Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting 250km to a tank. i'm going bankrupt..HELP!!!

I just read that fuel system thing from the Volvo boards.......STP Fuel System Cleaner? Who'd-a-thunk it?

Still, I wish that I could get Berryman's in Canada.....

The STP Complete Fuel System cleaner that they talk about on the Brickboard isn't available in Canada. (Or at least, I haven't been able to find it here) I had to drive down to a WalMart in Vermont to get some. (it's in a grey bottle) It is however rather inexpensive.


Eric

I use STP Octane Booster sometimes one of these days I'm actually thinking about a combination of Octane Booster and the actual Fuel Injector Cleaner...maybe my next fill up.

Not sure if it'll help but my plugs were gapped around .40-.45 and are now at the proper region, 52-54. Sure made me think she was more peppy too and will find out in the next week if that and air filter will help.

just another suggestion it seems that all you guys with fuel mileage problems have older model year contour/mystiques i read in the "how to articles" section of this site about a fuel pump change in the 99 model year. they changed from a returnless type to a return type. i dont know which one of the two is on my car but i have a 99 so i my have the newer return type whichever i get a lot better mpg than some of the guys on here somebody might want to check that out though. fuel pump is pretty crucial and if the older one seems to be very strong it might be maybe too strong to get the desired mileage thus ford makes a change. possible? just a theory my crazy mind came up with but if you guys are as desperate as you sound (trust me with some of the probs ive read about id be desperate) give it a looking into. good luck hope someone finds some help from this idea.

i was down in jersey over the holidays, picked up a bottle of STP complete fuel system cleaner (in the grey bottle) and a bottle of the berrymans b-12 chemtool... really potent smelling stuff! . anyways i added the STP to the tank for my trip back... and i will use the berrymans for a manifold cleaning before my next oil change. i already tried the cleaning once as suggected in this post, but i want to do it with berrymans.

even not using berrymans, i noticed a significant difference in performance at least... still trying to determine my gas mileage, but it's gotten cold out so i'll have to wait for warmer weather.