Question about 4 power

[bigtruck94]

I found some 4 power at my bosses place and he said he uses it in all of his trucks. Even his 2012 f150 Eco boast. It cleans up your engine and all sorts. He says it's better than all engine cleaners and such. Is he right? Does it work good? How would I use it??

 

[straycat]

Not much info on it when I searched Goggle. I asked some of my mechanic buddies and they never heard of it. There is a spot on UTube with it being used. Go Google it.

 

[adsm08]

Never heard of it.

 

[rich060685]

https://www.conklin.com/cart/itemDetail.cfm?pline=09&cline=02&parentSKU=057485&CFID=1180461&CFTOKEN=a22307b4d52df90e-B1BD813E-237D-E16E-6E4E14B00B151C7A&jsessionid=D3EAF2C67709EBC4983CF77C603DEF9A.cfusion#.Uci_xpyrEuA

here is a few pdf files from the manufacturer with info on the product. Hope it helps ya with any questions you're having.

 

[bigtruck94]

Yea my boss told me that nobody sells them anymore, but a while back they did. I youtubed it and it doesn't tell me how to use it. I read on the directions and it said pour the whole pint in the tank with a quarter of a tank of gas in it and run it until you nearly have an empty tank. Then pour an another pint when you have a 15 - 20 gallon tank of gas. I don't really get the last part.

 

[PanamaExpat]

Since they pulled it off the market it must have done something like burn up a few engines.

Remember... Fuel additives are basically snake oil or non functional and I am going to add your beloved SeaFoam into that. Reason I am dissing SeaFoam.. Several years back I shipped a container of used motorcycles to Jamaica from the USA. The dealer I bought them from recommended that we drain the tanks as required by the shipper but make sure the float bowls were full of a mix of SeaFoam and fuel. Well needless to say I had to tear down EVERY bike's carbs and dig the blue corrosion out of all the idle circuit jets... And that was only after 5 weeks of not being run.

On your 4 power stuff-- Look at this website http://www.empowernetwork.com/timothy66/blog/do-fuel-additives-really-work/ If it does what they say it will do... The forst thing I see happening is that any varnish or sludge in the system is going to get broken down and suspended in your fuel to clog up your filters and or injectors, carb or what have you. So after reading this it seems logical to me that they would have to pull it off the market for that reason alone. Sort of like what happens when you take an older diesel and switch it to BioDiesel. All the sludge and varnish suspend and you go through a bunch of fuel filters for the first couple weeks you use it. Don't ask.

 

[Surrey]

Not even sold anymore? Yeah I'd stay away from that...

As stated, most things are not worth the money you spend on 'em, but some are definitely better than others. If it can't even stay on the market, I would say its not better than the others.

 

[bigtruck94]

Since they pulled it off the market it must have done something like burn up a few engines.

Remember... Fuel additives are basically snake oil or non functional and I am going to add your beloved SeaFoam into that. Reason I am dissing SeaFoam.. Several years back I shipped a container of used motorcycles to Jamaica from the USA. The dealer I bought them from recommended that we drain the tanks as required by the shipper but make sure the float bowls were full of a mix of SeaFoam and fuel. Well needless to say I had to tear down EVERY bike's carbs and dig the blue corrosion out of all the idle circuit jets... And that was only after 5 weeks of not being run.

On your 4 power stuff-- Look at this website http://www.empowernetwork.com/timothy66/blog/do-fuel-additives-really-work/ If it does what they say it will do... The forst thing I see happening is that any varnish or sludge in the system is going to get broken down and suspended in your fuel to clog up your filters and or injectors, carb or what have you. So after reading this it seems logical to me that they would have to pull it off the market for that reason alone. Sort of like what happens when you take an older diesel and switch it to BioDiesel. All the sludge and varnish suspend and you go through a bunch of fuel filters for the first couple weeks you use it. Don't ask.

Good point. Once you get all that crap into that filter, you have a clogged filter. Whats funny my boss uses it in all of his trucks and he never had any problems. I just wasn't sure if it was safe for my ranger.