# I'm looking for your recommendations on fuel injector cleaners **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444 "2014-09-30T22:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grizz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/grizz/32/2597_2.png) [@grizz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grizz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/1 "2014-09-30T22:59:45Z")
Which have you used and recommend? thanks a lot. I have a slight ping that I get occasionally and when I added a cleaner it went away. it’s been a while since I’ve done this and for the life of me I can’t recall which product I used! Vehicle is a 98 Tahoe with 77,000 on it. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/2 "2014-09-30T23:05:29Z")
Sea Foam is an excellent engine treatment that will burn off carbon deposits that may be causing detonation (pinging). Run a can of Sea Foam through the engine (follow instructions). The stuff works. Read customer reviews below. > **[Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Sea Foam sf-16 Motor Treatment, 16 oz.](https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Foam-SF-16-Motor-Treatment/product-reviews/B0002JN2EU/ref=dpx_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1)** But if Sea Foam doesn’t do the trick for you then you may need to run higher octane gas. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/3 "2014-09-30T23:12:42Z")
I’ve had luck with Techron (for the '95 Suburban I used to have). ---
**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/4 "2014-09-30T23:20:38Z")
I have been using BG44k for years on my cars. It is the only one recommended by the independent BMW shops I have used. > **[BG 44K® Fuel System Cleaner | BG Products, Inc.](https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/gasoline-fuel-system/bg-44k-fuel-system-cleaner/)** > > BG 44K® is the number one fuel injector cleaner! In a recent survey, dealership service managers chose BG 44K® 6 to 1 over the nex... ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/5 "2014-09-30T23:45:37Z")
Seafoam or Chevron Techron, whichever is on sale at the time. Ed B. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/6 "2014-09-30T23:53:44Z")
Note that the ping you’re getting may be from combustion chamber deposits, not the fuel injector. But any of the above will help some with that, too. If it gets worse there is a combustion chamber cleaning procedure a shop or the dealer can do. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/7 "2014-10-01T03:42:44Z")
Techron in the tank, Seafoam sucked into the intake. Techron cleans my fuel level sensor and injectors. Seafoam cleaned out 100,000 miles of deposits in the combustion chamber. Techron is easier, just add to the tank before you fill up. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/8 "2014-10-01T03:48:20Z")
BG Products 44K is unsurpassed… ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/9 "2014-10-01T03:54:58Z")
With pinging involved you should also consider that the EGR ports are clogged to some degree. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/10 "2014-10-01T04:01:56Z")
Not trying to dissuade you from trying a fuel injector cleaner, it might well work. But it’s also possible by adding the cleaner before you changed the octane rating of the gasoline, and that’s what reduced the pinging. If your engine uses a knock sensor, probably should have that tested. I’m assuming you’ve already checked the ECM for any stored or pending diagnostic codes. And that the pinging didn’t start immediately after disconnecting/reconnecting the battery. ---
**Author:** ![prowrencher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@prowrencher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/prowrencher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/11 "2014-10-01T20:14:05Z")
my shop teacher claimed when he worked in the fuel lab techron was the only one that noticibley worked but thats coming from him. techron is what i use also ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/im-looking-for-your-recommendations-on-fuel-injector-cleaners/87444/12 "2014-10-02T02:30:59Z")
Rather than BG44k being superior to its competition, doesn’t its success have more to do with the added financial incentive the sellers get from pushing it?