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Gezer · 09-24-2021, 08:46 PM

Can bad/old gas cause plugs to carbon up?
If so, what is the best addative for the gas tank?

petehoovie · 09-24-2021, 10:09 PM

I've had good experience with Chevron 'TECHRON"
After a long winters nap, my '53 was awakened to a nasty fuel delivery problem - terrible hesitation and rough idling. I was going to replace the carb with a spare but decided to use some Chevron Techron Concentrate Plus fuel additive/conditioner that I purchased from O'Reilly's first. The result was impressive as it resolved the problems.... I drove the car around for about 10-15 minutes and the carb cleared right up. Its been running fine ever since. I'm impressed with this stuff....

Frank Miller · 09-25-2021, 08:41 AM

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I am guessing it had more to do with a stuck valve than the carburetor.

09-24-2021, 08:46 PM	#1
Gezer Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 98	carbon on NGK 6L plugs Can bad/old gas cause plugs to carbon up? If so, what is the best addative for the gas tank?

09-24-2021, 10:09 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,061	Re: carbon on NGK 6L plugs I've had good experience with Chevron 'TECHRON" After a long winters nap, my '53 was awakened to a nasty fuel delivery problem - terrible hesitation and rough idling. I was going to replace the carb with a spare but decided to use some Chevron Techron Concentrate Plus fuel additive/conditioner that I purchased from O'Reilly's first. The result was impressive as it resolved the problems.... I drove the car around for about 10-15 minutes and the carb cleared right up. Its been running fine ever since. I'm impressed with this stuff.... __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

09-25-2021, 08:41 AM	#3
Frank Miller Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn, MA Posts: 2,106	Re: carbon on NGK 6L plugs Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I am guessing it had more to do with a stuck valve than the carburetor. __________________ “The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is true.” ~ Ezra Pound

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