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Is this something that I should be using in my C-5 or not? If c4c5Specialist is on line I would appreciate his comments.
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Bill
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Chevron has been a leader in gasoline additive technology for more than 25 years. During this time, Chevron introduced revolutionary new additives in 1970 and 1980, and a significant additive improvement in 1989. Now, Chevron has reformulated its gasoline deposit control additive to further improve its ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves, while maintaining combustion chamber deposit performance at the highest level of any gasoline sold.
Chevron is celebrating its latest innovation in gasoline by introducing new Chevron gasolines with Techron. No gasoline sold provides vehicles with smoother acceleration, more power or lower emissions than new Chevron gasolines with Techron. Chevron's new gasoline formulation delivers the best possible performance and the lowest possible emissions to virtually every car on the road today.
Techron Gasoline Additive
Techron is Chevron's new gasoline additive. The additive consists of a mixture of compounds -- polyether amines (or what Chevron calls "Techron Technology") -- that are highly effective at fighting deposits in an engine's intake system while avoiding contributing to combustion chamber deposits. Chevron patented these compounds 15 years ago and has been improving and reformulating them ever since. Chevron's new fuel additive delivers the latest innovation in the company's state-of-the-art, patented Techron technology. Although the underlying technology has proven highly effective in Chevron gasolines and in bottled concentrate for years, this latest improvement brings consumers to Chevron's highest level of performance yet. Chevron gasolines with Techron are unbeatable at helping protect and maintain engine performance and helping minimize emissions.
Techron is added to all grades of Chevron gasolines -- Regular, Plus and Supreme. It is added at a higher dose than was Techroline, Chevron's previous additive. This new formula and increased dosage enables Techron to further improve Chevron gasolines' ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves, while maintaining combustion chamber deposit performance at the highest level of any gasoline sold. New Chevron Supreme gasoline with Techron should be used in cars that are designed to perform better with high octane gasoline. As an added benefit, Chevron's Supreme grade receives an even higher dose of Techron, which can clean up dirty carburetors, fuel injectors and intake valves even faster than the Regular or Plus grades. This attribute can be important for consumers who occasionally purchase a lower quality gasoline or who own a vehicle that is particularly sensitive to deposits.
Building on the Proven Techron Technology
For more than 25 years, Chevron has been a leader in the field of gasoline additive technology. In 1970, Chevron was the first oil company to introduce a gasoline that cleaned up and kept an engine's intake valves clean. This gasoline was so good, in fact, that it could still meet the current Environmental Protection Agency requirements for gasoline additive performance.
However, Chevron was committed to continuously improving the quality of its gasolines. In 1980, Chevron introduced a gasoline that not only cleaned up intake valves and fuel injectors, but did so without contributing to harmful deposits in the combustion chamber unlike most additives. In 1989, Chevron reformulated its gasoline additive to improve fuel injector clean up performance.
And Techron takes this additive formulation to the next level by improving its ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves. Dirty valves can cause hesitation and stumbling during acceleration, and higher emissions. In 1995, many other oil companies continue to use older technology in their additive formulations -- technology that Chevron abandoned more than a decade ago. No other petroleum company uses the Techron additive, nor can they beat Techron's state-of-the-art formula and performance.
Why Engines Need Techron
Modern engines are designed to run their best when vital engine parts are kept clean. Carburetor, fuel injector and intake valve deposits can cause hesitation and stumbling on acceleration, lower power output, and higher emissions. Excessive combustion chamber deposits can cause increased knock or reduced power, plus higher emissions. Chevron gasolines with Techron are unbeatable at helping clean up and avoid engine deposits.
In addition, many new engines are being designed with extremely close clearances (one millimeter or less) between the piston at the top of its stroke and the cylinder head. While this design helps reduce engine emissions and improve performance, some engines are actually being manufactured with a clearance closer than specified. This scenario can lead close-tolerance parts to "bang" together if excessive deposits form in the combustion chamber from lower quality gasolines. This banging, called combustion chamber deposit interference (CCDI), can produce a loud and unpleasant noise most noticeable during a cold start of the engine. Chevron gasolines with Techron are unbeatable at avoiding CCDI.
Chevron Gasolines with Techron Used by the Big Three
When auto manufacturers design and build a new engine and emissions control system, they cannot sell the product before proving to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the engine can run 50,000 miles and still operate with very low emissions. That's why all three major U.S. auto manufacturers use new Chevron unleaded gasolines with Techron to help their new engines pass the EPA's tough emission system durability test. The "Big Three" buy and use Chevron gasolines with Techron, even though they must purchase the gasoline in Kentucky and truck it all the way to Detroit! (Chevron does not market gasoline in Michigan.)
Techron Concentrate
Chevron also sells the bottled additive Techron Concentrate, intended for consumers who occasionally purchase a lower quality gasoline. Techron and Techron Concentrate are polyether amines of slightly different structure, each optimized for its specific application. The principal difference between Techron and Techron Concentrate is additive concentration and rate of deposit clean up.
At the concentration present in Chevron gasolines, Techron, over many tankfuls, will help clean up deposits on intake valves without contributing to combustion chamber deposits. Chevron gasolines with Techron, thus, over time, are able to reduce or eliminate deposit-related hesitation and stumbling during acceleration. A bottle of Techron Concentrate, whose additive concentration is roughly 10 times stronger than the dose in Chevron gasolines, provides a quicker clean up of deposits left by lower quality gasolines. In addition, the high concentration of Techron in Techron Concentrate can help reduce or eliminate engine knock and run-on associated with combustion chamber deposits.
