100 of them. Today it might only be five or six out of the same 1,000. This explains why all manufacturers currently manufacture to a much higher standard than 10 or 15 years ago. Take advantage of this by paying a $100 or so per tire rather than $200 per tire. I would rather see you buy the $100 tire and change it more often than the $200 tire and change less often. Remember, if you look at the palm of your hand, it is about 4 inches in size. That is the amount of tire that actually meets with the road at any time, and that is why you need to change tires more often than you think. Once you have low thread, you only have 4 inches of thread trying to stop a 3,000 or 4,000 pound vehicle. Good luck. Change those tires. SUMMARY You want a synthetic oil changes every 10,000 miles. I go 7,000 miles with a high quality filter built for synthetic oils. Change the transmission fluid every 25 to 30K. Flush out the radiator every two years, and replace all the anti-freeze. Replace all the brake fluid every two years. That's it. Your car will last 200,000 to 300,000 miles if you do this, and maybe more. Certainly both your engine and transmission will last that long. The body is another story, and oh yes, use Techron to clean your fuel injectors. I do it when I change the oil. I use it at the same time to remind me when I have done it. Get yourself a small notebook, easy to work with and keep it in the glove compartment, and write down in four or five sections when you do things. Keep another folder in the trunk with your receipts for each car, and just keep it there. Good luck and thank you for reading this review. As far as Techron goes, I wouldn't own a car without using it. Richard C. Stoyeck