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As two hybrids owner, my opinion is - don't worry. Stay with petrol that has cleaninmg additives in it. That's it.
Btw, AC in TCH is electric, so it draws no power from the engine.
Depending on you TCH year, you may also have electric water pump. Power steering is also electric.
It REALLY boils down to the year. There was excessive oil consumption issue with earlier TCH models, later fixed by better piston train. With younger models, you should be using Seafom about twice a year via gas tank. BUt NOT every tankful. No need.
So post your year so that I can give better advice.
One of the reasons why I used the additive on my Camry was because my wife's SUV needed her fuel injectors cleaned after 42K. We went in asking for an oil change.
No check engine light. It wasn't really idling roughly. One problem is that the newer cars don't have a tachometer.
I used EXXON at least twice while I was in Florida over the course of six months.
This was a $200 job on a car that is just broken in. Was I taken to the cleaners?
Gasoline already contains detergents that help keep the injectors clean. Additives do nothing more than what is already there. Kind of like the old shampoo bottle instructions Lather, rinse, repeat. Why repeat? because we want you to spend more moeny on shampoo, no other reason.
I disagree. Some years ago, my Caddy was running rough so I took it to the Cadillac dealer. Several injectors were plugged and the tech told me I should have been running some injector cleaner. So, occasionally, I pick up a bottle of Quicksilver Quick Clean at work and dump it in my tank when the car starts to idle rough. Day or two later, the car is running smoothly again.
I just pulled the injectors out of a Mustang I am redoing, and tested them all on the bench. After running a load of injector cleaner through them, the spray pattern was much improved, and they went back in.
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I have a Camry Hybrid with 47K miles. At the beginning of a three hundred fifty mile trip I added Toyota's fuel injector cleaner to a full tank of gas for the first time. My front wheels regenerate the hybrid battery as they rotate. During the last leg of the trip which was about 100 miles, I got 44 MPG.
I understand that the hybrid battery was constantly being recharged over the two days, but at highway speeds with the AC on, 44 MPG is more than impressive.
What are your thoughts on crud build up on fuel injectors, and gasoline additives to resolve it.
Snake oil. Unless your car's fuel system is really really filthy, high mileage, petrified elephant vomit coating the insides of the chambers, you're not going to feel a difference.
As two hybrids owner, my opinion is - don't worry. Stay with petrol that has cleaninmg additives in it. That's it.
Btw, AC in TCH is electric, so it draws no power from the engine.
Depending on you TCH year, you may also have electric water pump. Power steering is also electric.
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For a hybrid car, don't all of the electrics ultimately run off electricity generated by the IC engine? Doesn't the charger for the battery run off of the IC engine? If the front wheels are connected to the motor/generator then when the IC engine is pushing the vehicle along there is drag due to the operation of the charger, right? Is the mechanical/electrical system of your car explained on the net somewhere?
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One of the reasons why I used the additive on my Camry was because my wife's SUV needed her fuel injectors cleaned after 42K. We went in asking for an oil change.
No check engine light. It wasn't really idling roughly. One problem is that the newer cars don't have a tachometer.
I used EXXON at least twice while I was in Florida over the course of six months.
This was a $200 job on a car that is just broken in. Was I taken to the cleaners?
I have two 2015 models and a 2016. All three have a tachometer. I always use top tier gas and I've never had any fuel injector problems on any vehicle I've ever owned.
Iowa is the source of corn from which much of our ethanol is derived.
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