For consumers who buy exclusively Chevron gasolines with Techron, their cars very likely are delivering their best possible performance and operating at their lowest possible emissions. A bottle of Techron Concentrate, therefore, is not likely to provide any benefits to these consumers. However, for those consumers who do sometimes purchase a lower quality gasoline, Techron Concentrate will quickly restore performance lost by deposit accumulation. Testing has also proven that Techron Concentrate is effective in helping eliminate the carbon deposit buildup which contributes to combustion chamber deposit interference (CCDI).
Thanks,
Bill
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Chevron has been a leader in gasoline additive technology for more than 25 years. During this time, Chevron introduced revolutionary new additives in 1970 and 1980, and a significant additive improvement in 1989. Now, Chevron has reformulated its gasoline deposit control additive to further improve its ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves, while maintaining combustion chamber deposit performance at the highest level of any gasoline sold.
Chevron is celebrating its latest innovation in gasoline by introducing new Chevron gasolines with Techron. No gasoline sold provides vehicles with smoother acceleration, more power or lower emissions than new Chevron gasolines with Techron. Chevron's new gasoline formulation delivers the best possible performance and the lowest possible emissions to virtually every car on the road today.
Techron Gasoline Additive
Techron is Chevron's new gasoline additive. The additive consists of a mixture of compounds -- polyether amines (or what Chevron calls "Techron Technology") -- that are highly effective at fighting deposits in an engine's intake system while avoiding contributing to combustion chamber deposits. Chevron patented these compounds 15 years ago and has been improving and reformulating them ever since. Chevron's new fuel additive delivers the latest innovation in the company's state-of-the-art, patented Techron technology. Although the underlying technology has proven highly effective in Chevron gasolines and in bottled concentrate for years, this latest improvement brings consumers to Chevron's highest level of performance yet. Chevron gasolines with Techron are unbeatable at helping protect and maintain engine performance and helping minimize emissions.
Techron is added to all grades of Chevron gasolines -- Regular, Plus and Supreme. It is added at a higher dose than was Techroline, Chevron's previous additive. This new formula and increased dosage enables Techron to further improve Chevron gasolines' ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves, while maintaining combustion chamber deposit performance at the highest level of any gasoline sold. New Chevron Supreme gasoline with Techron should be used in cars that are designed to perform better with high octane gasoline. As an added benefit, Chevron's Supreme grade receives an even higher dose of Techron, which can clean up dirty carburetors, fuel injectors and intake valves even faster than the Regular or Plus grades. This attribute can be important for consumers who occasionally purchase a lower quality gasoline or who own a vehicle that is particularly sensitive to deposits.
Building on the Proven Techron Technology
However, Chevron was committed to continuously improving the quality of its gasolines. In 1980, Chevron introduced a gasoline that not only cleaned up intake valves and fuel injectors, but did so without contributing to harmful deposits in the combustion chamber unlike most additives. In 1989, Chevron reformulated its gasoline additive to improve fuel injector clean up performance.
And Techron takes this additive formulation to the next level by improving its ability to clean up and keep clean intake valves. Dirty valves can cause hesitation and stumbling during acceleration, and higher emissions. In 1995, many other oil companies continue to use older technology in their additive formulations -- technology that Chevron abandoned more than a decade ago. No other petroleum company uses the Techron additive, nor can they beat Techron's state-of-the-art formula and performance.
Why Engines Need Techron
In addition, many new engines are being designed with extremely close clearances (one millimeter or less) between the piston at the top of its stroke and the cylinder head. While this design helps reduce engine emissions and improve performance, some engines are actually being manufactured with a clearance closer than specified. This scenario can lead close-tolerance parts to "bang" together if excessive deposits form in the combustion chamber from lower quality gasolines. This banging, called combustion chamber deposit interference (CCDI), can produce a loud and unpleasant noise most noticeable during a cold start of the engine. Chevron gasolines with Techron are unbeatable at avoiding CCDI.
Chevron Gasolines with Techron Used by the Big Three
Techron Concentrate
At the concentration present in Chevron gasolines, Techron, over many tankfuls, will help clean up deposits on intake valves without contributing to combustion chamber deposits. Chevron gasolines with Techron, thus, over time, are able to reduce or eliminate deposit-related hesitation and stumbling during acceleration. A bottle of Techron Concentrate, whose additive concentration is roughly 10 times stronger than the dose in Chevron gasolines, provides a quicker clean up of deposits left by lower quality gasolines. In addition, the high concentration of Techron in Techron Concentrate can help reduce or eliminate engine knock and run-on associated with combustion chamber deposits.
For consumers who buy exclusively Chevron gasolines with Techron, their cars very likely are delivering their best possible performance and operating at their lowest possible emissions. A bottle of Techron Concentrate, therefore, is not likely to provide any benefits to these consumers. However, for those consumers who do sometimes purchase a lower quality gasoline, Techron Concentrate will quickly restore performance lost by deposit accumulation. Testing has also proven that Techron Concentrate is effective in helping eliminate the carbon deposit buildup which contributes to combustion chamber deposit interference (CCDI).
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