Inject A Shot Of Cleen To Keep Your Fuel Injectors Clean

Brushing your teeth for good dental health is common knowledge. For like-new engine performance, regular fuel injector maintenance should be common knowledge, too.

But unlike your dentist, your mechanic probably doesn't send you a "Reminder" card that a fuel injector check up is needed. But that doesn't mean that your vehicle's fuel injectors don't need regular attention. They do! Without it, you'll pay the price-poor driveability, reduced fuel economy, higher emissions and overall poor performance.

What Do Fuel Injectors Do?
These components inject gasoline into the engine's cylinders where it's burned to power your vehicle. Their job is to spray the gas in a specific pattern and exact amount to give your vehicle proper ignition and maximum power.

Napa Echlin's Cleen Fuel Injection Cleaner works to maintain optimum spray in your vehicle's fuel injection system (above). Untreated fuel injectors (below) can lead to clogged fuel spray and decreased performance.

What Gunks Them Up?
Over time, deposits build up on the injector nozzles, changing the sprayamount and pattern. These deposits come from gasoline additives. All gasoline has additives-you can't avoid them. Gasoline burns in an engine cylinder but the additives don't. Instead, they melt and bake onto hot surfaces, like your fuel injectors.

Each time you drive, a little more gunk builds up forcing the injectors to spray fuel a little bit differently. Because this happens over time, most drivers don't notice a change in a vehicle's performance. But as injectors get clogged, your vehicle might hesitate, stumble, suddenly lose power or experience hard starts or rough idling. In addition, dirty injectors can mean a substantial drop in a vehicle's fuel economy.

Keeping Them Clean
Remove the deposits and your fuel injectors work like they should.
Keeping your fuel injectors clean takes a team approach-you and your trusted NAPA Auto Care service technician.

The technician has the tools and cleaning products to remove deposits. To minimize build-up in between cleaning, NAPA Auto Care dealers recommend Cleen™ Fuel Injection Cleaner. It's made from the same strength formula the professionals use. Using Cleen every 5,000 miles and having the injectors professionally cleaned every year to remove stubborn deposits will keep injectors operating at peak efficiency for thousands and thousands of miles.