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Redex?
I put some fresh oil in yesterday and redex in the fuel and since my car has started bogging down every now and then?
The check engine light came on very briefly and has not showed since. Could it be dooing this simply through red ex doing its job and cleaning crap off the injectors causing temporarily blockages or is this something more serious. Not good because im about to put her up for sale.
Car is a 94 wrx sti ver1.
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The check engine light came on very briefly and has not showed since. Could it be dooing this simply through red ex doing its job and cleaning crap off the injectors causing temporarily blockages or is this something more serious. Not good because im about to put her up for sale.
Car is a 94 wrx sti ver1.
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Only had quarter of a tank when it was put in so when it started doing it, i went and filled up. Drove about last night for a bit to see if it changed, used half a tank and its still doing it but only every now and then. Runs sweet on tick over.
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Im hoping thats the case with mine. Other wise its going to be a take the engine out of my wagon and bang it in this thing. Iv sent the mrs out in the car to go burn some fuel off so ill see. Thanks for the replies fellas.
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If you can go and fill it up now.
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250 ml of redex in half a tank of fuel will do no harm to your car ,Redex recommends that 250 ml will treat 50 ltrs of fuel,and i personally have added 500 ml into a 1/3 of a tank and took the car for a 10 mile blast , the only thing it did to my legacy gtb was bring the emissions down and allow the car to pass the mot after it had failed on the 1st run. I have been using this stuff periodically for over 20 years and i believe when we use to have 4 star petrol many years ago it use to be available free at petrol stations. I have used it in my last 2 uk turbo's and no problems at all,and when tesco were selling 250 ml of redex for 45p a few months ago,i bought 20 bottles and have 12 left.
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Now its down to the fact that you and the OP both filled up, which means it can be the fuel, very doubtful its the redex tbh considering your fuel has aload of detergents in there anyway
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Ive used redex in lots of cars, yes more than the recommended dosage sometimes too (like the ford mondeo that was a sluggish heap until I put a bottle in ) and also in the scoob, no issues.
Now its down to the fact that you and the OP both filled up, which means it can be the fuel, very doubtful its the redex tbh considering your fuel has aload of detergents in there anyway
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Now its down to the fact that you and the OP both filled up, which means it can be the fuel, very doubtful its the redex tbh considering your fuel has aload of detergents in there anyway
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Down to quarter of a tank now, running fine but still boggin down every now and then. Ill wait till iv used a bit more then fill up and see how it goes. What could it be if it carries on doing this? Gettimg worried as i want it sold soon
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