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Do I Need to Add Additives When Using Ethanol Gasoline?

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OEdward

07/29/25 6:32pm

Cleaning the fuel system does not require additives, but if the fuel system hasn't been cleaned, additives should be added. The following are the disadvantages of using ethanol gasoline: 1. It can clean out impurities from the engine's fuel system, causing them to accumulate in the cylinders and leading to severe engine carbon buildup. 2. It can clog the fuel injectors. 3. It can cause damage to the engine. The following are the functions of fuel cleaners: 1. Remove carbon deposits and clean the fuel system: New-generation fuel additives can break down harmful substances such as gum deposits in fuel and engine carbon buildup. After adding fuel additives five times consecutively, carbon deposits on the exhaust pipe decrease, and components like the filter, exhaust valve, and fuel system become cleaner. 2. Enhance engine performance: New-generation fuel additives can adsorb and encapsulate gum deposits, generating gaseous "micro-explosions" in the combustion chamber under high temperatures, leading to secondary atomization of the fuel for complete combustion and improved engine power. 3. Improve atomization and save fuel: New-generation fuel additives directly attack the long carbon chains in fuel molecules, creating "micro-explosions" in the combustion chamber for secondary atomization of the fuel, achieving complete combustion, increasing thermal efficiency, and reducing fuel consumption.

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